There has been much speculation as to the origins of the religious endonym from this practice. Judah Segal (1963) argued that the term SÄbi'Å«n derives from the Syriac root s-b-' , referring to conversion through submersion.
Advantages & Disadvantages of Instant Messaging in Business. Instant messaging can help or hurt your business. Jupiterimages/Photos.com/Getty Images. Instant messaging allows people to use Internet chat conversations to relay information back and forth in real time. It is often used as a social networking tool, but many companies also use instant messaging as part of their daily business routine.
Amid a barrage of announcements on a range of efforts in the realm of augmented reality, Facebook used its F8 developer conference to announce the expansion of its Messenger app as communications platform for businesses and customers. 1  Apr. 19, 2017 at 9:06 a.m. 2  on The Wall Street Journal.