5 Instant Messaging Apps Only Millennials Will Remember

While iMessage and Meta's apps dominate modern messaging, there have been many other instant messaging apps that were hugely popular in the past.
ExtremeTech

A Farewell to AIM: AOL Instant Messenger Shutting Down in December

After 20 years of operation, AOL Instant Messenger (AIM), is finally shutting down. While it hasn't been popular in years, the service once dominated instant messaging and shaped the clients and ...
TweakTown

AOL is finally discontinuing its dial-up internet service, after 34 years

TL;DR: AOL, a pioneer of 1990s dial-up internet and instant messaging, will discontinue its dial-up service on September 30, 2025, ending 34 years of legacy connectivity. Despite broadband advances, ...
WKYC3

RIP AIM: AOL Instant Messenger is gone

Friday marks a sad day for fans of AOL's Instant Messenger: the service has been discontinued. Users who visit AIM.com are redirected to a support with details on its demise. Oath, the new entity ...
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No More Privacy For AOL Instant Messenger Users

At a time when privacy on the Internet is of the utmost importance to many people, AOL has added a new provision to their AIM Terms of Service contract. Of course ...