This is the second installment in The Design of Y2K, a series telling the stories behind the most influential products of the late 1990s and early 2000s. In 1996, the burgeoning internet service ...

We had high expectations for 2017 but it has been a pretty intense year and to add to that, news just broke about AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) being shut down after 20 years. Many of us spent countless ...

AOL’s Instant Messenger service was finally erased from the internet on Friday after the company made the announcement in October that Dec. 15 would be the chat platform’s last day on earth. Long gone ...

Now called AIM Phoenix, the popular messaging application from the late 90s and early 2000s is back. But this time it's not run by America Online. Though AIM uses the same software loyal fans grew up ...

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