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In June 2015, AOL was acquired by Verizon Communications.

Its fall has often been compared with other once-popular Internet services, such as Myspace. AIM's popularity declined as AOL subscribers started decreasing and steeply towards the 2010s, as Gmail's Google Talk, SMS, and Internet social networks, like Facebook gained popularity. Teens and college students were known to use the messenger's away message feature to keep in touch with friends, often frequently 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. Lets AIM users (5.Microsoft Windows, Windows Mobile, macOS, Android, iOS, BlackBerry OS, Android TVĪIM ( AOL Instant Messenger) was an instant messaging and presence computer program created by AOL, which used the proprietary OSCAR instant messaging protocol and the TOC protocol to allow registered users to communicate in real time.ĪIM was popular by the late 1990s, in United States and other countries, and was the leading instant messaging application in that region into the following decade.AIM Sync also allows users to invite contacts who do not currently use AIM to register for the service. In this way, AIM Sync can speed response time to help AIM users be more productive.

Making presence information easily accessible enables AIM Sync users to see if a colleague is online and available to respond to issues via AIM message or a telephone call. AIM Sync makes presence information for Outlook contacts added to the AIM Buddy List feature available at numerous points in the Outlook application, including the address fields on Outlook e-mail messages, address cards and phone list views. With AIM Sync, AIM users can add their Outlook contacts to their AIM Buddy List® feature by AIM screen name, mobile phone number or both.

AIM Sync by Intellisync is a free service that lets AOL® Instant Messenger™ (AIM®) users with AIM version 5.5 or higher who use Microsoft Outlook 20 easily share contact information and stay in touch with business colleagues, friends and family.