20 Years Old AOL Instant Messenger To Sign Off
Online service provider AOL on Friday said it will shut its pioneering AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) on 15December. The chat program connected a generation of people to their buddies and crushes while guiding them through the early days of digital socializing.
The company reportedly has no planned replacement for the platform in the times when social apps such as Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat and WhatsApp have taken over.
"AIM tapped into new digital technologies and ignited a cultural shift, but the way in which we communicate with each other has profoundly changed," Michael Albers, vice president of communications product at Oath, the parent company of AOL, said in a statement Friday.
AIM brought instant messaging into the mainstream by becoming one of the first chat platforms to gain...