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Instant Messaging With A Difference
As far as methods of communication go, instant messaging falls somewhere in between actually picking up the phone to speak to someone and sending them an email. Options such as the Windows Live Messenger and Yahoo! Messenger allow people to log on to their computers and chat live with anyone on their list who is also showing as being online. It's a system that has been embraced by friends, relatives, business clients and many other people alike, but the one disadvantage it has is that it requires you to be sitting at your computer. There hasn't Read More...

Instant Messaging On The Rise - Is The Age Of Email Over?
You've got a quick query for a colleague, but he works on the fourth floor and you're on the first. He also happens to be in the Geneva office, but you're in London. With the global work place more widespread and busy than ever, communicating with co Read More...
Email and Instant Messaging; Capitalizing Your Own Name
There is a strong trend in online correspondence to not capitalize ones own name. Typically this is done all the time in Instant Messaging because generally folks do not capitalize anything or because it just takes too long. So be it. But when it com Read More...

Email And Instant Message Family And Friends Around The World
If you are one of the many people who have friends or family in other countries, then you know how expensive it still can be to make international phone calls. There is nothing like hearing a loved ones voice to brighten your day, but that brightness Read More...
Instant Messaging
What does intra‐office communication look like in your workplace? Are employees standing around waiting to speak to one another? Are there too many interruptions of important meetings, discussions, and phone calls? Or has communication bec Read More...