Before the days of iMessage, WhatsApp, and RCS texting, instant messaging (IM'ing) ruled the roost - here are six iconic clients that defined the era.

BUCHAREST, Romania & SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Bitdefender, a global cybersecurity leader, today unveiled the first real-time chat protection capabilities for mobile-based instant ...

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Instant messaging was once considered more of a plaything for teens than a serious business tool, but these days it can represent a valid way to get real work done. It offers an immediacy of contact ...

Facebook has started merging Messenger with Instagram chat, which appears to be the first step towards the unified, end-to-end, instant chat service that Facebook has promised. The first changes ...

Chances are good you're using work chat programs to communicate with your colleagues as often—if not more often—than you email them. But just as you wouldn't communicate through email as you would in ...

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 ...

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