In 2019, for the first time, a majority of the world's 7.7 billion people used the internet. That's an amazing milestone -- but a sobering one, as well. It means over 3 billion people still lack ...

Meta (formerly Facebook) knows it has to attract younger users Meta (formerly Facebook) knows it has to attract younger users Facebook parent company Meta has launched new activities on its Messenger ...

Is it possible for Facebook Messenger to evolve into a real communication and even payment platform, and thereby succeed where Google Wave and others have failed? Share on Facebook (opens in a new ...

A pioneering Internet messaging service that once boasted 100 million accounts has shut down, a message on the Russian-owned ICQ website said Wednesday. ICQ – styled to sound like "I seek you" – was ...

Facebook Inc has introduced free video calling in its Messenger phone app as the company seeks to transform its mobile messaging service into a full-featured platform with the same reach as its 1.4 ...

Last night, Facebook gave what seems to be an unintentional early glimpse of its future plans to people who have the companion app for the company’s F8 developer conference installed on their phone. A ...

The week before David Marcus will take the stage at Facebook’s annual F8 developers’ conference to announce new tools to help businesses interact with you and me on Messenger, he tries to explain his ...

Shortly after acknowledging that its MSN Messenger instant messaging program has a bug that could disclose the names and e-mail addresses on a user’s contact list, Microsoft Corp. is being confronted ...