At the closing bell, IM is up about 0.1%, while R is down about 0.3% on the day Thursday.

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But I do think that places where email can be annoying - like lots of tiny little notification emails and so forth - may well end up migrating to IM, where they belong.

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The software is an important addition to Google's catalog, but offering IM and chat is just keeping up with the Joneses.

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S. Im 100% sure that you will end up being the best parent in the world just like all of us !

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Social Hub has been designed from the ground up to seamlessly integrate all major portal's email, IM and SNS services directly into the Samsung Wave.

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Ingram Micro ( NYSE:IM) The global IT company based in Santa Ana, California has traded from 14 up to 18 in the last 7 months.

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You can visit HHS.gov today to connect with a smoking cessation expert via IM or phone, use the online step-by-step quit guide, or sign up for SmokefreeTXT a texted based smoking cessation program.

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Future versions of the software could serve as a launching place for Google communications: Open up the sidebar, click on a contact name, and you can e-mail, IM or call them.

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