Messenger hits a new user milestone, while WhatsApp is approaching 1 billion users. During 2015, Facebook added numerous features to Messenger, such as speed improvements, video calling ...

Currently, the Kent State team is extending their analysis of IM to the popular Web site Facebook.com to determine whether the site’s language is similar or different to instant messaging standards.

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Instant Messaging (IM) is a well-established means of fast and effective communication. Once used primarily by home users for personal communications, IM solutions are now being deployed by ...

According to Nature in 'Six degrees of messaging,' computer scientists at Microsoft Research Redmond lab have logged a full month of instant messengers using -- logically -- Microsoft Messenger ...

Instant Messaging (IM) market size is projected to reach US$ 41230 million by 2028, from US$ 21910 million in 2021, at a CAGR of 9.3% during 2022-2028.

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Financial data giants Bloomberg and Thomson Reuters have taken significant steps to calm banks’ concerns around financial traders misusing instant messaging. In a week when JP Morgan has become ...

Are Instant Messaging Apps Like Slack an Instant Productivity Killer? Bubbles is a business communication tool that could help remote workers feel less overwhelmed with always being available.

The idea that there are only six degrees of separation between any two people has been proved to be more than a myth by a study looking at the flow of instant messages around the world. The idea ...