instant messaging in news
Open source, Facebook smuggled into work by Generation Y
News Businesses must open their doors to iPhones, Facebook, instant messaging and open source software if they want to attract the next generation of workers, a report has found. Those aged 18 to 22 favour... [06 Nov 2008]
Unified comms pumps up Tayside fire service
News Tayside Fire and Rescue serves 392,000 people spread over 7,500sq km, using the comms system to provide voice calls, instant messaging (IM), email and streaming video for officers whether they're on the... [04 Nov 2008]
Snooping database has to happen says gov't
News The Home Office is already consulting on plans due to come into effect in 2009 requiring all ISPs to keep the "who", "when" and "where" details of all web, VoIP and messaging traffic for at least 12 months, bringing the... [15 Oct 2008]
BlackBerry Storms the touchscreen market
News Finally, it will come preloaded with instant-messaging clients (Yahoo! On Tuesday night, RIM officially introduced the first touchscreen BlackBerry to the world: the RIM BlackBerry Storm. Also known by... [08 Oct 2008]
More wisps of Windows Cloud from Ballmer
News Ballmer said: "The young people you hire today, they grow up on MySpace, Facebook and instant messaging. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer on Thursday promised it won't be long before the world gets to meet... [03 Oct 2008]
Nokia adds Oz to communications arsenal
News Nokia is bulking up its communications platform with the acquisition of Oz Communications, a privately held Montreal-based company that offers mobile email and instant messaging. On Tuesday, Nokia said... [01 Oct 2008]
Cisco's collaboration launch squares up to Microsoft, IBM
News PostPath and Jabber, two recent Cisco acquisitions, will be built into WebEx Connect for email and instant messaging in the coming months, McConnell said. Cisco is busy this week introducing its latest... [25 Sep 2008]
Oracle gets collaboration buzz with Beehive
News Beehive seeks to take communication software, from email to instant messaging to chat, and the various security rules, databases and storage that are tied to each product on separate servers, and... [23 Sep 2008]
Built-in email, editing ditched in Windows 7
News Microsoft last week rolled out the latest "Wave 3" releases of its Windows Live programs, adding Windows Live Movie Maker to the mix of programs, which includes Windows Live Photo Gallery and Windows Live Mail as well as blogging tool... [23 Sep 2008]
Cisco invests in business IM
News Cisco Systems is bolstering its unified communications and collaboration portfolio with the purchase of a corporate instant-messaging company. On Friday, the networking giant announced it will purchase... [22 Sep 2008]
RIM chasing Apple with "lifestyle" features?
News For the MySpace deal, RIM will now offer customised access to the popular social-networking site, including instant, push-based messaging to BlackBerry and MySpace users, real-time status and mood... [12 Sep 2008]
Yahoo! previews iPhone social-networking app
News Another feature provides a unified hub of instant messaging, SMS messages and email. Yahoo! on Wednesday released a preview version of a free new iPhone application called OneConnect that can centralise... [11 Sep 2008]
Google releases Android 1.0 SDK beta
News Also removed is GTalkService, an API for instant messaging. Due to the security risks inherent in accepting arbitrary data from 'outside' the device, the data messaging facility of the... [19 Aug 2008]
LiMo adds browser-based UI kit to arsenal
News The bridge, therefore, makes it possible for an application to launch services, such as media engines or instant-messaging engines, via a browser-based user interface (UI). The mobile Linux company... [05 Aug 2008]
Security heading for the cloud
News Cloud-based malware and spam detection in email and instant messaging will grow from 20 per cent of messaging security revenue to 60 per cent over the next five years, according to... [17 Jul 2008]
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