messaging

Tales In Tech History: AOL Instant Messenger (AIM)

Long before Skype or WhatsApp achieved their domination, AIM was the pioneer of instant communications (IM)

7 years ago

Tales In Tech History: The SMS Text Message At 25

The text (or SMS) message was once more widely used than mobile phone calls, but its use in recent years…

7 years ago

WhatsApp Code Hints At Future iPad Version

WhatsApp for iPad could arrive soon as Facebook continues push into business market

7 years ago

Slack Teams With Oracle On Enterprise-Grade Chatbots

ORACLE OPENWORLD: Deal could help $1bn startup Slack compete with Microsoft and Facebook in the enterprise-grade messaging market

7 years ago

WhatsApp Details Plans For Business Version Of Application

WhatsApp reveals more details about long-awaited business edition, promising verified accounts and ability to stop spam

7 years ago

IT LIFE: Richard Pursey, SafeToNet CEO

Richard Pursey details how SafeToNet uses AI to protect children online, his career to date and why routemapping technology took…

7 years ago

SWIFT Profits Drop 31 Percent Following Bangladesh Hack

The SWIFT transfer network has seen profits slashed after it invested in expanding security operations following the $81m Bangladesh Bank…

7 years ago

Tech Quiz: SMS Acronyms And Abbreviations

What do u know abt txt abbreviations and acronyms?

8 years ago

Leaked Document Outlines Government Plans For ‘Live’ Internet Surveillance

Open Rights Group head says public has a right to know about government surveillance plans

8 years ago

Tales In Tech History: Email

Email was invented before the Internet arrived, with early versions being used more than fifty years ago

8 years ago

Yahoo ‘Temporarily’ Disables Email Forwarding As Users Seek To Flee

The change makes it more difficult for email users to switch away from the embattled company

8 years ago

Android Scam Call And SMS Security Is Undone By HTML Exploiting Malware

Android's built-in protection which flags warnings about apps trying to send premium rate messages without user consent can be manipulated…

8 years ago

Bugs Found In ‘Secure’ Signal Messaging Service

Attackers could use the bugs to block attachments sent using the Edward Snowden-recommended service

8 years ago

WhatsApp Changes Privacy Policy To Let Businesses Send Messages

WhatsApp changes terms and conditions to allow businesses to send users messages and to give Facebook more information for ad…

8 years ago

Google I/O 2016: Allo And Duo Offer Smart, Secure Messaging For iOS And Android

Google I/O: Google attempts to monopolise mobile life even further with video app Duo and smart messaging app Allo that…

9 years ago

Facebook Messenger Launches Group Calls

Up to 50 people can now conflab together thanks to new expansion of messaging app

9 years ago

WhatsApp Switches On Full End-To-End Encryption For All Users

Update to WhatsApp should protect users from government snooping and cybercriminals

9 years ago

Slack Secures £141m In Fresh Funding For Business Collaboration Push

Three year old Slack is now worth £2.7bn as it looks to continue rapid rise from startup to business tool

9 years ago

Skype Founder Touts Ultra Secure Messaging App Wire

For when you absolutely, positively, don't want the NSA snooping on your communications

9 years ago

WhatsApp Tops One Billion Monthly Users

Facebook-owned instant messaging service looking for further expansion, says Zuckerberg

9 years ago

WhatsApp Scraps Annual Subscription Fees

Facebook-owned WhatsApp goes free as service wants to remove barriers to adoption and connect users to businesses

9 years ago

European Court Rules Employers Can Monitor Your Private Messages

European Court of Human Rights says reading messages sent at work is permitted for employers

9 years ago

Brazil Shuts Off WhatsApp For 48 Hours

Two day shutdown ordered by judge following WhatsApp’s failure to share messages from alleged gang member

9 years ago

British Workers Are Scared Of Texting Their Boss

Ricoh study finds one in five would feel uncomfortable contacting a senior colleague if they needed help

9 years ago

Stagefright: How To Defend Against Future Messaging Vulnerabilities

Derek McElhinney, senior consultant at Openmind Networks, says mobile operators need to start taking the stagefright bug more seriously

9 years ago

Major Windows 10 Update Coming Next Month

‘Threshold 2’ update will bring UI, Skype and Messaging improvements to Windows 10

9 years ago

Twitter Replaces CEO, Ditches 140 Character DM Limit

Jack Dorsey rejoins the company he founded as Dick Costolo is shown the door

9 years ago

iOS Bug Crashes Your iPhone With One Text

iPhones will restart following SMS containing Arabic text, user reports say

9 years ago

Skype Taken To Court Over Customer Data Refusal

Microsoft refuses to hand over customer data to Belgian authorities investigating criminal matter

9 years ago

BitTorrent Releases Secret Messaging App

'Bleep' goes public, with BitTorrent promising to keep user identity anonymous by storing encryption keys and messages locally

10 years ago