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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

If you were born anywhere between 1981 and 1996, you might remember an internet that's vastly different from the one we use today. Along with experiencing a smorgasbord of '80s and '90s nostalgia, ...

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 ...

Forget WhatsApp or Facebook Messenger. The way to reach more Americans on their cell phones is by the humble SMS text message ...

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 ...

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 ...