MetaFilter posts tagged with AIM and AOL

AIM Pages

tellurian — Wed, 10 May 2006 23:09:50 -0800

You have all dropped your MySpace profiles and jumped to AIM Pages, haven't you? [via]

AIM owns you.

XQUZYPHYR — Sun, 13 Mar 2005 13:44:23 -0800

"You waive any right to privacy." AOL has just updated the terms of service for Instant Messanger, which include agreeing to the new requirement that AOL owns everything you write, has the right to reproduce it at will, and that you waive all requirements for prior approval to do so.

Blog Change Bot

UKnowForKids — Sat, 26 Jul 2003 10:27:31 -0800

Blog Change Bot is an AOL Instant Messenger-based bot that will send you an IM whenever your favorite blogs are updated. (via Blogroots; more inside)

TNLNYC — Wed, 17 Jul 2002 15:00:15 -0800

An interesting idea Create your own bot... Sounds like an interesting service. What do you think?

Brilliantcrank — Thu, 30 Aug 2001 09:15:56 -0800

"What would you like to know? ActiveBuddy finally delivers their first real infobot, AgentBaseball. Use IM to find baseball scores, standings, player stats, player info, team stats, team info, xtra bases, and sports news.

Wanna try it? Just add AgentBaseball to your buddy list and send it a message with "hello".

aaron — Wed, 25 Apr 2001 15:06:22 -0800

InfoBots are coming. I believe we've touched on this before, but now it seems to be moving from concept to reality: Instant Messenger "buddies" that are actually bots. You send them an IM with a question, such as "Hey pal, what's the weather in Thunder Bay, Ontario?" And it IMs you back with the answer, almost instantaneously. No waiting for messy web sites to load, no funky searches to run. ActiveBuddy has been the most, um, active in developing the technology, but they've been working on it forever without anything to show to the public. Now, it's out there, somewhere. CNET is reporting today that an ActiveBuddy beta bot has been live for a few months; you can play with it right now if you know its name. (And if you do know its name, a tip would be appreciated. I've been jonesing for this for a good while.) A more public version is supposed to be out in a few weeks. Here buddy buddy buddy...

TNLNYC — Fri, 23 Feb 2001 08:19:00 -0800

Do you trust AOL IM? If you do, you might want to read this story.

ericost — Wed, 13 Sep 2000 15:46:10 -0800

FCC: Open up AOL’s messaging "Federal regulators could force America Online Inc. to open its popular instant-messaging service to rivals as a condition of approving its acquisition of Time Warner Inc." I think this is good news for instant messaging, but I'm never really comfortable with the government forcing such things. What do you think?

chaz — Thu, 31 Aug 2000 10:17:50 -0800

AOL + Eliza = AOLiza Some amusing AOL IM conversations using the old Eliza program. Via Yuppie Slayer

mathowie — Mon, 28 Feb 2000 13:45:08 -0800

Today's Davenetics (it's a newsletter) noticed a flurry of wireless deals came about today. AOL is planning mobile versions of instant messenger, email, and other AOL services, Microsoft is working on mobile MSN and Hotmail, while Amazon has unveiled their phone portal to shopping. Looks like we will soon be reminiscing about the good old days when the internet used silly wires and cables.

mathowie — Mon, 26 Jul 1999 21:25:49 -0800

AOL and Microsoft are resorting to playground antics. I downloaded the new MS messenger when it came out last Thursday, and I've already gotten three patches for it, each time it works with AOL users for just a few hours. I wonder how long they'll continue the dueling banjos thing.

mathowie — Thu, 22 Jul 1999 21:02:55 -0800

Hello AOL? It's Microsoft, we've come to crush your Instant Messenger.