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500:(XMPP) support for AIM, allowing AIM users to communicate using the standardized, open-source XMPP. However, in March 2008, this service was discontinued. In May 2011, AOL started offering limited XMPP support. On March 1, 2017, AOL announced (via XMPP-login-time messages) that the AOL XMPP gateway would be desupported, effective March 28, 2017.
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November 2007. It did not depend on the AIM client and could be used with only an AIM screenname via the WebConnect feature
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PC-PC, PC-Phone and Phone-to-PC service provided via the AIM application. It was also known to work with Apple's iChat Client. The service was officially closed to its customers on
January 13, 2009. The closing of the free service caused the number associated with the service to be disabled and not
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October 6, 2017, it was announced that the AIM service would be discontinued on December 15; however, a non-profit development team known as Wildman Productions started
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Messenger market share had collapsed to 0.73%. However, this number only reflected installed IM applications, and not active users. The engineers responsible for AIM claimed that they were unable to convince AOL management that free was the future.
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that incorporated all the latest features. A brand new icon was used for the application, featuring the new cursive logo for AIM. The user-interface was entirely redone for the features including: a new buddy list, group messaging, in-line photos and videos, as well as improved file-sharing.
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If public content was accessed, it could be used for online, print or broadcast advertising, etc. This was outlined in the policy and terms of service: "... you grant AOL, its parent, affiliates, subsidiaries, assigns, agents and licensees the irrevocable, perpetual, worldwide right to
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changing their away message throughout a day or leaving a message up with one's computer left on to inform buddies of their ongoings, location, parties, thoughts, or jokes. AIM's popularity declined as AOL subscribers started decreasing and steeply towards the 2010s, as
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to be created that used third-party software to perform malicious acts on users' computers. Although most were relatively harmless, such as being kicked off the AIM service, others performed potentially dangerous actions, such as sending
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URI scheme, which created a new e-mail message using the system's default mail program. For instance, a webpage might have included a link like the following in its HTML source to open a window for sending a message to the AIM user
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715:On April 3, 2010, Apple released the
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2361:from the original on October 7, 2017
2288:"AOL Lifestream Sunset Notification"
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1931:Weiss, Todd R. (November 11, 2002).
1194:from the original on October 6, 2017
1065:Abbruzzese, Jason (April 15, 2014).
849:AOL released an all-new AIM for the
4685:Android (operating system) software
2139:"AIM for iPad Approved, Screenshot"
1943:from the original on April 27, 2019
1784:Florian Jensen (January 17, 2008).
1433:from the original on April 27, 2019
1341:from the original on April 28, 2019
1179:Albers, Michael (October 6, 2017).
1029:"Away messages keep users in touch"
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1786:"AOL adopting XMPP aka Jabber"
1566:Biddle, Sam (March 13, 2012).
1331:"Palm introduces new m105 PDA"
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949:end-to-end encrypted
879:Gallaudet University
762:Yahoo! Web Messenger
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1842:"AOL XMPP Gateway"
1816:p2k.unhamzah.ac.id
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