News tagged with instant messaging service
UK surveillance could yield window into lives
(AP) -- British officials have given their word: "We won't read your emails."
May 18, 2012 |
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Skype adds Facebook video chatting to software
Internet phone service Skype said Thursday that it will let users of its software make video calls to their Facebook friends and receive them, too.
Nov 17, 2011 |
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RIM says BBM Music available
(AP) -- BlackBerry maker Research in Motion says its music-sharing application for its popular messaging service will be available for downloading in the U.S., Canada and Australia within a day.
Nov 02, 2011 |
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Viewdle lets Android smartphones recognize friends
Northern California startup Viewdle on Wednesday released software that lets Android-powered smartphones recognize people's faces.
Apr 28, 2011 |
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Web filters not 100% foolproof against risky sites: EU
A European Internet study has an instant message for parents who want to control their children's online habits: web filters are not 100 percent foolproof against harmful sites.
Jan 13, 2011 |
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Skype recovering after major outage
Skype was recovering on Thursday from a major outage that left millions of people unable to use the popular Internet communication service.
Dec 23, 2010 |
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Yahoo! adds Twitter, Zynga, and local deals
Yahoo! on Tuesday meshed microblogging sensation Twitter and social game star Zynga into its websites as the faded Internet pioneer strived to stay relevant in a changing online world.
Nov 16, 2010 |
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US university experiments with social media blackout
Students and teachers at a Pennsylvania university are banned from "tweeting," updating their Facebook page, sending instant messages or visiting MySpace this week.
Sep 15, 2010 |
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Indian officials to meet to decide BlackBerry ban
(AP) -- Indian authorities are scheduled to meet Monday evening to decide whether to ban some BlackBerry services in India, one day ahead of a government-imposed deadline for the device's maker Research In Motion Ltd. to give ...
Aug 30, 2010 |
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AOL sells ICQ instant messaging to Russia's DST
AOL said Wednesday it has sold ICQ, the top instant messaging service in Russia, to Russian Internet company Digital Sky Technologies Limited (DST) for 187.5 million dollars.
Apr 28, 2010 |
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Microsoft websites top spots in September: comScore
Industry tracker comScore on Friday released a study showing that Internet users in September spent more time at Microsoft websites that at any other online properties.
Nov 07, 2009 |
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Research finds that chatspeak has no impact on children's spelling ability
(PhysOrg.com) -- Parents, get ready to say OMG and watch your teens roflol.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Sep 21, 2009 |
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Yahoo! vows to fight Microsoft on new front
Yahoo! on Monday vowed to fight Microsoft on a new frontier, saying that having the software giant power its online searches won't stop it from battling for the devotion of Web surfers.
Aug 25, 2009 |
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Review: Need advice? Aardvark can sniff it out
(AP) -- I like to get advice from friends on all sorts of things, and love to give it even more. In the past few years, instant messaging, e-mail and Twitter have sped up the process, but there's still room ...
Jul 08, 2009 |
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Google hoping Web surfers will ride its 'Wave'
(AP) -- Google Inc. is hatching a new species of e-mail and instant messaging, but the Internet search leader first wants the hybrid service to evolve even more with the help of independent computer programmers.
May 28, 2009 |
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