Real-time stock quotes may soon be available on request through popular Internet chat programs under a deal this week that offers the latest sign of instant messaging's growing maturity. Software ...

Snapchat rolled out its ChatGPT-powered AI chatbot called "My AI" on Wednesday. The feature was introduced in February and was previously only available to Snapchat+ subscribers, but will now be ...

There was a time when instant messaging (IM) was used mainly by teens plotting shopping mall rendezvous and by late-night AOL chatters seeking anonymity, but IM isn't just for kids anymore. The ...

Instant messaging was once considered more of a plaything for teens than a serious business tool, but these days it can represent a valid way to get real work done. It offers an immediacy of contact ...

A once-popular but now extinct "buddy" on America Online's Instant Messenger that freely answered questions on movie times, weather and stocks is poised to make a comeback next month--but at a price.

With e-mail systems overloaded by spam, always-on Internet connections on PDAs and cell phones becoming the norm, and superfast communication in vogue, your instant-messaging (IM) application may be ...

Even as Google Inc. was revamping its e-mail service to cater to the social-media crowd, the newly independent AOL Inc. released a version of its instant messaging feature that integrates with ...

Facebook provides dozens of ways to connect with friends, such as commenting on posts, publishing photos or sending private messages. The website also offers a messenger sidebar known as Facebook Chat ...

Chances are good you're using work chat programs to communicate with your colleagues as often—if not more often—than you email them. But just as you wouldn't communicate through email as you would in ...

As technology advances, corporations are increasingly discovering that employee gossip has migrated from the office watercooler to instant messaging platforms. IM programs can be internal or external.

One of the internet's oldest instant messaging services, ICQ, is closing down. Credit: Costfoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images One of the oldest, still-running online platforms is finally closing its doors ...

Apple has set the groundwork for instant messaging on the iPhone and other touchscreen devices with an application for a patent on a universal interface for real-time text chat services. Published in ...