Watch out, WhatsApp (and Facebook): Photo messaging app Snapchat is now offering video calls and instant messaging. The new features, collectively called Chat, let users swipe the name of one of their ...

Most any conversation about instant messaging inevitably turns to the lack of product interoperability that continues to exert a drag on enterprise adoption and bedevil those who see no choice but to ...

There are so many messaging apps out there today that are worth trying out. A lot of them are fortified with special features that increase privacy in your exchanges, like WhatsApp, Telegram, and ...

WhatsApp is making your conversations more fun with a new feature called instant video messages. It lets you record and send short video messages directly from the chat, similar to audio recordings.

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 ...

RTT refers to Real-Time Text, a solution aimed at helping the deaf and hard-of-hearing community have real-time conversations over the phone. RTT calls are an accessibility feature that must be ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Instant messaging platforms are a dime a dozen in 2025 - from WhatsApp and Signal to Telegram or Facebook Messenger, there’s certainly no shortage of options for users today. It wasn’t always that way ...