Redmond is killing off its Live Messenger client in favor of Skype, but the underlying Messenger service will continue to run, at least until next year. Lance Whitney is a freelance technology writer ...

Earlier this week came widespread reports that Microsoft would be retiring its widely used Messenger service on March 15th, forcing all users (apart from those in China) to switch to using Skype for ...

A thumbs up or "Like" icon at the Facebook main campus in Menlo Park, California, May 15, 2012. Facebook on Wednesday launched a standalone version of its Messenger service for web browsers separate ...

It needed a lot of work, though.

Facebook is merging its Messenger service and Instagram's direct message feature in a move that has long been in talks as part of an effort to integrate the tech giant's array of social media ...

Messenger Kids, the child-friendly version of Meta’s Messenger service (aka Facebook Messenger), is being updated with a dark mode, as well as new audio effects for voice messages, the service has ...

Facebook is making it easier for businesses to leverage its Messenger service on their own websites. The company in November 2017 first launched a new customer chat plugin that allowed customers to ...

Previously, we had discussed how to fix the Facebook Messenger app if its voice and video call functionality stopped working. Similarly, today we’ll see what troubleshooting steps one should take when ...