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  2. Yahoo! Messenger - Wikipedia

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    Messenger was provided free of charge and could be downloaded and used with a generic "Yahoo ID" which also allowed access to other Yahoo! services, such as Yahoo! Mail . The service also offered VoIP , file transfers, webcam hosting, a text messaging service, and chat rooms in various categories.

  3. Comparison of instant messaging protocols - Wikipedia

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    YMSG ( Yahoo! Messenger ) ^ a b One-to-many / many-to-many communications primarily comprise presence information, publish/subscribe and groupchat distribution. Some technologies have the ability to distribute data by multicast, avoiding bottlenecks on the sending side caused by the number of recipients.

  4. List of defunct instant messaging platforms - Wikipedia

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    Windows Messenger, 2001–2008; Xfire, 2003–2015; Yahoo! Messenger, 1998–2018 This page was last edited on 26 May 2024, at 11:04 (UTC). Text is available ...

  5. MSN Messenger - Wikipedia

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    MSN Messenger. MSN Messenger (also known colloquially simply as MSN [2] [3] ), later rebranded as Windows Live Messenger, was a cross-platform instant-messaging client developed by Microsoft. [4] It connected to the now-discontinued Microsoft Messenger service and, in later versions, was compatible with Yahoo! Messenger and Facebook Messenger.

  6. List of chat websites - Wikipedia

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    One-way webcam model live video streaming: Yes No No Yes Yes No No Yes Meebo Rooms: Yes No No Yes No No No No MyFreeCams.com: One-way webcam model live video streaming: Yes No No Yes Yes No No Yes Omegle: Two-way live video streaming between random pairs of people Yes No No No Yes No Yes Yes Paltalk: Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Rounds: Yes ...

  7. Optic Nerve (GCHQ) - Wikipedia

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    Optic Nerve (GCHQ) Optic Nerve is a mass surveillance programme run by the British signals intelligence agency Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), with help from the US National Security Agency, that surreptitiously collects private webcam still images from users while they are using a Yahoo! webcam application.

  8. Comparison of cross-platform instant messaging clients

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    Examples of such messaging services include: Skype, Facebook Messenger, Google Hangouts (subsequently Google Chat), Telegram, ICQ, Element, Slack, Discord, etc. Users have more options as usernames or email addresses can be used as user identifiers, besides phone numbers. Unlike the phone-based model, user accounts on a multi-device model are ...

  9. Online chat - Wikipedia

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    Online chat is any kind of communication over the Internet that offers a real-time transmission of text messages from sender to receiver. Chat messages are generally short in order to enable other participants to respond quickly. Thereby, a feeling similar to a spoken conversation is created, which distinguishes chatting from other text-based ...