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Hangouts in GMail is unusable and broken	jklann	6/5/13
A small bug and an idea in gmail chat.	NITIN ROY	6/5/13
Reg: hangout	Anil Kumar.P	6/5/13
idea about sending/receiving gchat messages to/from a phone's text message feature.	rmthwilliams	6/4/13
Hello how are you dear?	Prince Azmi	6/4/13
Google needs to provide an alternative to Skype	Reid Wicks	6/3/13
New Emoticons	Karen Blake	6/3/13
Google Hangouts Upgrade	Phillip Cheng	6/3/13
Multi Language Chat	omar kababji	6/3/13
Google chat archive change is awful	followmyvoice	6/2/13
I have an APP idea, and I would like to talk to someone in Google and see what we can do with it	Shaxboz Sharopov	6/2/13
Re: helo	KeithR	6/2/13
chat	omnia deabo	5/31/13
Stop google chat going to 'sent' box	Gerri-Ann Seidman	5/31/13
So does everyone like having to create a Google+ account for your work Gmail(s) just to chat with co-workers?	dhinged	5/31/13
Hangouts Status !	Ibrahim T	5/30/13
Google Chat History	Adam72	5/29/13
Need to see status & availability of friends	nathas	5/29/13