As Facebook snaps up smartphone messaging service WhatsApp for a monumental $19 billion in cash and shares, focus has turned to its rivals. Here are some background facts about China's popular mobile messaging application ...
Software
Feb 20, 2014
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Skype was recovering on Thursday from a major outage that left millions of people unable to use the popular Internet communication service.
Internet
Dec 23, 2010
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Online customer service agents who use emoticons and who are fast typists may have a better chance of putting smiles on their customers' faces during business-related text chats, according to researchers.
Economics & Business
May 21, 2015
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European governments' ability to monitor citizens' online activity on security grounds has increased significantly in recent years.
Internet
Jun 11, 2013
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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.
Internet
Nov 7, 2009
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Saudi users of Internet messenger application Viber reported on Saturday that the service was back on their smartphones, despite the authorities insisting it was still banned.
Business
Dec 15, 2013
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When it comes to online communication, the big thing these days is mobile messaging.
Software
Mar 11, 2014
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Microsoft on Tuesday announced that recently-acquired Skype will replace its Messenger online chat service.
Internet
Nov 6, 2012
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(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 for improvement.
Internet
Jul 8, 2009
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Before the Wi-fi and the Internet, the telephone and the telegraph, the original instant messaging services of society were homing pigeons. After becoming the first domesticated birds, for an estimated 2,000 years, these ...
Plants & Animals
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