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AIM 6.8 Released

Aim 6.8 is finally released in my opinion it takes to long to load with all those plugins already installed. You can download 6.8 here Instant Messenger - AIM - Instant Message Your Online Buddies for Free - AIM
 
 

AOL Offers Free Phone Calls on Mother’s Day Weekend

Call Your Mom, Call Your Friend’s Mom, Even Call Your Mother-in-Law, All for Free Using the AIM Call Out Service

DULLES, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--As a special gift this Mother’s Day weekend, AOL announced that calls made using the AIM Call Out service (http://call.aim.com) on Saturday, May 10 and Sunday, May 11 will be free. Users must set up an AIM Call Out account and add at least $5 in non-refundable call credit to get started. Users can then make as many calls as they want to more than 200 countries and will still have $5 to spend at the end of the free calls weekend.

WHEN: Users can make free calls between 6 a.m. EDT on Saturday, May 10^th and 4 a.m. EDT on Monday, May 12^th.

HOW: Users must have a free AIM screenname and use version 6.5 or higher of the AIM service which can be downloaded for free at http://www.aim.com. Once users launch AIM they just click on the telephone icon at the base of the AIM Buddy List to get started.
Users can talk with their moms using a headset or with a microphone and speakers. Users can also make phone-to-phone calls using the Web Connect feature within AIM Call Out. Users simply enter their phone number and then the phone number of their mom. In a few seconds, their phone will ring and then connect them to their mom’s phone.¹

RESTRICTIONS: Users will not be able to make free calls for the duration of the promotion to Myanmar, Ghana, Egypt, Brunei, Comoros, Croatia, Morocco, Oman and Zaire. Users will continue to be charged for calls to satellite services including Inmarsat, Thuraya and Iridium.

About the AIM Call Out Service
AIM Call Out is a pay-as-you-go outbound voice calling service built right into AIM that lets users make calls to landline and mobile phones. AIM Call Out offers low per-minute rates with no connection fee or monthly charge. Users pay for call credits in increments as low as $5. For a listing of long distance rates AIM users can visit http://call-out.aim.com/rates.
 
 

AIM Advanced {FB} Beta Release

Hello Everyone,

I would like to say hello and introduce myself a bit. My name is Tuankoi, I am new to this forum, decided to sign up since I've viewed a few cool threads on "aim" related content. I am an avid aim user and I have become more actively involved in aim related content since I've recently had more time available.

I have been working on and off on a plugin of mine called AIM Advanced which adds a ton of cool new features to AIM, started it and finished up a lot in mid Feb. but unfortunately, I have only recently been able to finish up a proper installation app. and testing. Originally, I started it as a plugin for a few friends with the first feature being my "Fight Bot" in an attempt to add a better alternative to aim fight. But now I have decided to let everyone enjoy the laughter as there may be plenty of people who would enjoy this and a lot more of the features I have developed.


Above is a screen shot of the FightBot feature which I have developed, more info can be found here or at my storage site at tuankoi.com.

Anyways, I like this site and what I've read and I am looking forward to contributing much more interesting work for the aim community, and I hope you also enjoy the plugin :)
 
 

AOL expands to Mexico

Today AOL launched a new portal designed to expand their presence in Mexico. http://www.aol.com.mx combines all the typical AOL services, including free email and instant messaging with Spanish-language localization.

AOL has a spotty history of expanding into other countries. In the past, they have expanded and withdrawn from several markets after failing to build adequate market share. Part of the difficulty in the past was their focus on the ISP market. Today, they make the move more as a pure portal rather than an ISP.

Yahoo already has a Mexican version of their popular portal (http://mx.yahoo.com/), as does MSN (http://prodigy.msn.com/).

Will AOL's new entry make a dent in the Mexican web market? Possbily, but only if they can build strong partnerships with already popular Mexican media.

Links

• Press release

 
 

Poynt local search reaches AIM

Canadian-based Multiplied Media Corporation has launched an AIM-compatible version of their Poynt local search service. Previously available only on Windows Live Messenger, Poynt is an IM bot that lets you search for local businesses using your favorite instant messaging program (as long as your favorite is WLM or AIM).

Poynt delivers the full listings from Superpages.com, the publisher of Verizon's Yellow Page directory. To use the service, just add the screen name 'Poynt' to your buddy list and send it a message.

Poynt will ask you to specify your search locale, enter keywords for the business or service you need and send the results via IM (listed by proximity).
 
 

Gmail Chat adds AIM integration

It's been nearly two years since Google acquired a 5% stake in AOL. The promise then was that Google Talk would allow connectivity to the AIM network. Well, two years later that promised AIM integration is finally here. It is not in Google Talk, but in the web-based sibling, Gmail Chat.

Beta testing of the AIM integration began last month, and now they are officially rolling it out for the English-language Gmail interface.

This isn't true integration. You won't be able to use your Google account to chat with your AIM buddies. Instead, this works similar to Meebo. You must have an AIM account (available for free). You can sign-on to your AIM account by clicking the new Options link at the bottom of your Gmail chat list.

You supply your AIM username and password in a pop-up window, and when you're connected, your AIM contacts will now appear in your chat list, designated by the familiar AIM running man logo.



Once you've signed in, Gmail Chat will remember your AIM account information. Next time you sign in to Gmail, you'll automatically be reconnected to AIM.

Of course, Yahoo Messenger and WLM Messenger offer true interoperability, and have done so for the past 18 months. But with the popularity of Meebo and programs like Trillian and Adium, do the battle lines still matter?
 
 

BigBlueBall in the Mahalo Top 7

Many of you may have heard of Jason Calacanis. He founded Weblogs, Inc.; a network of blogs that includes a number of very popular sites like Engadget, Joystiq and Autoblog. Calacanis sold Weblogs, Inc. to AOL for millions, and has since moved on to startup Mahalo. Billed as a sort of human-powered search engine, Mahalo picks topics and has paid editors create a single page of all the best links and resources on that topic (read my review of Mahalo here).

While it's not new news, they now have a sweet badge for the "Top 7" links, and for the AIM topic, that includes none other than our own BigBlueBall AIM Center.

A big thanks to everyone who is a part of the BigBlueBall community.
 
 

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