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Article: Yahoo!'s Talking with Yahoo! Chat

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January 7, 1997
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  Yahoo! Expands Its Network With Free Chat Services

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Jan. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq: YHOO) today announced the launch of Yahoo! Chat (http://chat.yahoo.com), featuring the latest real-time, multimedia, Web-based chat services based on ichat inc.'s chat technology. Free for use, Yahoo! Chat is available to all Internet users, worldwide, and offers a dynamic platform for communication among Yahoo!'s user community.

"Our users have made Yahoo!'s other community services -- local classifieds, personals and message boards -- very popular, and chat has been one of the most requested services from the Yahoo! ...

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