One of the internet's oldest instant messaging services, ICQ, is closing down. Credit: Costfoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images One of the oldest, still-running online platforms is finally closing its doors ...

NEW YORK (AP) - AOL has announced that it is discontinuing its pioneering Instant Messenger chat platform after 20 years of service. An article on AOL's website posted Friday says AOL Instant ...

AIM is the first major instant messaging service to take advantage of Facebook Chat's new API/interface. According to a post by David Reiss on Facebook's blog, 2 billion chat messages are sent on the ...

WhatsApp introduced the latest features in its chats for groups. WhatsApp recently revealed that its users will soon be able ...

If you were a user of the World Wide Web between the late 1990s and early 2000s, there’s a good chance you used AOL Instant Messenger, otherwise known as AIM. From picking out a username that was ...

Many people were surprised to hear recently that ICQ -- the once-popular instant messaging (IM) client -- will shut down on June 26. I suspect more people were surprised to hear that ICQ (supposedly ...

Chethan is a reporter at Android Police, focusing on the weekend news coverage for the site. He has covered tech for over a decade with multiple publications, including the likes of Times Internet, ...

Windows Movie Maker and MSN Messenger were two of Microsoft's most iconic Windows programs. The former was a casual video editing app, while the latter was an instant messaging (IM) chat service.