YAHOO MESSENGER, R.I.P.

Launched as Yahoo Pager in 1998, Yahoo Messenger, one of the first instant messaging services, was finally shut down on July 17, 2018. However, you can download your chat history on Messenger for the next six months. “There currently isn’t a replacement product available for Yahoo Messenger,” the company writes. “We’re constantly experimenting with new services and apps, one of which is an invite- only group messaging app called Yahoo Squirrel ( currently in beta).”