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.

The rise of Skype could mean the death of Windows Live Messenger

In an unsurprising move, Microsoft plans to shutter Windows Live Messenger in favor of the more flashy Skype.

It’s 10 p.m.: Where are your kids being bullied today? (Answer: Facebook)

Passing notes is passé. Teens supplement books and backpacks with smartphones and social networks and while we're sure your kid is the good kid, a reported one in four teens are being bullied online, and 50 percent of teens are using the Internet to cheat.

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.…

Microsoft lifts New York City into the cloud

Earlier this week, VentureBeat reported on New York City’s efforts to modernize its government. The Big Apple is moving ahead quickly, announcing a partnership with Microsoft today that will anchor the city’s technology infrastructure firmly in Microsoft’s cloud.

The five-year …