We just got this video from one of our users and we could not stop laughing. So, we thought we might share it with you.

His name is Ivekt and he’s from Moldova. He’s got a (very) funny channel on Youtube, dedicated to domestic hints and tricks.

So, check out the video he shot about fring and the rest of his videos – I think he could easily be the next YouTube star… remember where you saw him first.

Enjoy.

Looking to optimize customer retention in these difficult economic times, then the IIR’s Telecoms Loyalty & Churn event is not to be missed by you.

The conference will give operators “the unique opportunity to network, brainstorm with and hear case studies from leading operators from around the globe. Delegates will leave this event armed with the know-how to develop not only efficient and targeted but also cost-effective loyalty programmes and predictive churn models.”

Dan Atzmon, Business Development Director here at fring, will be speaking at the conference on Wednesday the 9th of July at 14:00 on the subject of “Understanding what young customers want from innovative converged solutions and dramatically increase your customer loyalty”.

If you digg fring and wanna come say hi to Dan during the conference, please drop us a line, so we can be sure to schedule enough time for a visit.

We look forward to seeing you from 6-9 July 2009 at the Kempinski Hotel Bristol, Berlin, Germany.

The fring TEAM

While iPhone and Nokia have been busy getting their iPhone 3.0 software and Nokia N97 ready for the shelves, we’ve been busy making sure fring supports them as they hit the market so you get the biggest bang for your buck from day one!

fring now supports Apple’s latest iPhone 3.0 software update

Following Apple’s last week release of the iPhone 3.0 software update, we’re happy to announce that fring now supports the brand new iPhone 3.0 firmware , including the new iPhone 3Gs. What does it require of you!? Absolutely nothing! The version is already on your phone, ready for you to enjoy, with Apple’s latest and bestest yet.

For these of you who don’t have fring’s latest iPhone version yet, get yours today!

The brand new Nokia N97 is avaialble in stores now

Originally announced last December, Nokia’s just announced the official retail release of its much- anticipated N97 device, available in their flagship stores; fring is proud to support this cool, new device with its most recent and most social version to date-  the 3.40 version.

The Nokia N97 flagship phone boasts a large 640×360 sliding/angling touch screen display, slide-out QWERTY keyboard, Symbian S60 5th Edition, 5 megapixel camera, and 32GB of internal memory.

Those of you who are lucky enough to get your hands on this new device are welcome to download fring today!

We are looking forward to hearing your feedback on the fring experience on the slick, new N97.

The fringTEAM

Hello fringsters,

As you remember, we’ve released 3.40 a couple of weeks ago. We got lots of comments and feedbacks from you as well as some very helpful bug reports.

This is a quick post to let you all know that we’ve just released an updated version of fring 3.40 that should solve the bugs you guys reported about.

This version brings better stability as well as a smoother installation process.

Currently this version is available to Nokia S60 users. A version for Samsung Symbian handsets should be available in the next couple of weeks.

As always, please feel free to try it out and send us your thoughts – we’re always here to listen.

Since the Iranian presidential election results have been published on June 12 and the breaking of protests around the country, Iranian authorities started blocking off various communication means including: landlines, mobile phones, SMS, internet sites (Facebook, Twitter, Youtube), satellite broadcasts & others. Iranian locals seem to have overcome those restrictions and keep voicing their opinion and their personal experiences through various means of social media.

Since Friday, fring has been experiencing a great increase in traffic. As traditional media, internet and telecommunications access to individuals in Iran is significantly restricted right now, fring is giving Iranian individuals access to their favorite web-based social networks like Twitter, Facebook and more, and the internet phone call capabilities via fring, Skype and others, which they are using in the tens of thousands to tell their personal stories/ share photos, and persevere with great resilience and resourcefulness to exercise their freedom of speech.

Last night, on Sky News, Avi Shechter, fring’s co-founder & CEO said: “Our technology enables Iranians as well as millions of other users to bypass traditional telecommunications channels…So we find people are using it quite a lot, especially now in places where it’s quite limited.”

fring was established with the aim to provide an open environment that promotes and celebrates freedom of communication and lets people benefit from the almost unlimited potential that the internet, combined with mobile experience, can offer. Resourceful Iranian youth have just tapped into this mobile – internet potential, via fring, to give them the ability to share their thoughts and images with their friends online and around the world.

Start using fring today to share your story around the world with mobile tweets, pictures, personal profile and more.

It seems that you guys really like the new 3.40 version – that’s great!

Some of you have asked about the manual contact merging, so here’s a little explanation for you:

How does it work?

I have a friend called Tom. Now, Tom is such a good friend of mine that I’ve added him as a friend on MSN, Skype and fring.

On the new 3.40 version I can merge Tom’s entity from these services into one contact on my fring buddy list. Sounds convenient, isn’t it?

How do I do that?

Highlight your buddy on the buddy list and choose Options –> Manage buddies –> Merge buddies.

