Google Talk a.k.a. GTalk is more than an Instant Messenger service. GTalk powered with some friendly bots can do some interesting stuff like subscribe and read RSS feeds, blogs, save bookmarks and translate text. Here are some useful bots:
1. imfeeds@gmail.com: Add the IM Feeds buddy to GTalk and you’ll be able to read any blog or website that syndicates content via RSS feeds. To subscribe IM ’sub xyz.com’ where xyz.com is the website you’re subscribing to. You have to verify your email address in order to use this service.
2. imified@imified.com: This turns GTalk into a personal organizer. You can schedule To-Do lists, reminders, manage calender events, send messages to Twitter, submit blog entries to WordPress or Blogger. All you have to do is add a widget in your account and start using it with GTalk.
3. inezhabot@gmail.com: Similarly to IM Feeds with a different subscription model.
4. Translation: This helps you translate words into another language. Add en2hi@bot.talk.google.com for English to Hindi translation and similarly for any other language supported by Google language translation. IM your text and it replies with the translation.
5. Transliteration: If you need to transliterate you have to add en2hi.translit@bot.talk.google.com.
For Linux/Mac users, this works with any other IM app also.
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