The company, which has been quietly working on an instant messaging component for its iPlanet e-commerce software, will debut the product at an Oct. 22 event. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from ...

If you use the desktop Messenger apps for Windows and Mac, you need to know that they're disappearing soon. Meta is discontinuing the apps starting Dec. 15, when you'll need to head to Facebook to ...

Mozilla Messaging, the newly launched subsidiary of the Mozilla Foundation, is "interested" in developing instant-messaging software, according to the organisation's chief executive. David Ascher ...

Meta-owned platforms WhatsApp and Messenger are rolling out new in-app warnings designed to protect older users from online ...

ICQ Messenger for Android is a fast, free messaging platform that will appeal to sentimentalists, but functionally, it's archaic compared to other popular instant messaging programs. The UI is pretty ...

With e-mail systems overloaded by spam, always-on Internet connections on PDAs and cell phones becoming the norm, and superfast communication in vogue, your instant-messaging (IM) application may be ...

When Facebook decided to spin off its messaging service as a wholly separate mobile app last year, the move was met with skepticism and even paranoia. Why take an already great app and chop it into ...