May 16, 2003
Instant Messaging Moves Beyond the Simple Chat
Instant Messaging Moves Beyond the Simple Chat
America Online says 195 million people use its instant messaging service, their keystrokes generating more than 1.6 billion messages a day. For those users, instant messaging - or IM - has become an intrinsic part of their social fabric.Posted by Jennifer King at May 16, 2003 5:32 PM"On the phone, you can only talk to one person at a time,'' Ms. Gittleson, a 15 year old in Colts Neck, NJ said. "Online, you can talk to a dozen people at once."
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