A Metropolitan Police officer has been sacked for using his work phone to send text messages to escorts and sex workers, sometimes while on duty. PC Shabul Miah messaged "a large number" of different ...

FURTHER expanding beyond its roots in internet search, Google plans to launch a long-rumoured program today that provides both text instant messaging and computer-to-computer voice chat. The new ...

Instant messaging (IM) is fast becoming the target of choice for hackers as more enterprises deploy and use IM company-wide. In a recent report from FaceTime Communications, a security provider for ...

Computer science researchers find a way to solve a big problem in the end-to-end encryption field. End-to-end encryption technologies are becoming more widespread as messaging app users become more ...

A recent report from Burton Group, "Instant Messaging: It's Not Just Idle Chatter," has highlighted the necessity of creating policies to govern the use of instant messaging (IM) within a company.