Yahoo Messenger to be shut down on July 17 after 20 years of operation

The once popular Yahoo Messenger is to be shut down on July 17 after complete 20 years of operation.

This was announced  by Oath Inc . It was gathered that the company has been testing its new chat service called Squirrel for months, which is believed to be used to replace the Yahoo messenger.

It may be recalled that Yahoo Messenger was once a very popular instant messaging apps back in the days, before the coming of WhatsApp, Viber, Facebook, Twitter and many others.

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