Use BuddyFuse to send Twitter updates and chat with your Google Talk friends without leaving Windows Live Messenger.

If you use Windows Live Messenger as your primary instant messaging client and you have friends using Google Talk you’d love this Windows Live Messenger plugin.

BuddyFuse is a well-polished Windows Live Messenger plugin that helps you integrate your Google Talk and Twitter accounts with your Windows Live Messenger application. What that means? With BuddyFuse you can chat with your Google Talk friends and send Twitter updates all within your Windows Live Messenger window.

Bringing these all together is a bit involved process but not that complicated for sure.

Download and install BuddyFuse.

Once done, sign into your Windows Live Messenger application as you do normally. You might be able to notice the message “Sign in to set up BuddyFuse”.

Once you sign-in you can notice the BuddyFuse icon on the top right side of your Windows Live Messenger window.

Click on it to reveal the menu with which you can manage your BuddyFuse accounts.

Currently BuddyFuse supports Google Talk, Twitter and Hyves accounts. (Hyves is a social networking service). Click on the “Google Talk” menu item.

And sign-in to your Google Talk account.

Keep in mind that you have to provide the full Gmail address otherwise you’ll get the above dialog. Once done you’ll see your Gmail account added to the list.

When you try to add your Twitter account you’ll be taken to a Twitter page where it asks you to authorize BuddyFuse to update your Twitter updates. Provide the information and hit the “Allow” button.

Once you authorize it you’ll be presented with a PIN number that you need to enter at BuddyFuse. Copy the PIN number.

And enter it at the BuddyFuse “Associate Twitter Account” dialog.

Follow @BuddyFuse if you wish.

Once you return to the main window you’ll be able to see the Google Talk and Twitter icons next to the BuddyFuse icon.

Click on the Google Talk icon to sign-in to your Google Talk account.

Once signed-in, you should be able to see a new section “Google Talk (BuddyFuse)” added to your Windows Live Messenger friends list.

Click on the Twitter icon to automatically tweet status updates.

What this means is that when you set your Windows Live Messenger status messages, those messages will be sent to your Twitter account as updates.

As you can see above, your Windows Live Messenger status messages are promptly updated on to your Twitter account.

BuddyFuse seems to be a really cool plugin if you use Windows Live Messenger the most. It gives you a reason to see if you can start using Windows Live Messenger back again as your primary instant messaging client. According to BuddyFuse they are working on to bring more third-party chat and social networks to BuddyFuse.

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