US Internet service provider America Online announced today that the company plans to update its instant messaging service so that users will be able to see when friends and business associates are online, even if they're not on the contact list.
The company plans to let users connect to its AOL Instant Messenger software (AIM) with the address book of their Microsoft Outlook program in a deal with a third-party company, Intellisync.
Executives of the online division of Time Warner said that the new service plans to release software that lets AIM users know when a contact within their Microsoft Outlook program is online and reachable by AIM automatically.
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