The 50 Greatest Technological Inventions of the Past 25 Years
By Complex Magazine | Aug 18, 2010 | 3:29 pm | Permalink
Instant Messaging
Made Popular By: Jarkko Oikarinen (IRC)/AOL/ICQ
Year: 1988
There was a time when people used to only verbally communicate with each other. Then came instant messaging. The earliest form of IM'ing came about with Internet relay chat, which allowed people to communicate in forums and channels. Building onto that were peer-to-peer systems like ICQ and AOL Instant Messenger, which allowed people to connect directly to each other. It also gave guys the courage to spit game to girls they would never even look at it in real life. Play on, playas.
Chris August 19th, 2010 at 02:43 PM
The image for #40 is a NiMH battery
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Charlie August 19th, 2010 at 02:51 PM
Seriously, a 50 page list? And all the popup crap?Come on, why do you do that to your readers? This is the Internet, you can put more on a page.
Charlie August 19th, 2010 at 02:54 PM
Oh my God. This list is RETARDED.
mr. x August 19th, 2010 at 03:10 PM
yo, i think the commodore computers were more popular in the 80s. I remember when my parents bought a commodore vic 20 and i remember when the commodore 64 was released and how awesome it was.
Tom August 19th, 2010 at 03:35 PM
Reading on my iPhone, not gonna click 50 links gl with that, Shame, seems interesting
Julio Salazar August 19th, 2010 at 03:49 PM
I think youtube should be on the list.
Julio Salazar August 19th, 2010 at 03:52 PM
What's up with 37?
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I like the wireless fidelity / wifi http://1millionbestproducts.com
johnsmusicbox August 19th, 2010 at 06:45 PM
Where on earth is... nevermind, I really don't care.
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