Jubii

Jubii, already popular in Europe, is a web service that can combine web browsers, a chat program, an e-mail program, and a file-sharing program together. “It’s all really about exchanging information, whether it’s e-mails or text messages or chat or file sharing. There should be a way to bring this all together,” said Jan Wergin, executive vice president of Jubii. Jubii is the U.S. subsidiary of European web giant Lycos, a popular Internet brand in its native Denmark. Wergin said he has brought together the best of Lycos’ social software technologies into a single service, which aims to integrate chat, test messaging, phone services, file-sharing, storage and several other Web and mobile communication technologies.

The kinds of web service that Jubii provides will become a trend in the future, because it’s more convenient for users who don’t need to install any software in their PCs or laptops. I have used online messaging services for several years, from ICQ to MSN, which has done a fabulous job of bridging the distance between people by providing them with an easy tool for chatting with each other. When I’m using my computer at home, there are no problems or restrictions placed on my using instant messaging. However, there is one popular website which provides users with even more options: Meebo.com. It’s a website that allows users to sign into and chat simultaneously on different web messengers such as AIM, Yahoo, Google talk, MSN, or Meebo itself. However, all these service providers that I have only support instant messaging function, while Jubii also provides even more services.

Compared to having to install several software programs into the computers, it will be much more convenient to subscribe to Jubii’s services instead, which can provide you with many more functions than just simple instant messaging. Jubii is a very hot system in Europe, but that has not yet been the case in other countries. Once the company can provide multi-language packages for different regions, I think it will be everyone’s favorite in the future.