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AIM Lifestream integrates social web, but not instant messaging

By | September 15, 2009, 12:34pm PDT

Summary: AOL launched it’s new Lifestream application today, and I’m impressed. But I still won’t use it because it doesn’t integrate the full IM experience better than other products like Adium, Digsby or even Trillian. I have not downloaded the actual app, but here is a peek at the web interface: You can add social networks to your [...]

AOL launched it’s new Lifestream application today, and I’m impressed. But I still won’t use it because it doesn’t integrate the full IM experience better than other products like Adium, Digsby or even Trillian.

I have not downloaded the actual app, but here is a peek at the web interface:

You can add social networks to your lifestream, but not other IM accounts.

One feature that is kinda cool is the ability to comment on a post via Facebook Connect.

I think there is a small bug though because the actual comment doesn’t show up on my lifestream page.

Hopefully AOL realizes that they need to integrate other IM clients. The iPhone app looks pretty cool too. Check out Rafe’s post on CNET for more info.

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Andrew Mager is a hacker advocate at Spotify in New York City.

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Andrew Mager is a hacker advocate at Spotify in New York City. Before moving to NY, Andrew worked at SimpleGeo & Ning in San Francisco. Previously, he was an associate technical producer at CBS Interactive. Andrew studied print & electronic journalism at Virginia Tech, where he created a student-run online news publication called Planet Blacksburg.

In 2006, Andrew interned at ESPN in Bristol, CT, working for the Sports Production team doing Javascript and SQL experiments. Prior to that, he worked at the WSLS-TV NBC 10 in Roanoke, VA, as a web intern. In his freshman year of college, Andrew worked at the local ESPN Radio station answering phone calls and writing scripts for the local afternoon talk show.

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