Instant messaging (IM) conjures up images of bored teenagers using a software-based gossiping tool. Most IM programs are free, and few competing products can talk to one another, making skeptics ...

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 ...

Consider this scenario: You have your whole staff assembled for a planning meeting. People have their laptops and Blackberries to take notes and respond to urgent e-mails. Two employees in the back of ...

Instant messaging (IM) -- whether companies view it as a worker productivity booster or a security threat -- is a popular communication application that many workers use, with or without permission, ...

The Enterprise AIM game plan has been public since last spring when AOL said it was working with Verisign on encrypted instant messaging. The consumer product has been downloaded by tens of millions ...

Used responsibly, instant messaging (IM) offers the benefit of instant communication and collaboration on the corporate intranet. However, many companies, fearing IM’s adverse affect on productivity, ...

Matt Conover worries that malicious Net users may know something about instant messaging that he doesn't. The hacker and security expert, who specializes in finding holes in instant messaging clients, ...

Anoox, a nonprofit Social network announces release of new version of our Instant Messenger which offers 100% Privacy for Worldwide communication and messaging. Said ...

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 ...