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Last week, we provided you a list of social media sites of the past. Now it’s time to look at another internet service that has become essential in our life online – Instant Messaging. Again, let’s take a short trip down memory lane as we look back at the popular instant messaging services of the past.AIM (AOL Instant Messenger)Google TalkICQMSN/Windows Live MessengerYahoo! MessengerChikka Text MessengerAIM (AOL Instant Messenger)Let’s start with AIM or AOL Instant Messenger. It was released in May 1997 for Windows and is one of the most widely-used instant messaging services at the time before social networks like MySpace, Friendster, Facebook, and Twitter gained popularity. Although mostly used on desktops, AIM also arrived on mobile via Palm OS, Symbian OS, BlackBerry, and Windows Mobile, then eventually on Android and iOS. Usage has declined around 2011 as people moved to social networks and other messaging services. AIM completely shut down on December 15, 2017.Google TalkAlso known as Google Chat, which eventually became Hangouts, was released in August 2005. It was available in Windows, Android, BlackBerry, and Chrome OS. The service was eventually integrated into Gmail so users could send IMs to other Gmail users. Google+, Google’s social network, was also integrated into Google Talk. Google added new features like voice and video for users with Google Voice accounts In 2006, Google introduced offline messaging to Google Talk, allowing users to send messages to their contacts, even if they are not signed in. The messages will be received when they go online even if the user who has sent it is offline.ICQAn Israeli company called Mirabilis developed ICQ and was released in November 1996. The name derives from the phrase “I Seek You.” Like AIM, ICQ is also widely used at the time and include offline user messaging, multi-user chats, free daily-limited SMS sending, resumable file transfers, greeting cards, multiplayer video games, and a searchable user directory. It also featured emoticons for chats. In 1998, AOL acquired ICQ. Then in April 2010, AOL sold it to Digital Sky Technologies which later changed its name to Mail.Ru Group. ICQ is still available for download, but it has already stopped working on some unofficial clients since December 28, 2018.MSN/Windows Live MessengerMSN Messenger was a cross-platform instant messaging client developed by Microsoft. It was initially released in July 22, 1999. It was later rebranded under Windows Live Messenger in 2005. Versions of MSN/Windows Live Messenger were released for Windows, Xbox 360, Mac OS X (later under the name Microsoft Messenger for Mac), BlackBerry OS, iOS, Java ME, S60 on Symbian OS 9.x, Zune HD, Windows Phone, Windows Mobile and Windows CE. In November 2012, Microsoft announced that Messenger and Skype would merge in Q1 2013. Microsoft then officially retired Windows Live Messenger on October 31, 2014.Yahoo! MessengerPerhaps the most popular instant messaging service in the world, especially in the Philippines, is Yahoo! Messenger or also known as YM. Aside from instant messaging, the service also offered VoIP, file transfers, webcam hosting, a text

Last Updated on 2022-09-19 , 10:10 pmA trip down memory lane, anyone?MSN messenger has actually officially shut down. For many of you who grew up with the internet (that’s most of us who are still young enough to be considered cool), you grew up with MSN messenger as well.Who could forget the most convenient way to chat with your friends, before the deluge of instant messaging and social media apps on smartphones? Back in the day, there was no WhatsApp, no Facebook Messenger, no Snapchat, no Telegram… I could go on for a while.But do you know that MSN Messenger ended because Microsoft acquired Skype?Back when MSN Messenger was announced to be discontinued, an upgrade to Skype was offered. Not a lot of people remember the transition, but basically everyone remembered the death of MSN Messenger.Is it really dead, though? Did you know you could still access MSN Messenger right now?Whaaaaaat? Yeah, I know, right?But not through official apps, however, because any attempt on the app will forcefully have you ‘update’ to Skype. Many enthusiastic and nostalgic fans of MSN Messenger have taken it upon themselves to create third-party apps to recreate the MSN Messenger experience, complete with everything you used to love or hate, like the incessant nudges, or the annoying full-screen stickers.I can already sense your confusion. These apps must be simply Skype skins, or something like that. Actually, Skype is currently based on the same protocols as the old MSN Messenger, so creating a bypass for the oldie but goldie could enable you to relive the golden days of dial-up connections and chatrooms.I could do without the dial-up connections, actually (I’m sorry fibre connection my baby, I didn’t mean that).Take a look at Messenger Reviver:The revival community seems rather active, even now. People have been helping test

Farewell MSN Messenger. The iconic 15-year-old Microsoft instant messaging service for desktops will finally be laid to rest after its closure was announced in China, the last market where it remains active.Microsoft began migrating Messenger users to Skype in January 2013, before the service was retired in March that year. It was left open in China, mainly because it is operated by local partner TOM and not the US company itself, but the ax will fall on the Chinese service when it closes on October 31, as Technode reports.Users in China are also being encouraged to switch over to Skype with the offer of free calls. It isn’t clear how many users MSN Messenger has in China, but times have definitely changed and Tencent’s WeChat app — which counts 438 million active users — leads the country’s messaging space in today’s smartphone-centric era.➤ The Once-beloved Microsoft Messenger to Finally Shut Down in Mainland China [Technode]The 💜 of EU techThe latest rumblings from the EU tech scene, a story from our wise ol' founder Boris, and some questionable AI art. It's free, every week, in your inbox. Sign up now!Related: In China, more people now access the internet from a mobile device than a PCHeadline image via Manolo Gómez / Flickr Get the TNW newsletter Get the most important tech news in your inbox each week. Also tagged with

Microsoft Office Communicator is an instant messaging client that is used with the Microsoft Office Communications Server. It is a replacement for Windows Messenger. It has more features and is mostly used in business environments. If you learn how to add emotion icons to Microsoft Office Communicator it is a great way to add to a conversation, and makes writing messages easier. Sometimes it’s hard to express in words how you feel, and if you add emotion icons to Mirosoft Communicator instead it will help you get that message across. It is very simple to add emotion icons to Microsoft Office Communicator.Open Microsoft Office Communicator and click the Instant Message Settings button. This is located on the upper left of the Communicator. Next, check the box beside Show emoticons in instant message and click Apply.During a conversation click on the place where you want to insert the emotion. Click the yellow Smiley J button and choose the emoticon you want from the drop down list. After you choose the emotion you want click in the message where you want it to go and the drop down list will close.When you click Send your recipient will see the emotion in your typed message.If you are having a conversation with AOL or Yahoo Messenger the recipient will not see the emoticon. They will see the text instead such as :). Before you can use Microsoft Office Communicator Icons, you have to enable the feature. To do this open Communicator and click on Tool – Options. Click the Instant Message tab and check show emoticons in….Don’t forget there are rules and a right way for good messaging!How to Get More EmotionsThis is misleading because unfortunately you can’t get more emotion icons for Microsoft Communicator. It comes with 70 and it is mostly because it is a business application. If you want to add more emotion icons to Microsoft Office Communicator then the only thing you can do is type them in. As of today, Microsoft is not planning to add more emotion icons.Features of Microsoft Office CommunicatorMicrosoft Communicator has many useful features. Some of these are:Communicator works with all Microsoft Office programs such as Word and Excel. You are able to copy/paste information from a Word document or Excel spreadsheet into Office Communicator The conversations that you save also save the emoticons in the conversation history. You are able to use Microsoft Communicator