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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

America Online has released a version of its popular instant messaging product aimed at the corporate market. The Enterprise AIM Services suite, now available, will allow corporations to manage ...

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 ...

The use of instant messaging in the workplace and from mobile devices continues to grow, according to an America Online survey released Tuesday. Nearly 27 percent of all IM users surveyed said they ...

First popularized by adolescents sharing gossip and homework tips, instant messaging is going mainstream: In the U.S. 13.4 million people are IM-ing (yes, it has become a verb) at work, each averaging ...

The use of instant messaging in the U.S., for both work and play, is up 19% over last year, according to an Instant Messaging Trends survey released yesterday by America Online Inc., which makes AOL ...

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 ...

The actual number of chat messages sent each day is hard to come by, but with WhatsApp alone accounting for billions of users, you can imagine the sheer volume of ongoing conversations. Not all of ...