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Feb 10 2010 11:20am EDT

Facebook, AOL Friend Each Other

Facebook Inc. and AOL Inc. users can get friendlier beginning today.

The two companies announced that AOL Instant Messenger users can now chat with their Facebook friends using the AIM service.

This marks the first time that Palo Alto-based Facebook has promoted off-site conversations. It launched its own Facebook Chat in 2008.

In addition to making the instant-messaging connection, users can now import their friends' Facebook posts to AIM and export their AOL status updates, videos, links, and photos to Facebook.

AOL has about 17 million users. Facebook has about 400 million.


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