Jun
4

Bebo Save likely? AOL finds potential buyers.

By WBMike // AOL, Bebo // No Comments

Bebo 2010 We’ve been following news stories this past month about the Bebo situation. Previously AOL decided it needed to cut costs by dismantling Bebo or selling it. Tim Armstrong revealed that there […]

May
2

Aim Chat: There was an error sending your message

By WBMike // AIM Problems, AOL, Aim // No Comments

Another bug has been affecting chat.aim.com users rather frequently. This bug has been appearing since the end of April and has not been fixed by AOL Staff. The bug is described below. Users […]

Apr
30

Aim Stuck on Transferring

By WBMike // AIM Problems, AOL, Most Common Aim Problems // 11 Comments

This issue appears to have been fixed AIM Stuck On “Transferring” Currently we are seeing a high number of reports that AIM users can not log into AIM. The problem is described below: During […]

Apr
29

Will Bebo Shut Down? Who Can Save BEBO?

By WBMike // AOL, Bebo // 1 Comment

The recent news released this week, AOL is reportedly deciding on what to do with it’s 850 million dollar venture. Should it shut down BEBO or sell it to another company. Hopefully they […]

Apr
27

Can’t Edit Buddy Info in Aim 7.3 Beta?

By WBMike // AIM Problems, AOL, aim 7 // 6 Comments

The buddy info option in Aim 7.3 beta is missing. AIM members are unable to edit the buddy info. Instead the buddy info button now links to AIM LIfestream. It’s possible that AIM […]

Mar
15

What is AOL Lifestream? How to Use it or Remove it?

By WBMike // AIM Problems, AOL, AOL Lifestream, Aim, aim 7 // 24 Comments

What is AOL Lifestream AOL released a brand new update to AIM Lifestream, or should I say AOL Lifestream. It’s a service where AIM/AOL users can connect their social networking accounts, such as Twitter, […]

Feb
10

Aim 7.2 Beta With Facebook Integration; Chat with Facebook on AIM; Custom Skin Support

By WBMike // AOL, Aim, Facebook, aim 7 // No Comments

Aim 7.2 Beta Today AOL released it’s newest version of AIM with version 7.2. This time it has integrated Facebook support. Wait a minute, wasn’t Facebook already integrated within Lifestream? Well the only new […]

Jan
11

Aim 7.1: Changing Screen Name Colors

By WBMike // AOL, Aim, Aim Hacks, aim 7 // No Comments

Back again after 4 months of translating Japanese to English. This time we’re going to change screen name colors for Aim 7.1, and it’s going to work without signing off. AOL loads a […]

Sep
7

AOL Email Footer Lawsuit: Fairchild v. AOL, Cecchini v. AOL.

By WBMike // AOL // 24 Comments

The History thus far: On March 2006, AOL placed advertisements in the footers of all AOL member emails. Since then it sparked a petition gaining 900 signatures against the idea. In May 2008, AOL […]

May
30

Miss AOL Ficlets? Try Ficly!

By WBMike // AOL // No Comments

Ficlets was an idea brought up by AOL developer Kevin Lawver. Essentially you and several authors will continue a multi-part story that spans as long as there is interest. The site came under […]

May
15

Aim 7.0 Releases With Larger Buddy Icons

By WBMike // AOL, Aim, aim 7 // 7 Comments

Today the next generation of the popular instant messenger platform released with a brand new version called Aim 7. It’s an early beta that will showcase some new features. It seems the message they […]

Apr
13

AOL Message Boards back up

By WBMike // AOL // 1 Comment

A quick post to let you know that all previous message boards that were closed are back online. AOL has not implemented the expected upgrades at this time. The message boards behave the same […]

Apr
11

Adding Flash and MP3 Playlist codes to Bebo’s Code Snippet

By WBMike // AOL, Aim, Bebo, Code Snippet, Tutorials // 2 Comments

You need one of the following modules/applications About Me: Code Snippet Gigya’s My Stuff Doesn’t code snippet already allow flash? Well it does, but you may have […]

Apr
4

Why is AOL directing users to Yahoo Message Boards?

By WBMike // AOL, Yahoo // 3 Comments

So one question that’s on everyone’s mind is why is AOL directing people to Yahoo Message boards. There is no official answer to this question but if we read between the lines we can […]

Apr
1

AOL Message Board Closings Generates Frustration and Anger

By WBMike // AOL, Aim // 4 Comments

In a previous post on the People Connection blog, AOL announced changes would be coming to the AOL Message boards. These changes included a new look for popular message boards, while the other boards […]