Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook A new class of high-speed Internet connection services touting unlimited access has made it even ...

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.

As users are exposed to an increasing variety of mobile communication forms--mobile e-mail, voicemail, SMS, and, of course, voice--managing one's availability, or presence, becomes important. Wireless ...

If you were a user of the World Wide Web between the late 1990s and early 2000s, there’s a good chance you used AOL Instant Messenger, otherwise known as AIM. From picking out a username that was ...

New version of Instant Messaging software will let people share and interact with one another's digital playlists, it has been suggested. Yahoo currently has designs on merging Musicmatch with their ...

Instant messaging (IM) can help e-commerce sites capture potential sales, but cost, service and technological hurdles must be cleared before IM can have a major impact, according to analysts. Gartner ...

With internal instant messaging you don't have to resort to obscure screen names. It will become increasingly important to control how much of your presence information is available to various users ...

When I was 13 I opened the door to an alternate universe where I could be anyone I wanted. A professional skater, a 19-year-old named David in Wisconsin, even a cartoon character—I could change my ...