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AIM (AOL Instant Messenger, sometimes stylized as aim) was an instant messaging and presence computer program created by AOL, which used the proprietary OSCAR instant messaging protocol and the TOC protocol to allow registered users to communicate in real time.
[citation needed] SmarterChild became very popular, attracting over 30 million Instant Messenger "buddies" on AIM (AOL), MSN and Yahoo Messenger over the course of its lifetime. [5] Founded in 2000, ActiveBuddy was the brainchild of Robert Hoffer and Timothy Kay, who later brought seasoned advertising executive Peter Levitan on board as CEO ...
It was used by AOL's AIM instant messaging system and ICQ. Despite its name, the specifications for the protocol remain proprietary. AOL has gone to great lengths to keep competitors (namely Microsoft , XMPP , and Cerulean Studios) from implementing compatible clients for their proprietary messaging systems.
AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) – was AOL's proprietary instant-messaging tool. It was released in 1997. It lost market share to competition in the instant messenger market such as Google Chat, Facebook Messenger, and Skype. [127] It also included a video-chat service, AV by AIM. On December 15, 2017, AOL discontinued AIM. [128]
The program was originally written by Mark Spencer, an Auburn University sophomore, as an emulation of AOL's IM program AOL Instant Messenger on Linux using the GTK+ toolkit. [6] The earliest archived release was on December 31, 1998. [7] It was named GAIM (GTK+ AOL Instant Messenger) accordingly.
This week, Aol announced that it is letting Facebook into the AIM ecosystem and allowing users on either network to chat across. Users on Aol's pioneering chat utility Aol Instant Messenger (AIM ...
OSCAR (AIM, ICQ) AOL: 1997 Proprietary (Discontinued 15-Dec-2017) [14] Username, Email Address or UIN e.g. 12345678 Yes Yes (Aim Pro, Aim Lite) No No No Centralistic client-based Yes (Multiple, simultaneous) Yes Yes Yes No No ? OSCAR (AIM, ICQ) Revolt Revolt: 2021 AGPLv3 Username and discriminator (e.g. MysticPixie#7495) [15] Yes Yes No Yes Yes ...
This week's how-to was inspired by a post over on www.boingboing.net regarding sending a SMS from AOL's Instant Messenger. We thought we'd show you how to do this on a Mac or PC with AIM (AOL ...