Google Chat Boosts Workplace Scrutiny By Bringing Back Idle Status The new clock-shaped icon will automatically appear on users' Chat accounts five minutes after their last activity.

As classic Hangouts is set to go away for Workspace customers, Google continues to update Chat and Spaces with more capabilities. A small tweak sees Gmail for Android introduce new status bar ...

Status messages are one early internet quirk that didn’t really keep up with the times, even though they totally should. They’re fun, but they’re also informative, allowing you to let your contact ...

With Chat serving as a key part of the integrated Gmail experience, Google lets users set a custom activity status. In addition to this ...

Google is now rolling out a new nifty feature for the Gmail on desktop and iOS, that lets the users choose their status in Google Chat.

Turning off your active status in the Messenger app on your mobile device does not turn off your active status in chat on the Facebook website.

If you're short on time and want to log on to your Facebook account to briefly check messages or post a quick status update, turn off the chat feature. This lets other users know you're not available ...

Yesterday, Twitter revealed that it will launch a beta program to test new conversation features out in the open, and now the company's showing off what some of those changes may look like. At a CES ...

Turn Facebook Chat off -- or on -- for selected friends When you want to be available to chat with certain friends but not others, these quick steps can help you out.