‘Time Warner Inc.’s America Online has upgraded its instant-message service to help win users and boost advertising sales.

The latest version of the software, to be made available over the next three months, improves existing voice and video chat services, and adds Internet calling and access to 20 XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. stations, AOL spokeswoman Krista Thomas said Tuesday.

AOL, which has 43 million instant-messenger users in the United States, aims to expand its market share among 13- to 25-year-olds as the Dulles, Va.-based company tries to catch up with Yahoo! Inc., the most-visited Internet destination. AOL has more than 50 percent market share in that group, Thomas said.’

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