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2152:Google Meet
2147:Google Chat
1792:Bold series
1221:twitter.com
1092:October 10,
911:9 September
886:23 December
858:18 February
832:18 February
786:18 February
501:open-source
434:Google Play
371:Reliability
353:Emtek Group
212:proprietary
65:(2017–2019)
2847:BlackBerry
2841:Categories
2756:FirstClass
2627:ChatSecure
2567:Miranda NG
2451:Retroshare
2365:comparison
2242:The Palace
2232:Mattermost
2227:Marco Polo
2010:Retroshare
1969:comparison
1467:2019-08-20
1398:2015-01-21
1357:2019-04-20
1327:2020-07-14
1302:2019-04-21
1297:OnMSFT.com
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1024:2019-04-19
999:2019-04-21
955:2019-04-21
932:Tech Times
812:2014-01-27
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739:28 January
714:SimilarWeb
677:2019-02-16
552:2019-06-26
529:References
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313:Older logo
232:BlackBerry
80:2005-08-01
2599:Telepathy
2542:Centericq
2406:Gadu-Gadu
2202:KakaoTalk
1965:Protocols
1678:Q series
1658:Z series
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430:App Store
276:Indonesia
271:petabytes
154:Successor
2816:Web chat
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2771:Hall.com
2766:Fuze Box
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2721:Chat log
2709:See also
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2589:QIP 2010
2562:Messages
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2476:Telegram
2456:Ricochet
2446:Palringo
2436:Linphone
2401:FaceTime
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2332:WhatsApp
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2182:iMessage
2132:DingTalk
2105:Services
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1699:Passport
1347:BBM Blog
1163:Wired UK
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511:Userbase
483:Security
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405:Android
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282:History
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188:Website
177:License
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2267:Slack
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2092:Skype
2080:OSCAR
1831:Style
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1765:Charm
1126:ZDNet
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