Among the notable gaps in the original iPhone functionality, one of the most prominent was instant messaging. iPhone users have long had to make do with web clients, SMS messages, or jailbreak apps.

While iMessage and Meta's apps dominate modern messaging, there have been many other instant messaging apps that were hugely ...

If you find yourself doing more and more instant messaging through Twitter these days, you need TwIM for iPhone. This free and simple app is powered by Twitter’s direct messages, and it makes it easy ...

Though the official iPhone AppStore is only months away, developers are still delivering some incredible native applications built under the unofficial "jailbreak" umbrella. The latest is "fring," an ...

GNOME's Empathy instant messaging client will gain some impressive features in the future as it integrates with Zeitgeist and other key parts of the GNOME desktop environment. I used to be pretty ...

Alien Technology has released a new version of Proteus, its multi-service instant messaging client for Mac OS X. The new version, Proteus 1.5, is ready for download from the Web site. With Proteus, ...

Does Gmail want to be an instant messaging client? Last month the popular webmail app shipped an emoji reactions bar in the mobile app, where a single tap would send a new email with your emoji ...

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Digital rights watchdog Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is advising users of AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) not to upgrade to the next version of the instant messaging application because its ...

IBM/Lotus later this month will ship Notes/Domino 6.5 and begin to show corporate users how to extend the reach of its collaboration software by embedding it in everyday client software. With embedded ...