The last bastion of veteran Messenger will be fired from the east in a few weeks. Microsoft has announced the closure of Windows Live Messenger in China on October 31, marking the absolute end of the messaging service that leaves 15 years of history behind it.
The Redmond company announced the closure users Chinese Messenger through an email, as reported by the local newspaper Dongfang Daily. As previously occurred in other regions, the termination of service in China migrate contacts to Skype users, offering a bonus this time call for the new service worth two dollars.
Originally known as MSN Messenger, the service of Microsoft was released in 1999 in response to ICQ and AOL AIM. Throughout the life of the service, Microsoft added to Messenger new features like customizable emoticons, online games, “winks” or the ability to “buzz” the window of the caller.
The renamed Windows Live Messenger dominated in many countries as number one courier service during the early years of the century, still counting in 2009 with 330 million users. With the establishment of social networks, the service was less important until Microsoft began to favor messaging service Skype as default, even going to integrate it into Outlook.
Microsoft discontinued Windows Live Messenger in April 2013 available in all regions except Greater China. MSN Messenger came to China in 2005, reaping an immediate success that lasted for several years. Finally, the program Microsoft was forced to yield to the fierce competition of QQ Messenger, developed by local firm Tencent.
No comments:
Post a Comment