Andre Yoskowitz
15 Mar 2013 20:23
Microsoft has laid its Messenger program to rest, after almost 14 years of service.
Last year, the software giant announced that it would be retiring MSN/Windows Live Messenger, replacing it with massively popular video chat and instant messaging platform Skype.
Today was the last day to migrate your account over to Skype.
Messenger launched in 1999, and was once very popular for instant messaging, just like AOL's AIM was. The service is generally credited with growing the popularity of emoticons.
MSN had lost popularity in recent years thanks to the rise of Google Talk, BlackBerry Messenger and Apple Messenger.