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  2. Instant messaging - Wikipedia

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    A classic example of instant messaging on a desktop computer: the left window of this software showing a list of contacts ("buddy list") and the right window an active IM conversation An example of instant messaging on mobile, featuring the exchange of pictures and audio on top of text. Instant messaging (IM) technology is a type of synchronous ...

  3. Timeline of social media - Wikipedia

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    Decade Description 1970s–1980s The PLATO system (developed at the University of Illinois and subsequently commercially marketed by Control Data Corporation) offers early forms of social media with Notes, PLATO's message-forum application; TERM-talk, its instant-messaging feature; Talkomatic, perhaps the first online chat room; News Report, a crowd-sourced online newspaper, and blog; and ...

  4. ICQ - Wikipedia

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    ICQ was among the first stand-alone instant messenger (IM) applications—while real-time chat was not in itself new (Internet Relay Chat [IRC] being the most common platform at the time), the concept of a fully centralized service with individual user accounts focused on one-on-one conversations set the blueprint for later instant messaging ...

  5. History of email - Wikipedia

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    The history of email entails an evolving set of technologies and standards that culminated in the email systems in use today. [1]Computer-based messaging between users of the same system became possible following the advent of time-sharing in the early 1960s, with a notable implementation by MIT's CTSS project in 1965.

  6. 12 Most Used Messaging Apps - AOL

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    In this era of technological advancement, there are numerous messaging apps that subscribers can choose from. The messaging apps are used for chatting purposes. They make communication easy with ...

  7. PowWow (chat program) - Wikipedia

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    Many of the features found in contemporary instant messaging programs were first introduced in PowWow. The program also had several innovative features such as allowing users to talk with each other using VoIP, a shared whiteboard, a built-in speech synthesizer, WAV sound file playing, offline transmittal of instant messages via POP/SMTP, and the ability for users to share their web surfing ...

  8. List of defunct instant messaging platforms - Wikipedia

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    This is an alphabetic list of defunct instant messaging platforms, showing the name, when it was discontinued and the type of client. AOL Instant Messenger, 1997–2017; aMSN, 2002–2012; BBM, 2005–2019; ChatON, 2011–2015; Emesene, 2013 – MSNP (Microsoft Notification Protocol or Mobile Status Notification Protocol) Empathy; Fetion ...

  9. Internet messaging platform - Wikipedia

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    Thus was born the messaging platform. Large telecommunication operators and internet service providers needed flexible, easily deployed and scaled messaging systems for quickly growing messaging services and cell phone networks (for examples see SMS and BlackBerry.) The flexibility required related to the deployment or integration with anti ...