AIM Pages: Screenshot of AOL's "MySpace Killer"

by Jordan Running May 9th 2006

Over at TechCrunch Michael Arrington has posted a nice big screenshot of AIM Pages, the much-talked-about social networking site (a.k.a. "MySpace Killer") from this blogger's employer, AOL. It's certainly prettier than MySpace, but that's not saying much, and there's no word yet on how much customization/uglification will be possible. Arrington also speaks with AOL's Kerry Parkins about AIM Pages' features, such as Flickr and AOL Music modules and its publishing tools which "make the process more simple and the results more attractive." I think that AIM Pages actually has a chance of unseating MySpace, or at least taking a reasonable chunk out of its market, solely by virtue of having an immense pre-installed userbase in the form of the millions of people who already have an AIM account. The challenge for me will be deciding which of my three screen names to use.

Update: The screenshot and interview are originally from paidContent.org, which has more info on AIM Pages.

Tags: aim, aimpages, aol, myspace, social, socialnetworking

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Staci Kramer said 6:23PM on 5-09-2006

Jordan -- FYI, the AIM screenshot and the interview you quoted come from paidContent.org and were picked up with attribution by TechCrunch. The link to the original post: http://www.paidcontent.org/aol-buddy-lists-social-network-expands-with-aim-pages-phoneline
The screenshot is on my flickr stream: http://www.flickr.com/photos/sdk/143079456/

Thanks.

Jordan Running said 6:29PM on 5-09-2006

Thanks for the correction, Staci. That's what I get for posting in a hurry.

Staci Kramer said 6:43PM on 5-09-2006

Happens. Thanks for the quick fix. Staci

Featured Time Waster

Civiballs is a beautiful, soothing physics puzzle Time Waster

I have an absolute weakness for physics games, and while Civiballs isn't the strongest physics-based game, what it lacks in the physics department it makes up for a few times over in style and fun.

In Civiballs, you are presented with a few colored balls, and your goal is to get those balls into the same-colored urn on the level. The "civi" part of Civiballs is that there are 3 sets of levels to play, each representing a different civilization. While the civilization doesn't affect gameplay, the artwork for each level is beautifully themed to it's appropriate era.

To play the game, you are given only one tool - a sword with which to cut the chains that are holding the balls. The puzzle part of the game is in figuring out what order, and with what timing to cut each chain. Do it right, and all the right balls end up in the right urns, with no stray balls entering an urn (a no-no). Do it wrong, and you get to start over again.

Civiballs is not terribly deep on gameplay; the entire game can be completed in about 15 minutes. But if you enjoy this type of game, it will be a very enjoyable 15 minutes.

View more Time Wasters