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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 ...
Modern, Internet-wide, GUI-based messaging clients as they are known today, began to take off in the mid-1990s with PowWow, ICQ, and AOL Instant Messenger (AIM). Similar functionality was offered by CU-SeeMe in 1992; though primarily an audio/video chat link, users could also send textual messages to each other.
Around 2011, AIM started to lose popularity rapidly, partly due to the quick rise of Gmail and its built-in real-time Google Chat instant messenger integration in 2011 and because many people migrated to SMS or iMessages text messaging and later, social networking websites and apps for instant messaging, in particular, Facebook Messenger, which was released as a standalone application the same ...
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 ...
A simple smiley. This is a list of emoticons or textual portrayals of a writer's moods or facial expressions in the form of icons.Originally, these icons consisted of ASCII art, and later, Shift JIS art and Unicode art.
From the trailblazing product that was Instant Messenger, merger with Time Warner and multiple rebrandings, AOL has faced a long road as it continues to navigate the ever-evolving world of the ...
Likely a misprint, The New York Times is responsible for the first use of an emoticon – :) – when they printed a transcribed copy of a speech given by President Abraham Lincoln in August 1862.
AOL OpenRide was an Internet application suite made by AOL from 2006, [3] combining e-mail, instant-messaging, a web browser and a media player in one window. The suite was available for free download, but an AOL or AIM screenname was required to access some features.