AIM is now away, permanently. AOL announced back in October that its beloved Instant Messenger service would be discontinued. Sadly, that day has arrived. AIM may be ded, but our memories will ...

The latter, meanwhile, was an early instant messaging service, popular back in the days when America Online's AIM Messenger was still a dominating force. Microsoft's MSN Messenger launched as an ...

AOL has launched Open AIM 2.0, giving developers access to the AIM instant messaging network, which now supports third-party chat services and instant messaging applications designed for mobile.