AOL Time Warner is quite the distracted behemoth today, with everyone from Ted Turner to the Securities and Exchange Commission hunting for executive scalps. So it is unsurprising that virtually ...

AOL announced Friday that it is discontinuing its pioneering Instant Messenger chat platform after 20 years of service. An article on AOL's website posted Friday says AOL Instant Messenger will be ...

Social networking as we know it might be coming to an end, but it’s unclear what comes next. Discord is betting it’s just vibes. “I feel like I have a PhD in hanging out right now,” says Kieran Del ...

Their firms blocked access to America Online's AOL Instant Messenger and competing services. They were worried about viruses and other security threats, and that the content couldn't be monitored and ...

Instant messenger is just one of the many tools the modern office has to help people stay in touch with each other, says John Smythe, co-owner of CMIT Solutions in Everett. It’s particularly helpful ...

When that cute guy you met at a party asks you for your screenname instead of your phone number, you know you're in trouble. While "LOL," "TTYL," and "BRB" have not been officially added to the ...

MUSKEGO, Wis. - Retailers will hire upwards of 600,000 seasonal workers this year, according to the National Retail Federation. A Muskego woman recently learned that not every job posting is ...

America Online Inc., Nokia Corp. and VoiceStream Wireless Corp. together have released a version of the AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) service built into the Nokia 3390 mobile phone, the companies ...

Instant messaging (IM) conjures up images of bored teenagers using a software-based gossiping tool. Most IM programs are free, and few competing products can talk to one another, making skeptics ...