As users are exposed to an increasing variety of mobile communication forms--mobile e-mail, voicemail, SMS, and, of course, voice--managing one's availability, or presence, becomes important. Wireless ...

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

The companies, through their iPlanet software collaboration, are quietly working on instant messaging software for businesses, a market segment where Microsoft and IBM lead. Stephen Shankland worked ...

There are a lot of instant messaging apps available these days, and we’re here to check out some of the best ones. Instant messaging became normal a long time ago, and not that many people use SMS ...

A once-popular but now extinct "buddy" on America Online's Instant Messenger that freely answered questions on movie times, weather and stocks is poised to make a comeback next month--but at a price.

These days, we take internet-based chatting for granted. We're spoiled by a massive (and admittedly fragmented) ecosystem of direct messaging (DM) services on our phones and PCs, ranging from WhatsApp ...

The use of instant messaging in the U.S., for both work and play, is up 19% over last year, according to an Instant Messaging Trends survey released yesterday by America Online Inc., which makes AOL ...

Shortly after the Sept. 11 terrorist attack, a message calling for a moment of silence resounded throughout teendom. The moments of silence observed by thousands of young online users not only ...