Remember ICQ? After almost three decades, the once-popular instant messaging client is finally shutting down. On Friday, the ICQ website posted a simple message: "ICQ will stop working from June 26." ...

Windows Movie Maker and MSN Messenger were two of Microsoft's most iconic Windows programs. The former was a casual video ...

Microsoft Lync is the instant messaging client for Lync Server. It was formerly Microsoft Office Communicator (MOC), which replaced Windows Messenger. See Skype for Business. THIS DEFINITION IS ...

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Text messaging and instant messaging are similar because they are both used to send text messages. However, text messaging ("texting") uses the cellular phone service, whereas instant messaging ...

Telegram ranks among the world's most popular instant messaging solutions while delivering advanced security measures together with fast operation and powerful capabilities. The standard official ...

That’s the power of instant messaging, which has become such a vital part of our everyday lives that we rarely stop to think about it. There is much less published research on private social ...

WhatsApp, one of the most widely used messaging applications in the world at the moment, has many things to enjoy ...

Offer your best promotions and get to the point, already -- or customers will unsubscribe just as quickly as they opted in to receive your instant messages.