After 20 Years of Memories, Yahoo Messenger is Being Laid to Rest
Jul. 17, 2018If you’ve lived through the evolution of the internet from its primal form to what it is now, you are likely to have used – and enjoyed – one of the most popular messengers – the Yahoo Messenger. Sadly, after a 20-year-long run, the company has decided tolay the Yahoo Messenger to rest.
Verizon, which owns Yahoo,did not give a clear reasonfor shutting down the service when it announced its demise last month. It is likely that this decision was taken in sight ofextensive competitionfrom other multi-platform and smartphone-friendly instant messaging apps such asWhatsApp, Skype, Facebook Messenger etc.
Now, after the death of the Yahoo Messenger, users will be automatically directed to Yahoo’s new messaging serviceSquirrel. Users will be allowed to download their chat history and related media for the next six months usingthis link.
“As the communications landscape continues to change over, we’re focusing on building and introducing new, exciting communications tools that better fit consumer needs,” Yahoo said in a press announcement last month.
The Yahoo Messenger wasreleased as Yahoo Pager in 1998and instantly became the favorite communication medium for the traders of oil and other commodities as it was free to use and easy to adapt to. In 2009, the messenger clocked 122.6 million users.
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