People have been leaving public messages since the first artists painted hunting scenes on cave walls. But it was the invention of electricity that forever changed the way we talked to each other. In ...

At Ars Technica, Jeremy Reimer has penned a history of online public messaging: Today, many folks look back with fondness on the early days of computer-based messaging. Depending on their age, they ...

Germany’s healthcare system has begun a programme that aims to improve communication and decision-making by replacing faxes, phone calls and voicemails with encrypted messaging services. The project, ...