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 ...

Their firms blocked access to America Online's AOL Instant Messenger and competing services. They were worried about viruses and other security threats, and that the content couldn't be monitored and ...

Instant messaging is booming. Almost everywhere you look, people are typing messages to friends and work colleagues at a frantic pace. These are not e-mails but rather short messages that often travel ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Tencent, the company behind China's most popular instant messaging client QQ, is planning to launch its own Android smartphone in the country. Tencent, the company behind China’s most popular instant ...