Shelby Brown (she/her/hers) is an editor for CNET's services team. She covers tips and tricks for apps, operating systems and devices, as well as mobile gaming and Apple Arcade news. Shelby also ...

The ICQ messaging app is shutting down on June 26th, marking the end of a much-beloved communication application. Before there was AOL Instant Messenger, Yahoo Messenger, or Discord (which came much ...

Facebook has started flipping the switch on integrating the chat systems for Instagram and Messenger. On Friday evening, several editors at The Verge across the country — on both iOS and Android ...

To find out if someone has blocked you on Messenger, you should first send them a message. If your message is not delivered, even after the recipient has been online, you're most likely blocked. To ...

Facebook Messenger brings all your Facebook and Instagram chats into one place, connecting you with your friends and family worldwide. It's among the best communication apps, with a large population ...

It was the late 90s and social media platforms like MySpace and Facebook didn't yet exist. Texting was still in its infancy as very few people actually owned mobile phones at that point. E-mail was a ...

If you're old enough to remember a world without smartphones, you've probably heard about Yahoo! Messenger (or Yahoo! the search engine), even if you've never used it. The instant messaging client was ...