
Instant Messaging
I use instant messaging daily. I normally use Facebook Messenger. As well as WhatsApp. I had to help my nephew and niece with their homework. They are in Puerto Rico and thru this platform; we have been able to complete these tasks. Facebook acquired this app in 2014. We can send unlimited text, video, audio, and photo; public and secure. We can even do face-to-face calls. My group on church use Google hangouts to do our video chats every Saturday night. We are located in different states but we are always connected thru this app. If we have trouble with this application, we alternate it with Skype Business. The instant message platform use will depend on what we are speaking about and with whom. Some of the others IM software is MSN Messenger, Yahoo Messenger, Apple iChat and AOL. IM apps can be downloaded from PC or mobile. In a previous time, both users had to be using the same software. Now and day several customers, however, allow interoperability between networks, including Microsoft's recently developed Live Messenger. Expansions in mobile technology now let handset users to continuously be available via IM, through such popular devices such as smartphones, tablets, and more.






