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Text me: Instant messaging through the years

26 May 2022

Instant messaging app

Before messaging came voice calls

Short Message Service, or SMS

Advent of instant messaging (IM)

BBM – IM hits the mobile phone

Social networks get into IMs

Chat apps dominate

Not just for pleasure but also for business

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