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  Google Talk to stop its operations on 16 June: Here is everything you must know

  Technology | June 14, 2022 16:30 IST

  Google Talk became a mandatory app across all Android devices and BlackBerry devices. In 2013, the company began retiring the service and switching people to its other messaging apps.

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  Bye Bye Yahoo Messenger! Instant-messaging app to vanish off our sight on July 17

  Technology | June 09, 2018 17:17 IST

  The chat service garnered praises in its initial days in 1998, with a vast user base, but witnessed a downfall after several new services rose to dominance, including Google Talk, social networks like Facebook and now WhatsApp. 

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  Twitter now lets you receive direct messages from anyone

  April 21, 2015 16:32 IST

  New Delhi: Twitter is now allowing anyone to send or receive direct messages. Earlier, direct messaging could only happen between two users who follow each other.To allow anyone send you a message directly, go to