We are going to add compression to our 128 bit SSL streams. This will improve connection speeds on the whole but unfortunately break previous client binaries. In short, members of our current default network before the next upcoming release will have to uninstall, re-download and install the next upcoming client release that supports the new […]

Hiitch introduces new features for different virtual networks to merge so that their members can communicate with each other while maintaining separate or shared resources such as instant messaging (IM), news broadcast, community live boards and etc. It will allow the administrator to create totally separated virtual networks and/or merging those that may require their […]

Hiitch now supports virtual networks on a single server. What this basically means is that you can now host multiple distinct desktop social networks on a single Hiitch server. The main advantage of this new feature is sharing and reducing both hardware and bandwidth cost. This new feature is useful when you have distinct social […]

Hiitch has now introduced voice mail to our social networking platform. You can now send voice mails to your family and friends right from your desktop. We have also introduced a new voice introduction feature on our member’s profile cards so that you can now listen to what they have to say in person. It […]

We have described the general server design and threading model in our last article. Today we will go under the hood to explore the engineering details of how data is transferred between the server and the client. On the high level, instruction requests are harvested in sets and queued for processing by the worker threads. […]