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Let's not kid ourselves, browser based instant messaging across different protocols is not that interesting anymore. Facebook, What's App and iMessages won.

This will free up this capable team to work on something more current.



Let's not kid ourselves. Millions of people use instant messaging daily. Facebook in no way "won".


Poll: when's the last time you logged in to MSN/AOL/Yahoo Messenger?


I used Facebook for a brief period a year ago. Never touched FB chat. I stopped using Facebook and always found it tedious to sign in to both GTalk and AIM. Meebo solved a problem for me.




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