Google+ is a new social networking site and Google+ Hangouts is a feature supports real time video communication among up to 10 participants run inside browser.

Google+ just released its Google+ Hangouts API Developer Preview at 14 December 2011 which introduced JavaScript interface that enables our apps to interact with the Hangouts stuff, such as list out the participants, controlling some aspects of user interface, sharing data between our created apps. Currently Hangouts API is in developer preview release to collect the feedbacks from developers and it is subjected to change.

Link to Google+ Hangouts API: https://developers.google.com/+/hangouts/reference

VNC right on HTML5 Canvas, no plugin needed. Yes, you do not listen wrongly, these brilliant guys made it, so amazing…

VNC is a remote control software which lets you see and interact with desktop applications across any network.

Let’s check out their project, Guacamole, with the source code.

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Imgshow Platform added support for Microsoft Bing Map. The websites that had installed Imgshow Platform can easily embed Bing Map into their web pages.

For Discuz! forum who had installed Imgshow Platform plugin, they can enable this feature, by entering into their Discuz! Admin Panel, then go to Plugins -> Imgshow Platform, clicked on “Fetch latest Imgshow Service”, and then “bingmap” code will be automatically added. It is available for both English and Chinese version.

View the help details on how to embed Bing Map into Discuz! forum,
English version: http://www.discuz.my/misc.php?mod=faq&action=plugin&id=qx_imgshow:help&topic=bingmap
Chinese version: http://bbs.qxinnet.com/misc.php?mod=faq&action=plugin&id=qx_imgshow:help&topic=bingmap

Imgshow on Facebook also supported Bing Map service. For example, you want to show “Singapore”, you may have two ways:
1) Imgshow Query Language
http://apps.facebook.com/imgshow/q:name=bingmap,center=Singapore

2) Or this convenient way
http://apps.facebook.com/imgshow/bingmap/Singapore

After you get right the map with the URL you assigned, then you share it to your wall.

Facebook Messenger is released to Android, iPhone, and Blackberry. It provides faster way to message.

You can

• Message friends right on phone from your mobile contacts, who have installed this apps.
• Message Facebook friends instantly.
• Easier group conversation.
• Share location when you messaging.

http://www.facebook.com/mobile/messenger

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