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Firefox now comes with its own instant messenger
The latest version of the venerable web browser comes with integrated messaging capabilities for keeping in touch.
Instant messaging booming among Brits and it's because we're incorrigible flirts
Thanks to free services like WhatsApp, iMessage and Facebook Messenger, IM use is set to double in 2014
Is it time to say goodbye to the text message?
In Depth We take a look at the history of the humble SMS and ask: how long will it stick around for?
UK falls out of love with the SMS as numbers fall for the first time
For the first time ever text messages are in decline in the UK as phone users turn to internet-based messaging apps instead.
Skype pledges not to suck at cross-device messaging and call syncing
Microsoft-owned messaging platform Skype has vowed to iron out problems with using the service across multiple devices
BlackBerry puts kibosh on tweeted release date for BBM on Android, iOS
Updated BBM for the two systems was pegged to land June 27 in a tweet by T-Mobile, but BlackBerry says that date is wrong.
Beginning of the end for SMS as Whatsapp and co take over
Chat apps and mobile IM have overtaken the trusty old SMS for the first time ever, but there's life in the old dog yet.
Facebook planning new messaging app with self-destruct function
It's beginning to look a lot like Facebook will launch a mobile messaging app which destroys your communiques after a certain time.
