AOL

AOL is a company belonging to the Time Warner group. The company is a provider of instant messages all around globe. It is a New York based company that was founded in 1985. AOL has facilitated chatting which in technical language is known as instant messages. AOL has now expanded with the help of networking and is now very popular means of staying in touch with your near and dear ones. In association with many Internet service providers and the Microsoft Windows, the AOL has managed to capture the youth demands. AOL was first launched as Control Video Corporation. It was a very short lived project and was soon changed into AOL. The AOL has gone through many changes and newer versions have been launched at regular intervals to make it better.

To provide services anywhere across the globe, the AOL has expanded its services to many countries. The number of subscribers of AOL are increasing at a rapid rate. It is estimated that there are as many as over 20 million users of AOL for instant messaging.

Instant messaging or chatting as is commonly known is used for many purposes. The messages are disseminated instantly. Earlier instant messages appeared as soon as it was being typed but now it has changed completely. The messages are not displayed until the command is given. Moreover the fonts of the messages can be colored and many kinds of icons that represent various emotions can be inserted in the messages. Many personal messages can be sent and one can stay connected with many near and dear ones from any corner of the world. The services provided by AOL are free and has enhanced communication to a great extent. There are many instant messaging providers that caters to the need of millions. These service providers constantly upgrade their services to maximize the facilities. Like AOL other service providers too aim at acquiring subscribers.

Chatting was in earlier days limited. But with the coming of the Internet, chatting and instant messaging has gone through many variations. Earlier only text messages could be sent but now it is possible to look at a person face to face by web cameras and hear his or her voice by headphones. It is very easy to communicate by the means of this kind of instant messages. Instant messages by AOL needs to be registered that is known as the chat id and is protected by a password known only to the subscribers. AOL has changed the face of communication by not only enabling you to chat by cameras but also letting you have video conference. Video conference is much cheaper than telephonic calls. Video conferencing is very necessary for those who are in the corporate world.

AOL gives many services to the corporate world. The corporate world needs to remain connected all the time. Many of the offices now operate 24 hours a day and so instant messaging providers are very beneficial in disseminating messages.