AOL places a cap on the number of buddies that can be added to the AIM application, but with AIM Sync, the service turns Outlook into a giant Buddy List, Palihapitiya said.

That AIM “buddy list” included hundreds of people—friends, colleagues, PR people, and less official sources at various companies.

Separately, AOL informed current and past AIM users via email that they will be able to use the service until the shut-down date. After that, all of their data, including their buddy lists, will ...

Users will be able to manually download any images or files on AIM before the service shuts down. However, users won't be able to export or save their Buddy List, the group of contacts available ...

Easier, More Convenient Buddy List Buddy Comment Incoming IM Notification As part of the new buddy list system, AOL Instant Messenger now lets you access your complete and combined Buddy List from ...

What has made interoperability with AIM attractive is AOL's 91 million "Buddy List" network registrants, first only to Israeli Mirabellis' ICQ, which has another 62.4 million registered users and ...

The buddy list windows of the regular AIM client that had tabs for Buddies and Addresses have been replaced with tabs called Contacts and Calendar.

AIM was a precursor to the modern social internet in so many ways. Custom Buddy Icons were the proto-profile picture. Colorful, ASCII art-rich profiles were the original MySpace page.

America Online has announced AIM Relay Services, a new service which builds upon the AOL Instant Messenger service within the deaf, hard of hearing and speech disabled communities by allowing users to ...

AIM users will also be able to pull AIM contact information from address books to add to their Buddy List.

That AIM “buddy list” included hundreds of people--friends, colleagues, PR people, and less official sources at various companies.