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Do Instant Messengers Need Remote Access?

After Brosix won the Best IM Feature for Brosix Screenshot in the About.com IM Awards, I got to thinking– what other features does Brosix and other instant messengers need that they don’t already have?
While I think that file transfer and screen sharing are great features, I definitely think that Brosix instant messenger and other IM [...]

Brosix Wins Best IM Feature of 2010 in About.com IM Awards

Brosix is pleased to announce that we are again winners in the About.com IM Awards. This time, Brosix won for ‘Best IM Feature‘. This feature was the Brosix Screenshot.
Brosix won with an astounding 61% of the votes (6108 votes!), competing against Digsby’s Facebook Integration, G-Recorder, ICQ’s Feeds, and Yahoo! Messenger’s Video Calls.
This was stiff competition [...]

Is Your IM Program Making You Vulnerable Online?

One of the highlights of Brosix Instant Messenger, both public and enterprise versions, is the fact that all communications run through either type of program is highly encrypted. This strong encryption ensures that any time of messaging or use of features in the Brosix Instant Messaging program will be highly confidential and kept only to [...]

The Olympics and Worldwide Communication

The internet has done many great things to unite the world and all it’s people and cultures together. Nothing is a greater reminder of this than the Olympics, which are being held right now in Vancouver, Canada. The Winter Olympics’ theme for 2010 is ‘With Glowing Hearts’, a saying that is meant to convey the [...]

Instantly Communicate With Instant Messaging

One thing about this new century that we are now in that is it seems like life is getting more and more hectic. In a world of ‘instants’– instant answers from the internet, instant gratification from fast food, and instant entertainment with DVR and DVDs, we all feel pressured to be our best and most [...]

Reasons Why to Download Brosix Public

While talking to one of my good friends on Brosix Instant Messenger the other day, I thought about how many good reasons there are to download Brosix Public. So, I thought I would get on the Brosix blog and write some of them out (as if you all needed another reason to download Brosix instant [...]

Nominate Brosix for the 2010 About.com IM Awards!

The nomination process for the 2010 About.com IM Awards has begun! The form closes on Feburary 1, 2010, so be sure to nominate Brosix in any of the categories you think they deserve. Last year, Brosix won 2 awards and placed in the top 3 for 3 other awards during the 2009 Awards.
Nominate Brosix Here [...]

Communicate Better in the New Year

Besides it is a start to the new year, it’s time to write down your New Year’s resolutions. While many people chose the obvious resolutions– lose weight, eat better, stop smoking — there are other resolutions that you may realize need to be made as you take a good look into your life and what [...]

Use Instant Messaging to Stay in Touch Over the Holidays

With so much hustle and bustle going on during the holidays, it can be easy to lose touch with co-workers, clients, and friends while they are out on vacation or out of the office. However, many offices are slowly making the transition to a more mobile work environment, allowing for any employees to stay connected [...]

Brosix Nominated for IT Blog Awards

Great news! Brosix has been nominated for the 2009 IT Blog Awards from ComputerWeekly.com in the ‘IT Security’ and ‘Company / Corporate - SME’ categories. Nominations will be narrowed down into a shortlist and then public voting will take place.
This is what the website says about voting:
Your vote counts!
Once all the nominations are in, we [...]