It’s official: lifestreaming is going to become a part of every major social network on the Web (or so it would seem). The latest to add the feature is AIM, the world’s largest instant messaging network, who has just launched BuddyUpdates.
Like FriendFeed, Plaxo Pulse, and more recently Facebook, BuddyUpdates allows you to share your actions on third-party web sites with your contact list. In this case, the contact list is your AIM buddy list, and your friend’s can view your activities by mousing over an orange icon that will show up next your screenname once enabled.
So far, the service allows you to import activities from 20 different services, including Twitter, Flickr, and YouTube, as well as six different AOL products including AIM away messages and AIM blogs. Additionally, the Web interface for BuddyUpdates allows you to keep track of your friend's activities and manage your own updates.