The Evolution of Yahoo Messenger and Other Instant Messenger Services

2010 will see an rapid acceleration in the number of people worldwide, who are using Skype Messenger to instant message with their friends and family. When we look back at time its astonishing to see the rapid development of communication capability over the last 20 year

During the early 1990s much of international communication was based on landline based telephone, faxes and telephone faxes. The early 1990s then saw the emergence of cellular phones and the internet. During the early 1990s the web browsers at the time which were Netscape Navigator, Mosaic and then as time progressed we saw the emergence of Microsoft's Internet Explorer (the developers of MSN Messenger) and today we see the emergence of Mozilla Firefox.

However the increase of instant messenger services as a means to communicate with each other has been an incredible development within the communication evolutionary process. Today we have MSN Messenger now called Windows Live Messenger, Skype Messenger, Yahoo Messenger, AOL Messenger also known as AIM instant Messenger, ICQ Messenger and Google Talk. All of these are now constantly being used by millions of people of all ages across the world.

The development of instant messengers has further been fuelled by the rise of fourth generation mobile phones such as Blackberry Messenger, the Google Android Phone and the Apple iPhone. Such cell phones advancements further allow instant messaging to track people even when they are mobile. This means people are no longer limited to even having to have a PC to use instant messaging, opening up instant messenger services to the millions of people in countries where access to computers is limited by ones financial means.

Another great feature of instant messaging is that some such as Skype Messenger give the ability to actually not only send text messages over the internet but it also allows people to talk over the internet and see each other as well. This gives Skype a significant advantage over the likes of Yahoo Messenger, MSN Messenger and AIM Messenger because the ability for people to see each other means that companies can rely on Skype rather than expensive video conferencing and web conferencing technology.

Despite the increase of instant messenger services MSN Live Messenger is still by far the dominant player in the market followed by Yahoo Messenger. MSN Messenger has increased its global penetration by rebranding itself as MSN Live Messenger or Windows Live Messenger. AIM Messenger, ICQ Messenger and Google Talk are the further behind in the pack but still also have their loyal following.

What can we expect for 2012 and beyond. It is hard to see what other advancements can take place to further expand instant messenger services but clearly one of the most talked about technologies now is the types of virtual technologies we see in movies like Minority Report.

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