Microsoft boldly adds Google to list of chat services in Outlook.com & SkyDrive

In a move to get more people to try its sleek email app Outlook.com, Microsoft has smartly added Google to its list of chat services, joining Facebook and Skype chat.

Kik at 50M users: Who needs Facebook Home when you can build an in-app platform?

The popular mobile messaging company Kik isn't sweating Facebook Home.

Messaging app taps HTML5 so you can text any platform — even web browsers

How do you stand out from the plethora messaging apps out there? For Chorus.im, it's by aiming for something more than just a messaging app.

Skype officially rolls out video messaging on iOS, Android, Mac — but not Windows

Skype's long-awaited video voicemail feature is finally here.

Facebook Messenger for iOS is now even better for chat fanatics

Facebook yesterday updated its standalone Messenger app on iOS to fully support the iPhone 5 and iOS 6, while also adding some useful features for chat addicts.

Video chat service ChatRandom is destroying Fanning & Parker’s Airtime with two killer features

Money can't buy you love, the Beatles told us. Neither can $33 million in venture capital and massive celebrity endorsements from stars like Jimmy Fallon, Snoop Dogg, Julia-Louis Drefus, Alicia Keys, and Jim Carrey.

Imo.im: No, people don’t want to chat with random strangers, Airtime

If the message of the massive Airtime launch yesterday was that meeting new people is the new new thing, Imo.im has a comeback: Chatroulette’s 15 minutes of fame are over for a reason, and it wasn’t just the johnson problem.…

LiveMarkets launches ad chat

LiveMarkets launched a service yesterday that lets Web site visitors click on an advertisement and immediately IM chat with a salesperson from the advertiser.

While other startups offer ways of managing the buyer-seller relationship online, LiveMarkets keeps the chat live …