instant messaging

WhatsApp Reactions Expanded To Allow Full Use Of Every Emoji

New update for WhatsApp users will allow the use of any emoji as a reaction, greatly expanding choice for user…

2 years ago

BBM To Close End Of May

The king is dead, long live the king? Consumer version of BBM will be axed, as enteprise addition opens to…

6 years ago

WhatsApp Raises Minimum Age To 16

GDPR's approach sees ban on under 16 years old using popular messaging service WhatsApp

7 years ago

Google Launches ‘Chat’ App To Rival iMessage

Search engine looks to resolve messaging element for Android with the launch of its 'Chat' app

7 years ago

Russia To Limit Telegram Messaging App

Russian lawsuit to limit access to Telegram after it refuses to allow FSB intelligence service access

7 years ago

UK Suffers Major Skype Outage

Instant messaging service goes down across Britain this morning

9 years ago

Skype Fixes Text Chat Bug That Causes Perpetual Crashes

Update remedies nasty URL fault in IM chats that caused Skype clients to crash

9 years ago

WhatsApp Web Arrives On Desktop

WhatsApp Web launches for desktop users, but not for iOS users due to “Apple platform limitations”

10 years ago

Skype Removes Rude And Naughty Emoticons

Skype users slap their forehead and shake their heads after Microsoft removes potentially offensive emoticons

11 years ago

Dropbox Buys Workplace Instant Messaging App Zulip

Dropbox looks to boost collaboration tools as part of enterprise push, by buying work chat app

11 years ago

Viber Is Being Sold To Rakuten For $900 Million

Days after it categorically denied acquisition rumours, messaging firm Viber is being bought by Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten

11 years ago

Viber Denies Acquisition Rumours

The Cyprus-based messaging start-up is set to remain independent - denying all knowledge of the takeover story

11 years ago

BBM For iPhone And Android Is Downloaded By 10m Users In First 24 Hours

The cross-platform version of BBM is enjoying early popularity

11 years ago

BlackBerry Resumes iPhone And Android BBM Rollout

BlackBerry expects great demand for cross-platform BBM following a month of delays

11 years ago

Twitter Preparing To Launch Direct Messaging App – Report

Twitter could be about to enter the crowded mobile instant messaging market

11 years ago

Cloudforce: Salesforce Chatter Goes Real-Time

Salesforce.com gives its Chatter social network some real time chat

13 years ago

Microsoft Censors Pirate Bay Links In Live Messenger Chat

Live Messenger links to Pirate Bay blacked out by Microsoft

13 years ago

IM Archiving Appliance Released By ArcMail

ArcMail for Instant Messaging is designed to bring compliance and data discovery to IM platforms

13 years ago

Symantec IM Security Cloud Addresses Compliance

IMS.cloud blocks messages that are malicious or violate corporate policy and the user is notified

13 years ago

OpenTouch UC Platform Launched By Alcatel-Lucent

Alcatel-Lucent’s OpenTouch platform offers communications links to any devices, plus multimedia support

13 years ago

Bug Fix Readied For Google+ IM Problem

Google is to fix a problem that allows some Google+ users to see other instant messaging chats

13 years ago

Facebook Launches Free Video Chat With Skype

The social networking giant also adds group chat, improved interface, and reveals it has 750 million users

13 years ago

Cisco’s Jabber Unifies Mobile Services And Devices

Cisco has unveiled its Jabber application to enable business users to communicate any way with any device

14 years ago

Skype Outage Still Hitting Millions of Users

Millions of Skype users are still struggling to connect more than 24 hours after a supernode failure

14 years ago

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…

15 years ago