Messaging Apps

Microsoft will close Messenger service March 15, asks users to switch to Skype

The service will be discontinued but users can switch to Skype

Senate committee approves privacy protections for cloud, email

The legislation would require law enforcement agencies to get court warrants to search stored electronic communications

What comes next as Facebook and Twitter slowly die?

Open-source messaging at (nearly) the speed of light

Large Hadron Collider techie details enormous complexity of Java messaging at CamelOne conference

DARPA program to power instant translation of multi-lingual email, messaging and speech

DARPA awards $1.7 million to SRI International for translation package, algorithms

AOL: No plans to kill off Instant Messenger

Despite executive departure and layoffs, AIM will be supported, improved

Android On Call: Hospital Builds Custom Mobile App for Patient Data

Office 365’s Lync Online to gain interop with consumer IM networks

The capability 'is on the road map,' according to a Microsoft official

Virtual-security appliances winning users over traditional messaging-security software

IDC study foresees businesses favoring virtual-security appliances, mostly for VMware sites at first

Employees aren’t waiting around for IT to deliver new apps

50% of information workers say they find their own tech solutions to business problems