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If you’re a Mac user and a social media addict, what’s better than social apps for the Mac? Free social apps for the Mac, of course! In this post we’ll take a look at 10 gratis programs for connecting to your social world via OS X. From file sharing to instant messaging, from Twitter to social television, there is very likely something on this list for you. Do you know of any great free social Mac applications that are not listed? Let us know about them in the comments. 1. Dropbox

T-Messenger is an application that combined the usual features of a messaging client with the Twitter API, offering the novelty of the users who still are listed as contact list and can send messages as if a window conversation is involved. Just double click on a contact, send the message and see their responses on the same conversation window in real time. T-Messenger also works as a regular Twitter client and allows you to create groups of users, send a picture using drag-n-drop, automat

Instant messaging has become so ubiquitous, an entire generation of internet users is probably unaware there was ever life without it. Check out the following five most popular instant messengers to to help you communicate across networks and the world. Last week we asked you to share your favorite instant messenger with us, and now we're back to share the top five candidates for the title of Best Instant Messenger . The following instant messengers all support multiple IM protocols, more

Nimbuzz has announced updates to its iPhone & iPod touch application, as well as a new desktop client for Apple Mac computers. Nimbuzz enables friends to call and chat with each other for free. They can access their favorite instant messaging and social networks with one login and from one location, using the internet or wi-fi. Today’s announcement brings Nimbuzz’ product to Mac desktops and laptops, in addition to the iPhone, iPod touch and a wide range of other handsets. Nimbuzz says it h

Filttr provides a unique way to access Twitter. It allows you to filter content (’chirps’) from users using an algorithm they call FLAI. Not only can you access Filttr using their web site, but also by an Adobe AIR application. As described on their website: Use our groups, custom key phrases, priorities, source filtering to manage your Twitter stream. use our web interface, instant messaging bot, desktop application or mobile interface to filttr, the way you want to! Post from: Twitdom

The Xbox 360 is getting an update! Well I guess it’s a good thing, from the looks of it they threw in H.264 video support and MPEG-4 Part 2 video support. Hopefully more codecs will be included in future updates. Instant messaging is also included in the update, can’t wait for it, going to get it done later tonight.

IBM Lotus Foundations Reach brings VOIP, instant messaging, presence and several more messaging and collaboration tools to its Lotus Foundations Start.