People who think their instant messages disappear after being sent should think again. As the recent scandals involving former Republican congressman Mark Foley and Hewlett-Packard Co. have brought to ...

Despite the work full-service firms have put into Web-based client services, there's one function that's still missing -- the ability to chat in real time via text-based message screens. The term for ...

Security experts on Thursday reported that instant message advertising links to malicious URLs have begun appearing, and that such URLs could be phony Web site fronts used for phishing scams. Phishing ...

In 2025, contract negotiations unfold over oat milk coffees and digital channels where informal conversations often intermingle with serious commercial discussions. However, the Court of Appeal ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. King County Councilmembers Reagan Dunn and Rod Dembowski introduced an ordinance Thursday to end the county's practice of ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...