Until the past couple of days I've never used instant messaging online, perhaps the closest thing I've done is send an sms or email. As instructed in the tasks I downloaded and installed ICQ from http://web.icq.com/ and endevoured to spend some time playing around with it. Most of the features seem useless to me and the constant scrolling of dating message is quickly tiresome. Nevertheless, I can see how this could be a useful tool, in business and in one's personal life. With the inclusion of video and other communication technology, instant messaging and its attaching applications could be a cost effective and efficient alternative to email or telephone.
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I posted my ICQ number to the discussion board and have subsequently added a couple of fellow students to my contact list. Following the threads in the Discussion board (see Topic: Module 2 ) concerning ICQ it became apparant that there are a number of different instant message tools, such as MSN and YahooIM. I think I'll say goodbye to ICQ at the end of this topic and avail myself to one of these alternatives.
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