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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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.

Anoox Instant Messenger ("AIM") is a Free Service of Anoox Social network - offered for Free* via Advertising and Donation support.

T he 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.

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

Does Gmail want to be an instant messaging client? Last month the popular webmail app shipped an emoji reactions bar in the mobile app, where a single tap would send a new email with your emoji ...

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.