Instant Messaging (IM) is in addition to Web and Email the most popular service on the Internet. With xOperator we present a strategy and implementation which deeply integrates Ins...
Most studies about instant messaging (IM) are based on self-report data. We logged thousands of real IM conversations and examined them to find characteristic patterns of IM use i...
Ellen Isaacs, Candace A. Kamm, Diane J. Schiano, A...
This paper presents an approach for exchanging presence information between users of an instant messaging system in a mobile ad hoc network. As major feature, presence information ...
Over the last several years, studies of instant messaging have observed its increasing role in the workplace[1] and in social situations[2]. We propose that modifying applications...
The popularity of instant messaging (IM) system creates a new way for human communication. Along with this trend, IM system is broadly applied in cooperative learning. There isnâ€...