The following is a typical instant message chat between Jack Olson, president and CEO of Waukesha-based Fortec, and his Philippine partner. ECMgm: Hello ...

NEW YORK - Instant-messaging software has evolved into the latest weapon in a fierce battle among major Internet companies to reap revenues off whatever you do, wherever you go online. Many people ...

What’s interesting about Tumblr Messaging, versus Facebook Messenger or WhatsApp, for example, is the potential it has to connect people who may not know each other offline, who aren’t real ...

For example, educators Sheree Rivas, Lorelei Wofford, and Laura Hefferly, of Lubbock, Texas, have outlined a lesson plan on www.readwritethink.org for 6th through 8th graders in which instant ...

Open service would have allowed, for example, users of Yahoo's instant-messaging application to send messages to AOL users, and vice-versa; as it stands, AOL users can only communicate with other ...

FOSTER CITY, Calif. (AP) -- An instant message exchange might seem as fleeting as a phone call or face-to-face chat. But, like everything else on the Net, it can have much more staying power than ...

Ever since Napster lost its bad-boy luster, the other digital music It-wares, Aimster, has been rightfully sucking up the glare. Released last year from a start-up in Troy, New York, Aimster ...

Perhaps you’re a low-tech freak who doesn’t know what an Instant Message is all about. I, too, was one of those until I was introduced to IM in surprise fashion.Unlike a lot of friends and ...

Two years ago, when we asked readers which mode of communication they used the most – traditional text messaging vs. instant messaging – I was shocked to see that the majority of ...