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 ...

COMMENTARY-- Face it: It's unreasonable to expect Miss Manners to rule on the finer points of our technological lifestyle, such as the niceties of instant messaging. Thankfully, TalkBack readers are ...

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The real-time, text-based conversation experience known as “instant messaging” seems brand-new. But, believe it or not, I first experienced “IM” way back in 1985. At the time I was working for the ...

Google has launched an instant-messaging program that allows text chat and computer-to-computer voice connections, a move that highlights the search giant's increasing competition with Yahoo, ...

In a world of nonstop busyness, instant messaging is easier, faster and simpler than other types of communication. Now that it’s shown its worth, companies are rushing to make a good thing even better ...

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 ...

The popularity of instant messaging has grown exponentially in the past decade, but the communication platform’s immediacy presents users with endless opportunities to come off the wrong way. These ...

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 ...

We’ve all heard it before: “Remote work is the new normal.” Virtual meetings have become common place across the business landscape and an increasing number of employees are opting for pajamas over ...

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 ...

Most any conversation about instant messaging inevitably turns to the lack of product interoperability that continues to exert a drag on enterprise adoption and bedevil those who see no choice but to ...