AIM is now away, permanently. AOL announced back in October that its beloved Instant Messenger service would be discontinued. Sadly, that day has arrived. AIM may be ded, but our memories will ...

AOL has launched Open AIM 2.0, giving developers access to the AIM instant messaging network, which now supports third-party chat services and instant messaging applications designed for mobile.

Now, those IMs can be sent from a desktop instant messaging client, like AOL's AIM. Users connect their Facebook accounts to their preferred instant messaging client and can chat with "Facebook ...