Tagged: Instant Messaging
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Viber app banned in Saudi Arabia – could WhatsApp and Skype be next? News
05.06.2013 Communications app Viber has been banned by the Communications and Information Technology Commission (CITC) in Saudi Arabia for failing to comply with the kingdom’s regulations. -
Viber hits 200m users, introduces video calling with new desktop apps News
07.05.2013 Not content with reaching a reported 200m users across all platforms, Viber is now challenging Skype head on with the launch of beta desktop apps for Windows and Mac that enable... -
Skype launches video messaging, Windows Live Messenger upgrades start in April News
18.02.2013 Skype has quietly introduced a new video messaging service that lets users send video clips for recipients to watch later. The company has also announced that upgrades from...Categories: Communications -
UPDATE: Vodafone restoring BlackBerry services following data glitch News
11.01.2013 Vodafone in the UK says it is restoring BlackBerry services in Europe, the Middle East and Africa after a 'router error' affected data services on the network for over five...Categories: Wireless Communications, Phones, Mobility, Mobile, Internet, Data Management, Consumer Tech, Communications -
WhatsApp processed record 18bn messages on New Year’s Eve News
03.01.2013 It’s looking to be a happy new year indeed for communications app WhatsApp, which smashed its own record number of messages processed in a single day on New Year’s Eve. -
Skype investigating bug that sends instant messages to wrong contacts News
17.07.2012 Some Skype users are reporting a bug that is sending instant messages to contacts for whom they weren’t intended, resulting in a bit of embarrassment and a lot of frustration. -
Twitter co-founder backs Irish company News
27.01.2012 Biz Stone, co-founder of microblogging site Twitter, is investing in Irish software start-up Intercom to the amount of US$1m (€760,000), The Irish Times reports. -
Facebook launches suicide prevention tool for concerned friends News
14.12.2011 Following its launch of a suicide prevention tool for Facebook users in Ireland and the UK earlier this year, Facebook has now created a similar suicide prevention tool for... -
UK to dispatch ‘Cyber Bobbies’ to police the web News
25.11.2011 ‘Cyber Specials’ look set to be the new face of UK policing as the UK government today revealed its strategy to counter the threat of cyber crime to its stg£100bn a year online...Categories: CIO, Digital Media, Government, Internet, Security, Social Media, Software & Web Development -
RIM restores BlackBerry services News
11.10.2011 Research in Motion (RIM) has said it has restored services to customers in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, after a major fault yesterday brought down online BlackBerry... -
BlackBerry service downtime affects millions News
10.10.2011 A major fault at RIM has brought down online BlackBerry services, such as internet access and instant messaging, affecting millions of users across Europe, the Middle East and...Tags: instant messaging, Email, Internet, data centre, BBM, Mobile, Smartphone, RIM, BlackBerry, Services, -
Samsung to launch instant messaging app called ChatON News
29.08.2011 Samsung will release an app called ChatON which will offer free instant messaging over a range of smartphones, feature phones, PCs and tablets. -
Londoners employ social media in riot cleanup News
09.08.2011 Londoners are taking to social media to organise riot cleanups while police are cracking down on anyone using Facebook, Twitter, instant messaging and the like to incite violence. -
Microsoft Ireland's Jeremy Showalter on the Lync unified communications platform News
30.06.2011 Jeremy Showalter, Productivity Lead at Microsoft Ireland, spoke to Licensed Wireless News about the road map for Microsoft's unified communications platform, Lync, and how the... -
Aughinish Alumina employs all-IP network News
29.06.2011 At Aughinish Alumina, innovation is a seam that runs through everything the company does, in a continuous drive to lower costs and increase yields. The switch to an all-IP... -
OMG, FYI and LOL make it into Oxford English Dictionary News
25.03.2011 'Initialisms' used by writers of emails, text messages and instant messages - specifically, OMG, FYI and LOL - have made it into the new online edition of the Oxford English... -
Mobile Business - The biggest thing to happen to work since email News
26.03.2011 Unified communications – the set of technologies that will make the phone on your desk look like a dinosaur – will unite voice with data and make the workplace universal.Tags: Collaboration, instant messaging, Email, Videoconferencing, Video, Damovo, SMEs, Lync, Microsoft, Mobile Business -
84.2pc of Irish web users accessed social networks News
24.02.2011 The reach of social networking impacted 84.2pc of all Irish internet users in 2010, growing from 8.1pc last year, said a ComScore report on European digital trends. -
New website features online tutors for students News
15.02.2011 Students who need help with their homework can now avail of www.24-7tutorials.com, a new website that provides one-to-one online expert help in real time.