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CTSS was demonstrated in 1961 at the MIT Computation Center by Fernando J. Corbató and allowed up to 30 users to instant message each other - http://multicians.org/thvv/compatible-time-sharing-system.pdf
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The Commodore 64 (computer) came with an Internet service called Quantum Link which allowed people to send messages through a modem for a monthly fee.
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Created again at MIT as a part of Project Athena, this was an application that allowed notifications to be sent between different networks that is still used today in many Univerisities including MIT.
http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.104.7254 -
A BBS is a computer application allowing the sharing of messgaes and files on a network
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As instant messaging became more popular, so did the use of shorthand language - abbreviations of many commonly used words and phrases to make instant messaging...more instant.
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This chat, created by company Mirabilis, allowed users to send messages to anyone they had the phone number of. It included a feature to show when someone was "active" or not.
https://techcrunch.com/2016/11/15/happy-20th-birthday-icq/ -
AIM integrated social networking sharing pictures, files and videos and allowed for audio chatting as well as themes and skins.
https://www.lifewire.com/what-is-aim-1949607 -
This instant chat channel is still being updated and used today and is always having new features added to it.
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One of the most popular instant messaging services from Microsoft!
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iChat was Apple's instant messaging client design. It included all the features many of the popular IM programs has such as file sharing, video and audio chat and more.
http://mashable.com/2012/02/16/ichat-is-dead/#uV45dsJONuqX -
Skype was adverstised as a way to call someone anywhere in the world for free. It also over time has added in features like group calls and screen sharing.
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This was intergrated with the social networking site MySpace - however did not accomodate Mac users.
http://www.adweek.com/digital/myspace-instant-messenger-myspaceim/ -
I big feature of Facebook Chat was being notified when friends came online and became inactive.
https://www.facebook.com/notes/facebook-engineering/facebook-chat/14218138919/ -
Facebook Messenger is now one of the most commonly used IM messaging services as it encompasses a range of features including video/audio chat, gifs, stickers, you can now draw on and edit pictures in the app before sending it, games and much more - it has taken instant messaging to another level.
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