A once-popular but now extinct "buddy" on America Online's Instant Messenger that freely answered questions on movie times, weather and stocks is poised to make a comeback next month--but at a price.

Facebook has started merging Messenger with Instagram chat, which appears to be the first step towards the unified, end-to-end, instant chat service that Facebook has promised. The first changes ...

AOL on Friday said farewell to its once ubiquitous Instant Messenger service, which gained popularity in the late 1990s and boasted 36 million active users at its peak in 2001.Say goodbye to buddy ...

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 ...

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About 20 years ago, I started driving co-workers within listening distance crazy with constant chirps of “Uh oh!” emanating from my laptop. It was all coming from a nifty little program I’d discovered ...

With e-mail systems overloaded by spam, always-on Internet connections on PDAs and cell phones becoming the norm, and superfast communication in vogue, your instant-messaging (IM) application may be ...

AOL announced Friday that it is discontinuing its pioneering Instant Messenger chat platform after 20 years of service. “AIM tapped into new digital technologies and ignited a cultural shift, but the ...

NEW YORK (AP) – AOL has announced 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 ...

NEW YORK (AP) - AOL has announced 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 ...