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There was a time, in the late 90s, when Indian kids would wait in long queues in front of cyber cafes – just to play their favourite video games on a computer. For a country that had just sown the seeds of liberalisation into its economy, it was nothing less than fancy. Looking back, when, I – a 27-year-old and a part of that generation, a bittersweet taste of nostalgia layers my senses. Back then, the options were very limited, no 3D games, no YouTube, no WhatsApp, even the internet was very limited. And today, a part of that nostalgic recollection faded a tad more. “Yahoo Messenger will no longer be supported after July 17, 2018. Until then, you can continue to use the service normally. After July 17, you'll no longer be able to access your chats, and the services will no longer work,” read a statement from Yahoo! last Friday. Even before makers of WhatsApp, Facebook, Snapchat, WeChat and other chatting apps thought about the idea, and even when the internet itself was not that mainstream commodity, Yahoo Messenger wanted to bring together people in 1998 - exactly 20 years before. Yahoo Messenger or YM, as it was cheerfully known, was developed by Jerry Yang and David Filo. It was one of the first messenger services to be launched, and went off the radar silently on July 17. Oath, the subsidiary of telecom giant Verizon that operates Yahoo, has announced the final wrap-up of YM. The messenger was first made public in 1998 as "Yahoo Pager" - an alternative to email and short message service (SMS) on basic mobile devices. Today, as it the messenger logs out for the last time, lots of netizens felt emotional. For a 90s kid like me, YM acted as a means to connect to the world, friends, strangers. In fact, this was one of the first experiences of the World Wide Web. The internet, the largest social commodity, especially Twitter was flooded with nostalgic messages. However, there is some consolation. Users can download chat history for six months, would be redirected to the new group messaging app Squirrel, while doing so. “Currently, there isn't a replacement product available for Yahoo Messenger,” the company said. The company further stated that it is experimenting with new services and apps. 'Yahoo Squirrel' – an invite-only group messaging app, which is currently in its beta form, being one of them. The news of Yahoo Messenger's demise is not entirely shocking considering the stiff competition it faced from the likes of WhatsApp, Facebook, Snapchat, etc. And, looking at the way artificial intelligence (AI) and virtual reality is spreading its wings, who knows how long we will be logged onto Facebook, or changing WhatsApp statuses. But for now, #RIP #YahooMessenger.
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गुगलले याहु मेसेन्जर बन्द गर्दै , जेठ २७ -वर्षौँ पुरानो प्रोयोग कर्ताले प्रयोग गर्दै आयको याहूको इन्स्टेन्ट मेसेजिङ एप याहू मेसेन्जर आगामी १७ जुलाई देखि सधैंको लागि बन्द हुने भएको छ । प्रयोगकर्तालाई नयाँ ग्रुप मेसेजिंग एप स्क्विरल रिडाइरेक्ट गरिनेछ । द नेक्स्ट वेबले याहू मेसेन्जर बन्द हुन लागेको सार्वजनिक गरेको हो । जुलाईमा बन्द भए पनि आगामी ६ महिनाभित्र भने प्रयोगकर्ताले आफ्नो च्याट हिस्ट्री डाउनलोड गर्न पाउनेछन् । याहूले पछिल्लो केही महिनादेखि Squirrel एपको परीक्षण गरिरहेको छ । याहू मेसेन्जर बन्द भएसँगै याहूले यस एपलाई सर्वसाधारणका लागि सार्वजनिक गर्नेछ । यद्यपि, अहिले नै यो एप प्रयोग गर्न चाहनेले पनि बिटा भर्सन प्राप्त गर्नका लागि आवेदन गर्न सक्दछन् । याहू मेसेन्जर च्याट सर्भिस सबैभन्दा पहिले सन् १९९८ मा सार्वजनिक गरिएको थियो । तर समयक्रम सँगै गुगल टक, फेसबुक तथा ह्वाट्सएप आएसँगै याहू मेसेन्जरको लोकप्रियता र प्रयोगकर्ता ह्वात्तै घटेका थिए । याहूले आफ्नो एन्ड्रोइड र आइओएस एप लञ्च गरी आफ्नो मेसेन्जर सर्भिसलाई जिवितै राख्ने कोसिस गरेको थियो । मेसेन्जरको नयाँ भर्सन सन् २०१५ मा लञ्च भएको थियो भने गत अगष्टमा यसको पुरानो भर्सन बन्द गरिएको थियो । याहू मेसेन्जरको नयाँ एपमा नयाँ डिजाइनसँगै विभिन्न फिचर्स पनि दिइएको थियो । जसमा मुख्य फिचरको रुपमा अनसेन्ड फिचर थियो । जसको माध्यमबाट प्रयोगकर्ताले कसैलाई पठाएका मेसेज पनि फिर्ता लिन सक्दछन् । तर यावत् फिचरका बाबजुत पनि याहू मेसेन्जर आफ्ना प्रतिस्पर्धी ह्वाट्सएप, आइमेसेज तथा फेसबुक मेसेन्जर लगायतलाई पछि पार्न असफल रह्यो । एजेन्सी