Despite naysayers, instant messaging continues to be a force to be reckoned with, outperforming SMS text messaging now and well into the future. IM's contributions to 2011, alone, are no exception.
In a year where we saw the upheaval of tyrannical governments and Japanese soil, the further rise of social networking and the decline of chat rooms once popular, IM clients continues to thrive and take on new forms as the proliferation of mobile devices grew stateside and beyond.
Today, take a look back at 2011 and how instant messaging was at the front seat of many of the year's biggest stories and spills.
Read the Article: Instant Messaging in 2011
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