If your instant message requires immediate attention, fine. But many don’t – they’re simply inconsiderate, so just email ...

Instant messaging has become the latest employee productivity tool. A customer-service representative can use it as a quick and easy way to answer an inquiry, whereas a salesperson can inform a busy ...

The use of instant messaging in the workplace and from mobile devices continues to grow, according to an America Online survey released Tuesday. Nearly 27 percent of all IM users surveyed said they ...

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, ...

Mobile devices are everywhere, and most healthcare organizations are following the trend and adopting mobile devices at the point of care. In particular, clinicians at hospitals and healthcare ...

Personal embarrassment pales, however, when compared with the ramifications of a business message getting into the wrong hands. E-mail has made it easier to have that happen. Click the mouse and, poof ...

My former supervisor and I used to rely on instant messaging as a critical application to get our jobs done. As Web site managers, we could run through the site code together in one window and in ...

America Online has released a version of its popular instant messaging product aimed at the corporate market. The Enterprise AIM Services suite, now available, will allow corporations to manage ...

Instant messaging (IM) conjures up images of bored teenagers using a software-based gossiping tool. Most IM programs are free, and few competing products can talk to one another, making skeptics ...

WhatsApp, bought by Facebook in February 2014, now occupies 200 minutes a week of its billion users , and is forecast to surpass 3.6 billion users by 2020 – that’s about half of humanity. Messaging is ...

Instant messaging is booming. Almost everywhere you look, people are typing messages to friends and work colleagues at a frantic pace. These are not e-mails but rather short messages that often travel ...