The Waymo-Uber litigation, now pending in California, has resulted in surprising and embarrassing revelations about both parties. One revelation, however, should be neither surprising nor embarrassing ...

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 ...

These days, we take internet-based chatting for granted. We're spoiled by a massive (and admittedly fragmented) ecosystem of direct messaging (DM) services on our phones and PCs, ranging from WhatsApp ...

In this Help Net Security interview, Liad Shnell, CTO at Rakuten Viber, discusses what organizations should look for in secure messaging apps, including encryption, privacy standards, and ease of ...

WhatsApp for iPad will use the wider screen to let you multitask more efficiently as you chat with your friends and family. The biggest private instant messaging app in the world is finally available ...

Effective communication and seamless collaboration are pivotal in delivering quality care. In the fast-paced world of healthcare, where timely decisions can make all the difference, adopting a secure ...

Does Gmail want to be an instant messaging client? Last month the popular webmail app shipped an emoji reactions bar in the mobile app, where a single tap would send a new email with your emoji ...

As popular as instant messaging has become, most enterprises have neither policy nor technology in place for securing IM. Here's expert advice for getting the message. At the same time, only 10 ...

There are untold numbers of instant messaging networks (not even taking SMS into consideration)—with companies like Google having, all by themselves, created a half dozen competing applications and ...

What is the Instant Video Message feature and how is it different from regular Voice Chat? How to use Instant Video Message on iPhone Easy fixes for the Instant Video Message not working issue ...

If you've been using a PC and going online since the days of dial-up modems and first-gen broadband, then you'll probably remember ICQ - one of the very first instant messaging apps for Windows. If ...