2.    Check the box near the contact or the contacts you would like to merge with your buddy and click Save.
This process can also be done directly from my buddy’s profile screen by highlighting your buddy, choosing Options –> View Profile –> Options –> Merge buddy.

Cool. The first step is done.

How do you call/chat this contact?
I see that Tom is now online and I wish to make a call to him. I choose him from the contact list and hit the green button. I’ll choose the service I wish to use and click the joystick.

To start a chat with Tom I can click on ‘options‘ –> ‘Chat‘ and start typing my message. Now, the first message will be broadcasted to all the services that Tom is currently available on. The conversation will continue on whatever service Tom will choose to reply on. Simple.

As always, we’d love to hear your thoughts and comments about this feature and about the brand new 3.40.

Developers from around the world will once again gather at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference aka WWDC09 from June 8-12.

Alex Nerst, a co-founder and Chief Technology Officer here at fring, will be attending the conference and would love to meet up with other fringsters & media in attendance.  So if you digg fring and wanna come say hi to Alex, please drop us a line, so we can be sure to schedule enough time for a visit.

We look forward to seeing you guys in Moscone West, San Francisco.

The fring team

We’ve been listening to what users of social media really want, and especially our community of fringsters and we came up with some new solutions mashing up all your separate communities of friends into one manageable, mobile interface via fring. It’s all happening in our new version 3.40 launching today.

A lot of people now have several social circles developing in parallel. From now on, fring lets you easily create one rich, dynamic profile for each of your contacts so you can see what anyone is up to at a glance, and interact via all your mutual social networks/services directly from one combined profile. It’s all happening on fring!

So what does it mean?
• No more multiple listings for the same friend!
• Viewing a fringster’s profile, you can see whether he’s currently available via fring, Skype or MSN, and other IM services.
• We “hint” you when a friend from your regular phone book or another social network like Skype, AIM etc is also a fringster so you can add them to your fring friend list and complete their personal profile.
• You can control how your fring world sees you! You can update your own fring profile photo, mood status and nick name

How do you do it?
• To merge together multiple contacts, follow these steps: In buddy list, select the user you want to merge > Go to “Manage buddies” –>  “Merge buddies” –> it will take you to your buddy list. Scroll down to other names for the same contact that you’d like to merge –> Click OK to check the box next to each –> Hit Save. You’re done
• To update your profile click on Options–> Edit my profile–> Options–> and choose Update picture/ Update mood text/ Change nickname.
• When initially registering to fring, you will be alerted of all your GSM and social community friends who are already fringsters. Once you start using fring, we’ll let you know when other friends become fringsters by clicking Options –> Manage buddies –> Friend finder.

These new features currently work on all Symbian devices; Windows Mobile and iPhone are coming soon. Get your new version today.

A full feature- list for the new version can be found here.

Official press release is available here.

Have fun – and as always, let us know how the new unifying fring works for you!

fring Team

Hey guys

In line with your feedback and the phenomenal explosion of Twitter, we’ve just released an all new Twitter 2.0 Add-on for fring, with stacks of new features to excite your fingers and thumbs even more.

You can view other Twitter profiles, check-out your own followers and see who’s following you.

A new keyword search enables you to keep on top of a particular topic, and with our cool new look and feel and you can also open links like Tiny URL’s in your incoming Tweets.

Finally, something that loads of you have asked for, you can switch-off the beep sound when you receive Tweets, so it will just Twitter away silently without interrupting you every couple of seconds.

There are two ways to get your hands on the new Twitter 2.0 Add-on… If you have a Windows Mobile, just go to the Add-ons tab inside fring, unsubscribe from the old Twitter & re-subscribe to the new Add-on. And if you’re a Symbian handset owner, simply download the new fring version 3.37 first, unsubscribe from the old Twitter & re-subscribe to the new Add-on.

And there’s more…fring has also released the source code to the new Twitter 2.0 Add-on, and additional add-ons. Now, the web develop community can see fring API in action, re-use the code and mashup their own social experiences with fring.

For fring’s latest news, please follow us on Twitter.

Happy Tweeting and as always, let us know what you think!

Digg it.

fring’s new WeFi add-on provides you with easy and free access to millions of Wi-Fi hotspots straight from your mobile devices, saving you valuable time looking for somewhere to logon, and providing you with affordable internet access while traveling either locally or internationally, for business or leisure.

To get the new WeFi add-on on your Symbian or Windows Mobile Device, you’d need to download fring’s latest version here. In order to locate and access millions of hotspots in your area, simply subscribe to the WeFi add-on from the add-ons tab within fring and start locating Wi-Fi hotspot closest to you, automatically, using your handset’s GPS, or manually by typing in any address worldwide.

Developers can start creating their own add-on’s today by using fring’s developers site where they’ll find the fring API documentation, code samples and open source add-ons (twitter and last.fm) which they can use to leverage their current web expertise (e.g. PHP, .NET, Java) to create their own mobile internet applications using the same tools they’d use to create any web application.
[Check this YouTube for more details]