My former supervisor and I used to rely on instant messaging as a critical application to get our jobs done. As Web site managers, we could run through the site code together in one window and in ...

It has been several years since instant messaging worked its way from teens' rooms to boardrooms. What started as an easy and hip way for youngsters to communicate with their peers has turned into an ...

As an IT manager, you like to think you run a tight ship. Antivirus updates come often, unsanctioned software downloads are forbidden and spam filtering is your No. 1 pastime. Then imagine your ...

AOL Chairman Steve Case and crew are stalling the advancements needed for instant messaging to reach its full potential. If AOL doesn't wake up, and fast, by truly opening up interoperability between ...

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 ...

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 ...

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Many people were surprised to hear recently that ICQ -- the once-popular instant messaging (IM) client -- will shut down on June 26. I suspect more people were surprised to hear that ICQ (supposedly ...

If you were born anywhere between 1981 and 1996, you might remember an internet that's vastly different from the one we use today. Along with experiencing a smorgasbord of '80s and '90s nostalgia, ...