One of the internet's oldest instant messaging services, ICQ, is closing down. Credit: Costfoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images One of the oldest, still-running online platforms is finally closing its doors ...

There are untold numbers of instant messaging networks (not even taking SMS into consideration)—with companies like Google having, all by themselves, created a half dozen competing applications and ...

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 ...

Instant messaging (IM) has taken a step forward with the industry’s standards body approving an open source-developed protocol, and a New Zealand firm is already using a related technology to offer IM ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. On Version History: the long reign of AOL Instant Messenger, the messaging app that maybe never should have ...

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai police are investigating stickers lampooning Thailand's royal family which appeared briefly on the popular Japan-based Line instant messaging service, a police spokesman said ...

If you've been using a PC and going online since the days of dial-up modems and first-gen broadband, then you'll probably remember ICQ - one of the very first instant messaging apps for Windows. If ...

As popular as instant messaging has become, most enterprises have neither policy nor technology in place for securing IM. Here's expert advice for getting the message. At the same time, only 10 ...

King County Councilmembers Reagan Dunn and Rod Dembowski introduced an ordinance Thursday to end the county’s practice of automatically deleting instant messaging sent between county employees. The ...

AN UNSPECIFIED GLITCH temporarily knocked out America Online’s Instant Messenger service Tuesday afternoon, keeping some users out of their buddy lists and unable to use the communication tool. An AOL ...