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YAHOO MESSENGER

Yahoo Messenger, the pioneering messaging app that changed the way users communicated
over the Internet, is now officially dead. To recall, California-based company Yahoo announced last
month that it would be killing off Yahoo Messenger. Users can now no longer access chats in-app, and
the service will no longer work. While you cannot log in to the app, even if you have it downloaded on
your device, there is a provision by the company to save your chats. Yahoo has mentioned that users can
save their chat history on their computer till November end, after which that limited access will also be
withdrawn.

As it had revealed last month, Yahoo is pointing users towards its invite-only group messaging app called
Yahoo Squirrel. The app is currently in beta, and users can request an invite. As we mentioned, while
you can’t access Yahoo Messenger, users can download chat history onto their personal computer or
device. To do this, head to the downloader request site and sign in. Select a verification method, then
enter the Account Key. Click Download, enter the email where you want the chat history file sent, click
OK, check your email for the file, and download it from there on to your device.

Even if you have the app installed onto your phone, you won’t be able to access or sign in to Yahoo

Yahoo Messenger Is Now Dead, but You Can Still Get a Copy of Your Chats: Here’s How

Yahoo Messenger, the pioneering messaging app that changed the way users communicated over the
Internet, is now officially dead. To recall, California-based company Yahoo announced last month that it
would be killing off Yahoo Messenger. Users can now no longer access chats in-app, and the service will
no longer work. While you cannot log in to the app, even if you have it downloaded on your device,
there is a provision by the company to save your chats. Yahoo has mentioned that users can save their
chat history on their computer till November end, after which that limited access will also be withdrawn.

As it had revealed last month, Yahoo is pointing users towards its invite-only group messaging app called
Yahoo Squirrel. The app is currently in beta, and users can request an invite. As we mentioned, while
you can’t access Yahoo Messenger, users can download chat history onto their personal computer or
device. To do this, head to the downloader request site and sign in. Select a verification method, then
enter the Account Key. Click Download, enter the email where you want the chat history file sent, click
OK, check your email for the file, and download it from there on to your device.

Even if you have the app installed onto your phone, you won’t be able to access or sign in to Yahoo
Messenger. Yahoo recommends that users delete the app after users save their chat history.

To recall, Yahoo Messenger was launched by Stanford graduates Jerry Yang and David Filo in 1998, and it
managed to run for a long 20 years. In its prime years, the service was the most used as it was an
alternative to emails and SMS messaging. However, with the advent of smartphones, Facebook, and
eventually WhatsApp, Yahoo Messenger lost its steam and users started to switch. Other services that
succumbed to competition over the years include MSN Messenger, AOL, ICQ, and even Orkut.

While social users may not be that perturbed by this development, some oil traders and other
merchants may not be that happy. Yahoo’s technology revolutionised the industry, helping usher in a
new era of high-speed communication that changed the way millions of barrels of oil traded daily. Oil
traders, hedge fund managers, pipeline schedulers, brokers refinery buyers and even ship brokers have
continued to use Yahoo Messenger globally for everyday business communication, even when everyone
else stopped.

ICQ MESSENGER

ICQ New is a cross-platform messenger and VoIP client. The name ICQ derives from the English phrase “I
Seek You”.[1] Originally developed by the Israeli company Mirabilis in 1996, the client was bought by
AOL in 1998, and then by Mail.Ru Group in 2010.

The ICQ client application and service were initially released in November 1996, freely available to
download. ICQ was among the first stand-alone instant messenger (IM) — while real-time chat was not
in itself new (Internet Relay Chat (IRC) being the most common platform at the time), the concept of a
fully centralized service with individual user accounts focused on one-on-one conversations set the
blueprint for later instant messaging services like AIM,[3] and its influence is seen in modern social
media applications. ICQ became the first widely adopted IM platform.

At its peak around 2001, ICQ had more than 100 million accounts registered. At the time of the Mail.Ru
acquisition in 2010, there were around 42 million daily users. Since 2013, ICQ has 11 million monthly
users.In 2020, the Mail.Ru Group, which owns ICQ, decided to launch its new ICQ New software, based
on its messenger. The updated messenger was presented to the general public on April 6, 2020.

During the second week of January 2021, ICQ saw a renewed increase in popularity in Hong Kong,
spurred on by the controversy over WhatsApp’s privacy policy update. The number of downloads for the
application increased 35-fold in the country.
IMO MESSENGER

What does IMO mean? It’s an abridgment often used on social media and in chats to save time
and space in posts, usually employed before someone offers their unique take on a topic. And
IMO, using IMO in texts is a pretty great way to save time and space when expressing what
you really think.
The abbreviation “IMO” is an internet slang acronym that commonly stands for “in my opinion.”
The Android version of imo enables you to chat with buddies who use any of the following chat
services: Microsoft Messenger, Skype, Yahoo! Messenger, Google Talk, Facebook, AIM/ICQ,
Jabber, MySpace, Hyves, and VKontakte. Unlike most chat services, imo doesn’t require you to
first create a separate account. While chatting, you can optionally record and send short audio
clips, too.
The app requires your phone number to verify the users’ account. Verification is done by either
by a text message or by a call and for both, you need a fully working SIM card. So the question
here is can IMO account be used without providing your phone number? The answer is yes.
One can use IMO app without the phone number and to do so there are several ways one can
choose. Here’s our step-by-step guide on how to set up the IMO account without phone
number.

REFERENCES:

https://www.google.com/amp/s/gadgets.ndtv.com/apps/news/yahoo-messenger-killed-chat-history-
save-download-export-1885248%3famp=1&akamai-rum=off

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICQ

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.dailydot.com/unclick/what-does-imo-mean/%3famp

https://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=1982523&seqNum=2