Instant Messaging
Invention and innovation • 1980s
Coming to Wonder Inventions on 1 October 2026.
About this story
- Subject
- Instant Messaging
- Category
- Communication and Media Inventions
- Where
- Global
- When
- Ancient world to digital era
- Length
- 10 illustrated pages · about 15 minutes to read · about 11 minutes to listen
Who appears
- Jarkko Oikarinen — Inventor of IRC
- Paul Baran — Packet Switching Innovator
- Donald Davies — Packet Switching Innovator
- Sefi Vigiser — Co-founder of Mirabilis (ICQ)
- Arik Vardi — Co-founder of Mirabilis (ICQ)
- Yair Goldfinger — Co-founder of Mirabilis (ICQ)
What happens on 1 October 2026
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