ICQ, a once-popular instant messaging service, announced on Friday via its website that it would be shutting down next month. "ICQ will stop working from June 26," reads a message on ICQ.com.

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Industry veteran Lee Finck writes that while the battle over open standards remains inconclusive, instant messaging technology is fated to remain stuck in a time warp.

AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) has risen from the ashes. Now called AIM Phoenix, the popular messaging application from the late 90s and early 2000s is back. But this time it's not run by America Online.

People in Hong Kong could soon be able to report scams via their social media or instant messaging accounts. Under the new ...

The biggest private instant messaging app in the world is finally available on Apple's tablets. Meta's social media, instant messenger and voice-over-IP app, WhatsApp, is now compatible with iPadOS.

Like Jack Dorsey's X alternative - Bluesky, Bitchat is a decentralised instant messaging platform that uses Bluetooth to send ...

Iran-developed application, Bale Messenger was found to lack end-to-end encryption and share users' sensitive data with the app server. Experts warn against their use.

Pavel Durov, the founder and CEO of instant messaging app Telegram, plans to leave his fortune to the more than 100 children he has fathered.