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Microsoft on Wednesday announced that its instant messagingservice Messenger will be officially shut down on March 15, reminding users to move to Skype, the real-time Internetcommunication service it bought in 2011.
In an email to users titled "Important info about your Messenger account," Microsoft saidMessenger's more than 100 million users can migrate to Skype by signing in with their Microsoftaccounts and enjoy features like instant messaging, video calling on cell phones and screensharing.
Microsoft acquired the VoIP (voice over Internet Protocol) service Skype in May 2011 for 8.5 billionU.S. dollars and planned to gradually merge it into its every product, like Xbox and WindowsPhone.
Last November, the software giant announced it will move Messenger's users to Skype in the firstquarter of 2013 with the exception of Chinese mainland where Messenger will continue to beavailable.
Microsoft's Messenger service is often referred as "MSN" as it was first launched as "MSNmessenger" in 1999.
In June 2009, on the 10th anniversary of Messenger's release, Microsoft said the service attractedover 330 million active users each month worldwide. |
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发表于 2016-7-11 09:10:31