Messaging Apps

The Spot Connect sends location data when there’s no wireless available

Does Facebook change the messaging landscape?

FBI: Web-based services hurting wiretapping efforts

A lawyer for the agency stops short of saying she wants back doors in Internet services

Google will respond to “valid requests” for data from India

Indian has said that it will ask service providers for access to communications like Gmail for security reasons

China’s top IM client QQ goes international

Tencent is slowly looking at overseas markets, but China is still the main focus

Gmail Tips: How to Take Chat Off the Record; Archive E-Mails

Chinese Internet firms forced to apologize over privacy spat

China's IT ministry has forced Tencent and 360 to issue public apologies following a dispute involving privacy issues

Microsoft Lync: A.T. Kearney’s New Customer Care Secret

MSN China, Sina to integrate social platforms in China

The agreement between the Microsoft joint venture and Sina comes as rival Tencent faces outrage from Internet users

Dispute pits China’s top IM client against security firm

Tencent is forcing users of its instant messaging client to uninstall security software as part of an going feud