The new Notes client software integrates instant messaging (IM) functionality and improved Linux client support. The new Notes inbox now integrates Lotus Instant Messaging (once known as SameTime) and ...

New version of Instant Messaging software will let people share and interact with one another's digital playlists, it has been suggested. Yahoo currently has designs on merging Musicmatch with their ...

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 ...

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 ...

Microsoft released the final version of its MSN Messenger 6.0 instant messaging software Wednesday, touting its new animated emoticons, Webcam service and expanded device integration amid a marketing ...

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, ...