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 ...

Many people were surprised to hear recently that ICQ -- the once-popular instant messaging (IM) client -- will shut down on June 26. I suspect more people were surprised to hear that ICQ (supposedly ...

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According to AFP, the announcement came via a message on ICQ's website on Wednesday, confirming the end of an era for the platform initially developed by Israeli programmers in 1996. ICQ, famously ...

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 ...

In the beginning, there was AOL Instant Messenger. That wasn’t actually the beginning. Talkomatic, Compuserve’s CB Simulator, and Internet Relay Chat (IRC) all preceded it. But AIM was the beginning ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. On Version History: the long reign of AOL Instant Messenger, the messaging app that maybe never should have ...

The new feature offers end-to-end encrypted private messaging for anyone with a cb.id username, .eth domain or Lens ID. Coinbase Wallet users can now send instant messages to each other using their ...

If you're old enough to remember a world without smartphones, you've probably heard about Yahoo! Messenger (or Yahoo! the search engine), even if you've never used it. The instant messaging client was ...

Even though more knowledge companies are pushing for a full-time return to the office for their staff, collaboration challenges are becoming a major focus, with leaders struggling with collaboration ...