Computerworld

Text Messaging, Facebook Can Get You in Legal Trouble

This year, more than 600 billion wireless text messages will zip through the air worldwide, according to CTIA, an association of wireless technology providers. That’s a 10-fold increase from 2005’s 57 ...
Seeking Alpha

Messaging: Facebook Does Away With One Threat For $19 Billion - What About The Rest?

Please Note: Blog posts are not selected, edited or screened by Seeking Alpha editors. The messaging battle is on in 2014: Rakuten bought Viber for 900 million USD. Facebook bought Whatsapp for 16 ...
Mashable

Instant messaging service ICQ is shutting down after 27 years

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 ...
TechRadar

This pioneering instant messaging platform tried to keep up with the times - we take a closer look at why ICQ failed

Instant messaging platforms are a dime a dozen in 2025 - from WhatsApp and Signal to Telegram or Facebook Messenger, there’s certainly no shortage of options for users today. It wasn’t always that way ...
Search Engine Roundtable

Google Ads Gains Facebook Messenger & Zalo Messenger

Google Ads has supported adding WhatsApp Messenger for a while to your ad extensions. Now, it seems Google is also rolling out support for more messaging apps, including Facebook Messenger and Zalo, ...