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Pownce is a way to send messages, files, links, and events to your friends. You’ll create a network of the people you know and then you can share stuff with all of them, just a few of them, or even just one other person really fast.

The reason I post this is not because Pownce is (or maybe is going to be) “the next best messenger-tool on the web”, but because it has a desktop client version that’s been made with Adobe Air (one of the first on the web).

Yep, Air is new and stands for Adobe Integrated Runtime. It was known as Apollo, it’s codename. You can do all the things online on pownce, but regular users will find it easier to download the client and run it on the desktop. With the air client, it’s possible to do that cross-platform. All you need to do is install the Air Runtime Environent. Installation is fast and smooth.

Pownce looks sharp and is ready to become big, but keep in mind that this is an alpha release. Only downside so far : you cannot keep the application running in the background but I’m sure this will change in the further releases. The alpha is an invite-only thing. You can apply to be added to the list here. Stay tuned…