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    Introduction Instant Messaging (IM) is a form of electronic communication, by which messages are transmitted and received almost instantly across networks. As IM services are becoming more popular, more people are now enjoying the convenience they brought. Apart from sending and receiving network messages, some IM services also allow users to share hyperlinks to webpages, photos or other files with others. This can be an alternative channel for spreading viruses and malicious codes. Threats Instant messaging

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    Instant messaging (IM) is a rapid and on the rise communications medium trendy with both company and home users. From its commencement as easy peer-to-peer conversation service, instant messaging has developed to grow to be a staple mode of contact for millions of internet users. Once restricted to desktops, accepted instantaneous messaging services IM has found its means into handheld gadgets and cell phones, permitting users to communicate from virtually anywhere. Information security has come

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    In today’s world, everyone is surrounded by technology everywhere for example, our smart phones can connect to the web along with instant messaging to anywhere in the world. A study by Levine, Waite, and Bowman examines how the relationship between the new collaborative technologies such as instant messaging (IMing) have great impact of the capability of students to stay concentrated on their academic tasks. Accordingly, the authors not only examined the consequences on continuous interruptions of

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    I. Related Work Instant messaging (IM) is a type of online chat which offers real-time text transmission over the Internet. Most popular network IM system: AOL Instant Messenger (AIM), Yahoo! Messenger (YMSG),and Microsoft Messenger(MSN).are discussed. A. AOL Instant Messenger AIM defines different types of servers. Some of them are login, BOS icon, chat room setup, user search and chat room hosting. AIM uses client-server architecture for normal operations but uses a peer-to-peer approach for

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    Instant Messaging for Enterprise Mark Bell American Military University Instant Messaging for Enterprise In a world of demand of instant information, whether it is the weather, news or latest sport scores. Society in American has been groomed to desire instant satisfaction of information at their fingertips. That need has transcended to corporate American and that instant information need is a common best business practice. Organizations used to use couriers to carry documents across

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    Bowman, Levine, Waite, and Gendron (2010) discuss their research on the effects of instant messaging while reading a passage. This study contains all of the elements of a true experiment, and their results conclude that it is more challenging to finish a passage efficiently while also focusing on instant messaging (Bowman et al., 2010). Bowman et al.’s (2010) article enhances a readers understanding of the meaning of multitasking and affirms the assumption that multitasking is a challenging feat

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    Discuss how instant messaging (IM) and texting could be a benefit, or an obstacle, or both, in your industry. In my workplace, employees are able to connect with colleagues through internal social media and instant messaging (IM) tools. The social media chat tool affords employees (globally) to connect and discuss topics such as proposal support, employees with special skillsets, training interest, online tutorial sessions (i.e., updating resumes, corporate management seminars), shared information

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    Is Instant Messaging Ruining America? It is the year 2017 I am astonished to say that out of 1,721 high schools and 1,266,505 high school students in the state of Texas, the educational testing service and the Texas education agency still cannot determine the answer to this mystifying question. We live in an age of information and an increasing need for automation in every aspect of everyday life. Is technology ruining our since of face to face communication? New advancements in instant messaging

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    ABSTRACT Instant Messaging services are the most popular nowadays and it is the instant way of communicating through the internet. There is a little attention to the security of these messages by the security research community. Despite all the other applications related to messaging, some protocols have been decided for the security issues of instant messaging. The fundamental worry with Off-The-Record Messaging frameworks is that the data being transmitted is effectively available. Albeit some

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    instantaneous as a text message or Tweet. Since people seem to write with such haste and almost carelessness today, it is important for students to be provided with slower paced writing exploration in the classroom. In “Writing for the Instant Messaging and Text Messaging Generation: Using New Literacies to Support Writing Instruction,” Sheelah M. Sweeney states, “Teachers may be concerned about the way some students write […] imagining the potential negative impact on their students’ academic writing

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