It never ceases to amaze me how popular instant messaging has become. Even if you decide that instant messaging has no place on your corporate network, chances are your users will take things into ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Q: I have used AOL Instant Messenger at work to communicate with customers and co-workers in other offices for over 20 years. Since AOL announced it is ...

Instant messaging (IM) -- whether companies view it as a worker productivity booster or a security threat -- is a popular communication application that many workers use, with or without permission, ...

I am curious why PC based instant message program like AIM didn't evolved into smartphone messenger app like Whats App or Facebook Messenger? Company like AOL should have turn the AOL messenger into ...

Digital rights watchdog Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is advising users of AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) not to upgrade to the next version of the instant messaging application because its ...

About 20 years ago, I started driving co-workers within listening distance crazy with constant chirps of “Uh oh!” emanating from my laptop. It was all coming from a nifty little program I’d discovered ...