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 were […]

Apr
27

Can’t Edit Buddy Info in Aim 7.3 Beta?

By WBMike // aim 7, AIM Problems, AOL // 11 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 Lifestream […]

Mar
15

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

By WBMike // Aim, aim 7, AIM Problems, AOL, AOL Lifestream // 48 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
13

How to Connect and Sync Facebook with AIM

By WBMike // Aim, aim 7, Aim Express, AIM Problems, Facebook // 14 Comments

It appears there are those who don’t know how to chat with Facebook friends on AIM. Yes despite how there’s a huge banner that asks if you want to use Facebook Connect. Well maybe […]

Jul
23

Aim 7 Beta: Change Screen Name Color

By WBMike // Aim, aim 7, Aim Hacks, AIM Problems // 6 Comments

This method only works in Beta 3 version of Aim 7
Aim 7.1 users read here

So you’ve been enjoying AIM 5.9′s incredibly familiar red and blue screen name colors. AIM 7 replaces the […]

Apr
1

AOL Message Board Closings Generates Frustration and Anger

By WBMike // Aim, AOL // 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 […]

Mar
16

AOL Bebo Migration Issues

By WBMike // Aim, AOL, Bebo // 64 Comments

The migration of AOL Profiles to Bebo didn’t go as smoothly as planned. For the most part there seems to be great lack of knowledge among AOL members over the inner workings of Bebo. […]

Oct
25

A New Aim For Macs

By WBMike // Aim, Mac // 2 Comments

AOL has released a brand new version of AIM for Macs through its beta website. No, this is not Aim 4.7 that was released several years ago, this is a brand new 2008 version […]

Oct
15

Goodbye AOL Journals, Hello Blogger!

By WBMike // AOL, AOL Journals // No Comments

AOL Journals has finally called it quits after 5 years. Through the years it went through a few rough spots, but managed to create a small dedicated user base whom enjoyed networking with their […]

Aug
17

Aim Chatrooms: We are Unable to Send Your Message

By WBMike // AIM Problems // No Comments

This previous issue has been fixed.
There have been many reports about users unable to send any messages in AIM Chatrooms. The error message is as follows:

OnlineHost: We’re sorry, we are unable to […]

Aug
12

When AOL splits, Where do we end up?

By WBMike // Aim, AOL, Google, Microsoft, Yahoo // No Comments

The Great Divide
Time Warner plans to split AOL into two factions, an advertisement unit and a dial-up unit. The plan will be to sell off each unit to potential buyers.
Dial-up users do […]

Nov
8

Aim 6.8 Skin: Leopard OS X

By WBMike // AIM Skin, AOL, Apple // 29 Comments

Introduction
OS X Leopard is a skin featuring a design similar to Apple’s OS X Leopard.
OS X Leopard is a part of the OS skin pack which includes five skins:

AimXP
AIMXP Blue […]