Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
However, this number only reflected installed IM applications, and not active users. The engineers responsible for AIM claimed that they were unable to convince AOL management that free was the future. [2] On March 3, 2012, AOL ended employment of AIM's development staff while leaving it active and with help support still provided. [19]
AOL began in 1983, as a short-lived venture called Control Video Corporation (CVC), founded by William von Meister.Its sole product was an online service called GameLine for the Atari 2600 video game console, after von Meister's idea of buying music on demand was rejected by Warner Bros. [8] Subscribers bought a modem from the company for $49.95 and paid a one-time $15 setup fee.
Get AOL Mail for FREE! Manage your email like never before with travel, photo & document views. Personalize your inbox with themes & tabs. You've Got Mail!
In 2004, AOL tested a new free webmail service for the public, without the need of customers subscribing to AOL. This was done in an effort to compete better against MSN Hotmail, Yahoo! Mail and Gmail. [15] The service launched in May 2005 under the name AIM Mail, with 2 gigabytes of mail storage and tightly integrated with AOL Instant ...
[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.
AIM, or Aboriginal and Islander Message, a successor newspaper to Koori Bina, published in Sydney, Australia (1979–1982) Aim (demon), in the Lesser Key of Solomon; AIM (motorcycle), Italy, 1974–1982; Aim toothpaste; Aim (trigraph) AIM md. 63, a Romanian AKM firearm, model name of a Pistol Mitralieră model 1963/1965 produced for export; AIM ...
Client software for AOL Instant Messenger. Pages in category "AIM (software) clients" The following 24 pages are in this category, out of 24 total.