Need to have a private conversation with a colleague or friend on Google Chat? Direct messages (DMs) are the way to go! Whether they're already on your chat list or a new contact, sending a DM is ...

This will display your direct messages. Note that the arrow will have ... but you can still access the chat from the user's profile. Related coverage from How To Do Everything: Tech: ...

A small step, but we'll take it. Twitter Backtracks On Its Anyone-Can-Direct-Message Option Twitter's experiment with making it easier to contact some users privately seems to have come to an end.

The software “bug”, which has since been fixed, involved direct messages between users and businesses that offer customer services via Twitter. Affected users are being notified via a message ...

Twitter is reportedly working on a feature to limit the number of direct messages or DMs that non-verified users can send in one day. A screenshot of the feature in the works shows a pop-up ...