BrightCom, Inc., the performance leader in enterprise conferencing, announces the release of version 2.0 of the Versona Instant Messaging System (VIMS).
BrightCom, Inc., the performance leader in enterprise conferencing, announces the release of version 2.0 of the Versona Instant Messaging System (VIMS). By completely eliminating the cost of a client side deployment and providing full cross-platform […]
‘Time Warner Inc.’s America Online has upgraded its instant-message service to help win users and boost advertising sales.
The latest version of the software, to be made available over the next three months, improves existing voice and video chat services, and adds Internet calling and access to 20 XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. stations, AOL spokeswoman […]
‘So you want to learn how to instant and text message. If you have a teenager with a cell phone, you’ve probably gotten to know it from the outside in. You’ve seen the bill and probably wondered what this is all about. At about ten cents a pop, cell phone text messages can add up, […]
‘Vivox has announced it will power WorldFriends Networks’ Phone service, which will allow WFN’s half-million global users to communicate with each other via live text, voice or video chat.
WorldFriends Networks is one of Asia’s largest online dating service providers and operates in English, Chinese, Japanese and Korean. 500k members.
WFN claims to be the industry’s first […]
‘Educators say they wish more young teens would follow Amanda’s lead. They say instant messaging, known as “IM,” has gotten out of control among middle school-age kids, especially girls. Some schools have started trying to educate students and parents on the dangers of instant messaging.
“What we end up having are kids who feel they are […]
‘Time Warner’s America Online, the largest U.S. Internet access provider, is upgrading its instant message service to help win users and boost advertising sales.
The latest version of the software, to be made available over the next three months, improves existing voice and video chat services, and adds Internet calling and access to 20 XM Satellite […]
‘Apparently, much of Phoenix considers the phone to be so 20th century.
A recent survey found that 65 percent of Internet-savvy Phoenix residents use instant messaging, and 39 percent of them send as many or more instant messages than e-mails.
According to the AOL IM survey, 25 percent of the Valley’s IM users change their away messages […]
‘As a deaf 16-year-old, Russell Kane didn’t know how to ask a cute classmate out on a date. So he bribed his sister Lesley (with $1) to make the call. She relayed the ‘‘no thanks’’ back to him.
Kane, 40, now teaches social studies to deaf students in White Plains, N.Y., and can make phone calls […]
‘Devices that screen out malware are still having to fight insidious intrusions such as the “drive-by download”, says Niall King, Asia–Pacific MD for firewall vendor Barracuda.
King says such downloads can be triggered by something as trivial as moving a scrollbar on a website. But alongside these are vectors like instant messaging (IM) which allow employees […]
‘A new version of its hugely popular instant messaging service. The free service, dubbed AIM Triton, which AOL calls an “integrated communications hub,” is more closely integrated with the Internet company’s other ad-supported services. Triton offers AOL users instant messaging, e-mail, SMS mobile text messaging, voice and video chat functions, and an online address book […]