![]() ![]() In fact, AOLTW said, it finds itself in a highly competitive instant messaging market. When the two media giants announced their intention to join, the Federal Communications Commission barred AOL from launching advanced IM services such as streaming video because it found that the merged media giant would "likely dominate" new, IM-based services, unless the company met certain interoperability requirements.ĪOL Time Warner recently asked the FCC for relief from those requirements, however, arguing that fears that it would dominate the market have not come to pass. Users are currently offered Webcam functionality over MSN Messenger, but as an add-on service provided by Microsoft partner Logitech.Īlthough AOL has also shown its intentions to offer Web functionality with its AOL Instant Messenger (AIM), it has been prevented from doing so thus far by regulatory stipulations made as a condition of AOL's 2001 marriage with Time Warner. The next version of MSN Messenger, due to be launched during either the second or third quarter, will include integrated voice and video features which allow users to communicate live, face-to-face over instant messaging, the software maker said Monday. AOL has been reined in by regulators from offering some advanced instant messaging services. C u l8r, MSN Messenger.Microsoft is prepping a new version of its MSN Messenger software that includes integrated Webcam and gaming features in an apparent bid to beat rival AOL to market. It wasn't popular.Ģ012: Microsoft announces merging of Messenger and Skype services and moving clients over to the latter.Ģ013: Users outside of China lose the service.Ģ014: Messenger dies. ![]() Windows Vista dominates.Ģ010: Microsoft attempts to make Messenger more social, adding a "social pane" that presented updates from contacts. MSN Messenger is rebranded "Windows Live Messenger."Ģ006-2007: Audio and video PC-to-phone calling capabilities are introduced, helping the service catch up to Skype, which had been released in 2003.Ģ008: The "Groups" feature is added for users to create group conversations. Oh, and you could change the theme color.Ģ005: Winks (giant animated emoticons that annoyingly took up your screen) are added. Version 4.6 of MSN Messenger appears, including grouping contacts and voice conversations.Ģ003: Messenger becomes customizable, with personalized avatars, background, and emoticons. It didn't do much - you could do plain text messaging and create a contact list.Ģ001: Windows XP (R.I.P.), debuts. ![]() To commemorate its 15 years of service, we've outlined the service's changes over the years using its original emoticon package:ġ999: MSN Messenger hits desktops, competing against AOL's AIM service. After a year of struggling to retain users, Microsoft finally sent emails this week to its remaining Messenger devotees to announce the closing of the service. There, it still dominated the chatting landscape, until more and more messaging competitors crowded the Chinese playing field (i.e. Microsoft, which had been shifting users of the instant messenger over to Skype since April 2013, kept Messenger alive in China. ![]() No more winks, nudges, or shoddy modem connections cutting into your emoticon battles with your best friend (everyone did that, right?): Microsoft's MSN Messenger will officially be signing off Oct. This article is from the archive of our partner. ![]()
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