MSN and Yahoo Plan IM Merger
MSN and Yahoo are expected to announce a deal that would see their instant messaging clients able to communicate for the first time, allowing MSN users to chat directly with Yahoo users, without going through a third party piece of software.
The move is widely seen as an attempt to challenge the market leadership of AOL in the IM field and the imminent threat of Google Talk, the search giant’s first foray into instant messaging. Even the combined market share of MSN and Yahoo will not be enough to topple AOL however as it currently enjoys more than 50% of the worldwide IM user base.
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