Instant messaging (IM) became popular after Israeli-based ICQ debuted in 1996, which was later acquired by AOL. There are more than three dozen IM services, and WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger ...

Yahoo was one of the first instant messaging service providers ... Oath has also shut down AIM, AOL’s equivalent messaging app, in October last year. Yahoo messenger first debuted in the ...

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.

AIM is the first major instant messaging service to take advantage of Facebook Chat's new API/interface. According to a post by David Reiss on Facebook's blog, 2 billion chat messages are sent on ...