The Israeli start up “Fring” brings social life into your smart phones; it combines Skype, MSN Messenger, Google Talk, Yahoo, ICQ, SIP, AIM and Twitter into one piece of software and allows you to be connected to your friends, all the time.

Fring support the Skype VOIP technology so the user can use his PDA\Smart Device even if it has no SIM. For example, the iPod Touch can now become an almost iPhone, when it is near a hotspot.

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While supporting Windows Mobile and Nokia’s Symbian OS, Fring was one of the first software that were available also for iPhone, today however, the social networking software’s battlefield is much more crowded and the user can now choose between Nimbuzz, Parlingo, Beejive and many more software that combines different social networks.

 Fring was established in 2006 and its office is in Tel-Aviv, two months ago, Fring has won the Emerging MobileMonday Community Award.

 

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This post was contributed by Morad Stern, a usability Expert who loves web, gadgets and tech. He also writes theUsability Blog. (Hebrew)

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Eze is managing partner of Remagine Ventures, a seed fund investing in ambitious founders at the intersection of tech, entertainment, gaming and commerce with a spotlight on Israel.

I'm a former general partner at google ventures, head of Google for Entrepreneurs in Europe and founding head of Campus London, Google's first physical hub for startups.

I'm also the founder of Techbikers, a non-profit bringing together the startup ecosystem on cycling challenges in support of Room to Read. Since inception in 2012 we've built 11 schools and 50 libraries in the developing world.
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Eze is managing partner of Remagine Ventures, a seed fund investing in ambitious founders at the intersection of tech, entertainment, gaming and commerce with a spotlight on Israel. I'm a former general partner at google ventures, head of Google for Entrepreneurs in Europe and founding head of Campus London, Google's first physical hub for startups. I'm also the founder of Techbikers, a non-profit bringing together the startup ecosystem on cycling challenges in support of Room to Read. Since inception in 2012 we've built 11 schools and 50 libraries in the developing world.

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