2010 Search

21 reconstructed results for aim in the 2010 exhibit.

1. AIM (AOL Instant Messenger) - Buddy lists and away messages, fading fast

   theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/aim

   AIM had defined instant messaging in America for a decade, with its running-man icon, buddy lists, door-opening sounds and passive-aggressive away messages. By 2010 it...

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2. Windows Live Messenger (MSN) - Nudges, winks and display names full of lyrics

   theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/windows-live-messenger

   Still called MSN by almost everyone, Windows Live Messenger was the dominant instant messenger outside the United States in 2010, with hundreds of millions of users. Its...

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3. AOL - Dial-up subscribers, AIM, and a content empire in the making

   theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/aol

   AOL was spun off from Time Warner in December 2009 and spent 2010 remaking itself as a content company: it bought TechCrunch in September, ran Engadget, and still...

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4. brb - Be right back; announced in chat before stepping away from MSN or AIM.

   theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/slang-brb

   brb: Be right back; announced in chat before stepping away from MSN or AIM. Example: "brb mom needs the computer"

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5. ttyl - Talk to you later; the sign-off of MSN Messenger and texting.

   theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/slang-ttyl

   ttyl: Talk to you later; the sign-off of MSN Messenger and texting. Example: "g2g ttyl"

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6. Google - Ten blue links, and results that appeared as you typed

   theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/google

   Google in 2010 was a white page with a colourful logo, one box and ten blue links. The year began with Google refusing to keep censoring results in China, added a...

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7. Netflix - Red envelopes, and a streaming-only plan

   theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/netflix

   In 2010 Netflix was still mostly a DVD-by-mail company, but streaming was taking over: Watch Instantly worked on the Wii, PS3, Xbox 360, Roku and, from August, the...

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8. Google Talk and Gmail Chat - Chat inside your inbox

   theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/google-talk

   Google Talk, and the Gmail Chat box built into the Gmail sidebar, let people message and video chat without installing anything. In 2010 it was quietly replacing AIM for...

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9. Microsoft Kin - The social phone that lasted 48 days

   theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/microsoft-kin

   Microsoft's Kin One and Kin Two, aimed at teenagers who lived on Facebook and Twitter, went on sale in May 2010 on Verizon and were discontinued on 30 June, after...

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10. Nintendo DSi XL - The big-screen DS, months before the 3DS was revealed

    theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/nintendo-dsi-xl

    The DSi XL launched in North America and Europe in March 2010 with larger screens and a wider stylus, aimed at older players of Brain Age and Pokémon HeartGold and...

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11. BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) - PINs, the D and the R, and free unlimited messaging

    theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/blackberry-messenger

    BBM let BlackBerry owners message each other free over the data plan, with delivered and read receipts, group chats and PIN-swapping as a social ritual. In 2010 it was a...

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12. Qzone - China's biggest social network, built on QQ

    theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/qzone

    Tencent's Qzone, attached to the QQ messenger, was by most measures the largest social network in China in 2010, with hundreds of millions of active users decorating...

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13. Windows Live Hotmail - The world's biggest webmail, redesigned

    theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/hotmail

    Hotmail, by then branded Windows Live Hotmail, had hundreds of millions of accounts in 2010, many of them the first email address people ever created. A mid-2010 update...

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14. BlackBerry Bold 9700 - The keyboard phone of the business world and the school corridor

    theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/blackberry-bold-9700

    The Bold 9700 was the definitive 2010 BlackBerry: a compact QWERTY keyboard, an optical trackpad, the red blinking notification light, and BlackBerry Messenger....

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15. g2g - Got to go; the other half of "g2g ttyl".

    theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/slang-g2g

    g2g: Got to go; the other half of "g2g ttyl". Example: "g2g dinner"

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16. Grooveshark - Any song, on demand, free, and legally doomed

    theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/grooveshark

    Grooveshark let anyone stream almost any song on demand, free, from a slick Flash interface, because users uploaded the tracks themselves. It was hugely popular in 2010...

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17. Spotify - The European streaming service Americans could not get

    theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/spotify

    In 2010 Spotify was available in Sweden, Norway, Finland, the UK, France, Spain and the Netherlands, often by invitation, with a free ad-supported tier and a premium...

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18. MacBook Air (late 2010) - Flash storage only, and an 11-inch model for $999

    theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/macbook-air-2010

    On 20 October 2010 Apple reintroduced the MacBook Air in 11-inch and 13-inch sizes with flash storage instead of a hard drive, instant wake and no optical drive. At $999...

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19. Roku (2010 models) - The little box that made Netflix streaming a habit

    theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/roku-2010

    Roku's 2010 line, the HD, XD and XDS at $59.99 to $99.99, were the cheapest way to get Netflix Watch Instantly, Hulu Plus, Pandora and Amazon on a TV. With the Wii, Xbox...

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