Tag archive: AIM

A Facebook desktop application has long-been rumored, and now it’s here. Without much fanfare at all, you can now keep tabs on your notifications, friend requests, ticker, and chat all without opening your browser. TechIT and The Verge originally revealed the available download, which you can access here. There’s been speculation as to when Facebook would offer such an application, and what it would do, and it appears that it’s about as basic as… Read More

It leaked last week but it's public now: AOL has decided to dip another toe in the online video chat world with AOL AV, a new beta video chat system based on Adobe Flash that doesn't require any registration or download to use. Users just get their own personal chat link from AOL AV, send it around to the people they want to chat with, and presto! Instant video conference. AOL AV can handle video chats with up to four people at… Read More

AOL’s been going through plenty of changes within the last year, and now it looks like the veteran Internet company is refining its web products. It’s new video chat service, called AV for AIM, leaked earlier today after an AOL insider sent TechCrunch the internal e-mail giving insiders only access to beta testing. TechCrunch published the link (the page still bears the ‘note: this app is for internal AOL use only’) and e-mail, and it’s swiftly… Read More

For several years, Google's Gmail has enabled users to log into AOL's AIM instant messaging service from within Gmail and chat with their AIM contacts just as if they were Google Talk contacts. Now, AOL is looking to simplify things a bit by eliminating a separate sign-in step: Google Talk users will no longer have to separately log into AIM within Gmail: instead, simply signing in to Gmail will be enough to pair users up with… Read More

There's nothing like a good infographic to teach us something too boring for simple text. This lengthy graphic chronicles the “history of social networking,” from the very first email sent in 1971 to several of the social networking sites that dominate the Web today. Along the way we meet several ill-fated sites and services like Usenet, Geocities, TheGlobe, SixDegrees, and Friendster. Did you know that the first version of… Read More

Nomadic IM addicts rejoice: AOL just released a new version of AIM Express, its instant messaging client that doesn’t need to be installed on a computer. The new Flash-based version adds many features that were formerly exclusive to the clunky downloadable AIM. By switching to Flash, developers were able to enable tabbed conversations, status messages that stick whether or not the user is online, a mode that allows users to send… Read More

AOL has released a beta version 6.8 of its AIM instant messaging program that includes a Real-Time IM feature that lets users see each letter IM users type in real time, rather than waiting for a friend or buddy to press the Enter or Return key and send a whole phrase or sentence. Developed with guidance from Gallaudet University and the Trace Research and Development Center at the University of Wisconsin, the new capability lets instant… Read More

At the CTIA wireless trade show this week in San Francisco, AOL is introducing a raft of new mobile services designed to get savvy mobile users relying on AOL for their mobile information and communications needs—and that, in turn, will help draw traffic to AOL's content and digital advertising businesses. AOL's new mobile offerings build off some of AOL's strongest online properties, including AIM, AOL Email, AOL CityGuide,… Read More

AOL has released the latest version of its instant messaging application, AIM 6.5 for Windows. The new version doesn't offer any new compatibility with other instant messaging services (e.g., Windows Live Messenger, Yahoo Messenger, Jabber, etc.) but does add features that let users stream their buddies' non-DRM-protected music, more easily message cell phones, and tap into multiplayer casual games. “With the latest… Read More

AOL yesterday launched a new VoIP communications enhancement to their AIM service which gives users a free, local number and voicemail. The new AIM Phoneline offering is available as an updated version of the AIM Triton service now in beta testing. AIM Phoneline, said AOL, provides a dedicated local phone number for each AIM screen name. The offering, which integrates with the AIM service and buddy list feature, offers a variety of… Read More

AOL yesterday announced a new initiative which invites developers, online communities and sites and services to develop tools based upon the AIM platform. Enrollment in the Open AIM program and use of the AIM Software Development Kit for developing non-enterprise instant messaging solutions with up to 250,000 log-ins per day or two million log-ins per month is free. The Open AIM program, said AOL, will allow developers the ability to make… Read More

American Online and WebEx have teamed up to create AIM Pro, a version of AOL's Instant Messenger specially geared towards business users. “We are extremely pleased to be working with WebEx to offer at-work users a customized AIM experience that works in a professional environment and addresses today's business communications needs,” said Brian Curry, AOL's VP of Premium and Subscription Services, AOL, Inc.… Read More

AOL today announced they would be releasing a preview edition of their new AIM Triton service later this week. Under beta testing since April, this new AOL feature is designed to replace the online service’s current Windows instant messaging clients.   The new AIM Triton service, AOL said, would offer a wide variety of features. These include a Plaxo-enabled address book, VoIP, an expanded buddy list which supports up to 500… Read More

Ever wanted your own free email account to match your AIM instant messaging id? Starting today, you can. America Online, trying to keep up with the other free web mail Joneses, announced they would begin offering AIM Mail. This service, which will offer spam and anti-virus protection, gives users two gigabytes of storage. It is part of a larger roll out of the AIM 5.9 software. Users wanting to sign up can visit www.aim.com and… Read More

AIM Mail will be available to Internet users first through the AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) service and will be available on the new AOL.com Web site in the coming months. The new Web Mail service introduces the AIM.com e-mail domain, which is based upon one of the most popular Internet communication brands available today. AIM Mail provides industry leading spam and e-mail virus protection, giving Internet users the protection they need for a… Read More