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2. Messenger (software) - Wikipedia

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   Messenger, [11] also known as Facebook Messenger, is an American proprietary instant messaging service developed by Meta Platforms.Originally developed as Facebook Chat in 2008, the client application of Messenger is currently available on iOS and Android mobile platforms, Windows and macOS desktop platforms, through the Messenger.com web application, and on the standalone Facebook Portal ...

3. 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 ...

4. Yahoo Messenger - Wikipedia

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   Yahoo! Messenger (sometimes abbreviated Y!M) was an advertisement -supported instant messaging client and associated protocol provided by Yahoo!. Yahoo! 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.

5. Instant messaging - Wikipedia

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   Yahoo! Messenger added video capabilities in 2001, [32] and by 2005 such features were built-in also in AIM, MSN Messenger, and Skype. [33] There were a reported 100 million users of instant messaging in 2001. [34] As of 2003, AIM was the globally most popular instant messenger with 195 million users and exchanges of 1.6 billion messages daily ...

6. 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.

7. Signal (software) - Wikipedia

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   Signal is an open-source, encrypted messaging service for instant messaging, voice calls, and video calls. [14][15] The instant messaging function includes sending text, voice notes, images, videos, and other files. [16] Communication may be one-to-one between users or may involve group messaging. The application uses a centralized computing ...

8. List of Facebook features - Wikipedia

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   Facebook Messenger is an instant messaging service and software application. Originally developed as Facebook Chat in 2008, [45] the company revamped its messaging service in 2010, [46] and subsequently released standalone iOS and Android apps in August 2011. [47]

9. AIM (software) - Wikipedia

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   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 ...