AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) officially dies on December 15

AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) officially dies on December 15

Ladies and gentlemen, brace yourselves. On December 15, AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) will be no more. Oath officially announced the sad news today. Oath, by the way, is the Verizon subsidiary that holds the combined operations of Yahoo and AOL. Anyway, this news is quite shocking. Mostly because it reveals the fact that at the moment AIM is still alive and kicking. That's unexpected to say the least. It's probably a good time for it to be put out of its misery, though. AIM started out as the built-in chat app inside America Online's desktop client. It took off (at least in the US) in 1997, when it became a separate standalone application. So it's lived until the nice age of 20, give or take. While Oath hasn't revealed if it plans to replace AIM with anything else, the most likely candidate for that role is Yahoo Messenger yes, this still exists too. |

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Checking the Galaxy S8 and S8+ market share after six months

Checking the Galaxy S8 and S8+ market share after six months

The and are half a year old not yet time for a birthday cake, but we can check how they are performing on the market. Heres the breakdown, courtesy of (an ad network). Note that these numbers are for Android phones only, the iPhones are not included. In , a prime market for Samsung, the S8 duo has 5.8% combined, about half what the S7 generation has (10.3%). The older S5 is at 4.6%. In , the Galaxy S7 and S7 edge have a total of 12.6% while S8s combined share is under 5%. In both countries, the smaller S7 is the top individual device. Not so in where the S7 edge is on top. The total share of the 2016 generation is a whopping 15.4% compared to 6% for the 2017 models. In , the Galaxy S8+ has below 2% share while the S8 stands at 3.1%. The S8 phones proved popular in (8.6%), and (both 6.8%). In a surprising twist, the Galaxy J3 (2016) is the top Android in , though the S7 and S7 edge combined beat it 4.1% vs. 7.4%. The S8 duo isnt even in the Top 10. Same for and . Curious thing about Italy according to AppBrain, the top Android smartphone in the country is the Galaxy S III (4.2%), followed by the S7 edge (3.7%). What a generation gap! Venturing further east, holds on tightly to its Note5 units (7.8%) while the new Galaxy S8 phones have a combined 4.7% share. That is surprising since Samsungs home market is usually strong for the tech giant. Hit the Source link if you want to check other countries or devices. In many countries, many of the 10 most popular devices are Samsungs, but a Galaxy isnt always on top. For example, Huawei seems to have a strong presence in Europe.

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BlackBerry Motion image leaks

BlackBerry Motion image leaks

Superman can relax, the Krypton has been renamed BlackBerry Motion. We had only seen the phones back, dressed up in BBs favorite material . Now we get a peek at the front as well thanks to a leaked official render of the device. The Motion doesnt actually move theres no slider here. No QWERTY keyboard either. In fact, this appears to be a keyboard-less version of the . Unfortunately, this includes the less-than-stellar Snapdragon 625 chipset (or a 626, same thing). The rumored specs also include 4GB of RAM for the chipset and a 4,000mAh battery (this phone will go all day and all night). The screen is said to have 1080p resolution and this time it doesnt have to leave room for a keyboard, so its bigger.

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