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Like Jack Dorsey's X alternative - Bluesky, Bitchat is a decentralised instant messaging platform that uses Bluetooth to send ...

Anoox Instant Messenger ("AIM") is a Free Service of Anoox Social network - offered for Free* via Advertising and Donation support.

ICQ, a once-popular instant messaging service, announced on Friday via its website that it would be shutting down next month. "ICQ will stop working from June 26," reads a message on ICQ.com.

AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) has risen from the ashes. Now called AIM Phoenix, the popular messaging application from the late 90s and early 2000s is back. But this time it's not run by America Online.

T he biggest private instant messaging app in the world is finally available on Apple's tablets. Meta's social media, instant messenger and voice-over-IP app, WhatsApp, is now compatible with iPadOS.

People in Hong Kong could soon be able to report scams via their social media or instant messaging accounts. Under the new ...

WhatsApp has started rolling out a new AI-powered feature that allows users to create personalized chat wallpapers using text ...

Pavel Durov, the founder and CEO of instant messaging app Telegram, plans to leave his fortune to the more than 100 children he has fathered.