AIM

Before every cell phone had text messaging and social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter Inc. (NYSE: TWTR) existed, there was AOL Instant Messager, better known as AIM. Here’s a look at how AIM helped pave the way for social media platforms and even influenced Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL...

The future of work messaging appears significantly less laborious, increasingly efficient and more emoji-clad with software like Slack. The popular platform is eyeing an early 2019 initial public offering, according to The Wall Street Journal. The company is valued at $7 billion, the report...

After 20 years, Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) is officially shutting down AOL Instant Messenger. AIM was one of the first online messaging services to catch on in mainstream America. At its peak, AIM had more than 18 million simultaneous users, and the ability to communicate instantly made...

At 13, I sat at my parents' boxy, black Dell in deep distress. It was time to define my first online persona, and as an obsessor of symbols, I placed great importance on my chosen screen name. My peers played up their court prowess with “bballgirl” or their preoccupation with...

Groupon (NASDAQ: GRPN) Chairman Ted Leonsis projected Twitter's success as they move forward towards their initial public offering, and discussed his former company AOL's (NYSE: AOL) influence over the revolutionary communication technology Friday morning on CNBC's Squawk Box. Leonsis also talked...