While everyone is talking about Google Buzz, Facebook has come out with something to make using Facebook Chat easier. Facebook has launched support for the Jabber/XMPP protocol, the same protocol that ...

Many users of XMPP (Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol—formerly Jabber) chat services are going to be more secure starting this week. The XMPP Standards Foundation announced that a large ...

Facebook will announce soon on its developer blog that it’s working on a Jabber/XMPP interface for Facebook Chat. The interface will allow users to talk to their Facebook friends using any ...

Google said recently that it will stop supporting XMPP (Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol), which is used for instant messaging in Google Talk. A unified Google Hangouts service will extend ...

Multiple device messaging allows you to receive a copy of your 1:1 chats from any client that is signed in or receiving updates, such as an iOS device with push notifications. These chats are not ...

If you’re a fan of Facebook Chat but haven’t been able to use it in your favorite chat client, good news: Facebook has just launched support for Jabber/XMPP, an open protocol that makes it very easy ...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA—Yesterday Google released Hangouts, the company’s new video, voice, and text chat application. Previously known internally to Google by the codename “Babel,” Hangouts consolidates ...

1. Start a group chat from your Roster by selecting multiple contacts or a Roster group and choosing Start Group Chat from the context menu. You can also start a group chat from an existing message at ...

A new variant of mobile ransomware that encrypts the content of Android smartphones is putting a new spin on both how it communicates with its masters and how it spurs its victims into action. The ...

Apple unveiled a new iMessaging app that brings SMS-style messaging to iOS devices that lack a mobile data connection, such as WiFi-only iPads and the iPod touch. The technology behind the software ...