messaging

Google+ Gets Integration, Plans World Domination

Google is integrating new services into Google+, says Clint Boulton. That should help in its bid to catch up with…

13 years ago

Google+ Exits Testing And Opens To General Public

Google’s answer to Facebook, Google+, has exited its testing phase and is now open to the general public

13 years ago

Why Smartphones Breed Proprietary Messengers

There are plenty of channels for online messaging, says Peter Judge. Why do users need proprietary channels like BBM and…

13 years ago

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

13 years ago

Skype Buys GroupMe Messaging Provider

GroupMe gives Skype a group messaging application to face off with Facebook, Apple, Google and RIM

13 years ago

RIM Launches Three New Phones And BlackBerry 7 OS

RIM today unveiled the Bold and Torch phones it hopes will address its declining smartphone fortunes

13 years ago

BBC To Ban Stars From Leaking Spoilers On Twitter

BBC executives are reportedly considering a ban on stars tweeting to disclose forthcoming programme details

13 years ago

Google Launches Facebook-Like Google+

Google+ is a bid by the search engine to get access to another lucrative ad market in social networking

13 years ago

Facebook Juror Faces Prison For Contempt Of Court

Juror Joanne Fraill, who used Facebook to contact a defendant, is now facing up to two years in prison

13 years ago

Spammers And Cold Callers Face £500,000 Fine

The Information Commissioner will be cracking down on unwanted email and phone marketing from 25 May

14 years ago

Twitter In Talks To Buy Tweetdeck

Twitter is said to be close to buying British Twitter client Tweetdeck

14 years ago

Gmail Accounts To Be Recovered From Tape

To restore the Gmail accounts it lost at the weekend, Google is going to its tape backup

14 years ago

Google Joins ISP-Level Anti-Phishing Scheme

Return Path is getting big backers for its Domain Assurance service designed to combat phishing scams

14 years ago

Microsoft And HP Launch Converged Appliances

Microsoft and HP have joined to combine four productivity tools in a single, ready-to-install appliance

14 years ago

Will Google Really Pay £3.9 Billion For Groupon?

Is a site offering money-off deals in US cities really worth that much? Welcome to the new bubble, says Clint…

14 years ago

Poll: Users Sceptical Of Facebook Messages’ Success

Facebook's messaging system isn't likely to replace email accounts, according to a Wall Street Journal poll

14 years ago

Could Office Integration Make Business Like Facebook?

Facebook's Messages is tightly integrated with Microsoft Office. Nicholas Kolakowski thinks that could make the social network more of a…

14 years ago

Unified Comms Suite From Star Targets SME Market

A unified communications service is being offered by Star as a SaaS service for £45 per user per month

14 years ago