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News about instant messaging

Article | 27/03/2012 Alcatel-Lucent lets iPads go from IM to voice and video without hanging up
Alcatel-Lucent's OpenTouch Conversation software will allow enterprise users to switch among different ways of communicating -- including instant mess...
Article | 17/03/2012 Microsoft restores access to phones that couldn't access Skype
Microsoft has fixed a bug that made it impossible for about a dozen models of Skype-certified phones to log into the popular IM, VoIP and video-confer...
Article | 15/03/2012 Google restores interoperability with AOL AIM
Google and AOL have restored the interoperability between their two instant messaging (IM) networks, a little over two weeks after it was temporarily ...
Article | 14/03/2012 Some Skype-certified phones failing to log into the service
Microsoft is investigating reports that about a dozen models of Skype-certified phones are having trouble logging into the IM, VoIP and video-conferen...
Article | 8/03/2012 Spam leads Google to disable interop of its IM network with AOL AIM
AOL hopes to roll out a fix soon to a spam surge in its AIM service targeting Google IM users, a situation that prompted Google to temporarily shut do...

Features about instant messaging

Article | 11/12/2010 Who’s using Twitter? Some surprising answers
Eight percent of online Americans may use Twitter, as the Pew Internet & American Life Project reported on Thursday. But does that mean your small bus...
Article | 6/09/2010 Did e-mail and the Internet kill the 9-5 workday?
Have you checked your work e-mailtoday? If you're like most employees in the United States and United Kingdom, the answer is yes despite the fact that...
Article | 19/07/2010 PalTalkScene adds video to its chat
PaltalkScene is a full-featured messaging/chat program that includes video, audio, and a host of other bells and whistles, as well as the ability to s...
Article | 12/08/2009 Instant messaging etiquette: Five simple rules
The popularity of instant messaging has grown exponentially in the past decade, but the communication platform's immediacy presents users with endless...