Here are a few simple facts: some people talk more than others. Also, some people are more interesting than others. And a new Google Reader feature called "Friends trends" may help you determine how the folks you interact with online score in both of these categories.
Yahoo Mail Classic Gets Chatty
Yahoo announced that it now offers an SMS chat feature in its classic version of Yahoo Mail, something Gmail has been offering for several months, and Yahoo has been doing in its newer version since 2007. Google has offered SMS in its chat since October, and Chat in general for quite some time. They have also launched voice and video chat recently.