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2. Messenger (software) - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messenger_(software)

   Messenger, also known as Facebook Messenger, is an American proprietary instant messaging app and platform developed by Meta Platforms. Originally developed as Facebook Chat in 2008, the company revamped its messaging service in 2010, released standalone iOS and Android apps in 2011, and released standalone Facebook Portal hardware for ...

3. Signal (messaging app) - Wikipedia

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   Signal is an encrypted messaging service for instant messaging, voice calls, and video calls. [13] [14] The instant messaging function includes sending text, voice notes, images, videos, and other files. [15] Communication may be one-to-one between users or may involve group messaging. The application uses a centralized computing architecture ...

4. Google Messages - Wikipedia

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   Google Messages [1] (formerly known as Messenger, Android Messages, and Messages) is a text messaging software application developed by Google for its Android and Wear OS mobile operating systems, while it's also available via the Web. Google's official universal messaging platform for the Android ecosystem, Messages employs SMS and Rich ...

5. AIM (software) - Wikipedia

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   AIM ( AOL Instant Messenger, sometimes stylized as aim) was an instant messaging and presence computer program created by AOL, which used the proprietary OSCAR instant messaging protocol and the TOC protocol to allow registered users to communicate in real time. AIM was popular by the late 1990s, in United States and other countries, and was ...

6. Meta rolls out encrypted messaging by default for Facebook ...

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   Users of Meta’s Facebook and Messenger apps will now automatically gain the protections of end-to-end encryption, a major boost to security and privacy, the company said Wednesday.

7. Text messaging - Wikipedia

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   Text messaging. A text message using SMS – the 160 character limit and difficulty of typing on feature phone keypads led to the abbreviations of "SMS language". The word "lol" sent via iMessage. Text messaging, or texting, is the act of composing and sending electronic messages, typically consisting of alphabetic and numeric characters ...

8. Telegram (software) - Wikipedia

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   Telegram Messenger, commonly known as Telegram, is a cloud-based, cross-platform, encrypted instant messaging (IM) service. It was originally launched for iOS on 14 August 2013 and Android in October 2013. It allows users to exchange messages, share media and files, and hold private and group voice or video calls as well as public livestreams.

9. Instant messaging - Wikipedia

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   Instant messaging is a set of communication technologies used for text-based communication between two ( private messaging) or more (chat room) participants over the Internet or other types of networks (see also LAN messenger ). [6] IM chats happen in real-time.