The text (or SMS) message was once more widely used than mobile phone calls, but its use in recent years has declined in favour of instant messaging
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Skype Fixes Text Chat Bug That Causes Perpetual Crashes
Update remedies nasty URL fault in IM chats that caused Skype clients to crash
BitTorrent Releases Secret Messaging App
'Bleep' goes public, with BitTorrent promising to keep user identity anonymous by storing encryption keys and messages locally
Kim Dotcom Targets Skype With Encrypted Chat Rival
Fugitive millionaire delivers on promise of encrypted rival to Skype to stop government snoops
WhatsApp Web Arrives On Desktop
WhatsApp Web launches for desktop users, but not for iOS users due to “Apple platform limitations”
Number Of UK Text Messages Sent Falls For First Time
Online IM services such as WhatsApp increasingly replacing traditional SMS
Skype Fixes Random-IM Security Flaw
Update stops instant messages being sent to the wrong person
Cloudforce: Salesforce Chatter Goes Real-Time
Salesforce.com gives its Chatter social network some real time chat
MWC 2012: GSMA To Counter Smartphone App Sprawl With Joyn
The GSMA is countering the duplication of smartphone apps by offering standardised, consolidated 'rich communications' instead
IM Archiving Appliance Released By ArcMail
ArcMail for Instant Messaging is designed to bring compliance and data discovery to IM platforms
Symantec IM Security Cloud Addresses Compliance
IMS.cloud blocks messages that are malicious or violate corporate policy and the user is notified
OpenTouch UC Platform Launched By Alcatel-Lucent
Alcatel-Lucent’s OpenTouch platform offers communications links to any devices, plus multimedia support
Samsung Launches Phones And ChatON IM Service
Samsung has released details of its new Bada-based Wave handsets, as well as the ChatON IM service
Email Matches Voice On Readers’ Devices
eWEEK readers do email as often as voice on their mobiles. Next: which social network is best?
Google Chrome To Challenge Skype With WebRTC
Google Chrome is set to get real-time voice and video chat tools in the near future, thanks to WebRTC, says Clint Boulton
Review: FaceTime’s USG 3.0 Provides Employee Mangement over IM
FaceTime USG 3.0, due to be shown at the UC Expo in London this week, enables businesses to safely harness the power of collaborative Internet through IM and social networks