News tagged with aol
White House unveils 'one click' online privacy plan
The Obama administration is calling for stronger privacy protections for consumers as mobile gadgets, Internet services and other tools are able to do a better job of tracking what you do and where you go.
Feb 23, 2012 |
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AOL says to sell 800 patents to Microsoft for $1.0 bn
AOL announced plans to sell more than 800 patents to Microsoft in a $1.056 billion deal giving the struggling Internet pioneer a needed cash injection as it seeks to fend off pressure from shareholders.
Apr 09, 2012 |
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AOL cracks open door to new Project Phoenix e-mail
You've still got mail - but AOL is redesigning it from the ground up to be faster and easier to use.
Nov 14, 2010 |
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AOL plants Seed for Internet Age news operation
Faded Internet star AOL is reinventing itself as a digital age news operation with an army of freelance writers wielding online tools.
Mar 17, 2010 |
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Web-monitoring software gathers data on kid chats
(AP) -- Parents who install a leading brand of software to monitor their kids' online activities may be unwittingly allowing the developer to gather marketing data from children as young as 7 - and to sell ...
Sep 04, 2009 |
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AOL finally regains independence from Time Warner
(AP) -- AOL resumed life as an independent Internet company Thursday as it completed its spinoff from Time Warner Inc. and closed the book on one of the most disastrous business combinations in history.
Dec 10, 2009 |
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AOL tries to recapture that startup feeling
(AP) -- It might seem an odd move for a company that relies on money from advertising. Yet AOL is reducing the number of ads it shows on its home page and some other Web sites it runs.
Jul 20, 2009 |
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AOL sells ICQ instant messaging to Russia's DST
AOL said Wednesday it has sold ICQ, the top instant messaging service in Russia, to Russian Internet company Digital Sky Technologies Limited (DST) for 187.5 million dollars.
Apr 28, 2010 |
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BP oil spill swamps Yahoo search engine in 2010
(AP) -- It took a man-made disaster to topple a celebrity from the top spot on Yahoo Inc.'s annual list of most popular search requests.
Dec 01, 2010 |
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Google and Bing gain as Yahoo! slips in search
Google and Bing gained ground in the US Internet search market in March at the expense of Ask, AOL, and Yahoo!, according to figures released Wednesday by industry tracker comScore.
Apr 13, 2011 |
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With ex-Google exec, AOL seeks another fresh start
(AP) -- Shortly before taking over as head of AOL in April, Tim Armstrong ripped out some office doors.
May 23, 2009 |
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Microsoft search engine makes steady progress
Bing, Microsoft's new search engine, is making steady if unspectacular progress in its bid to wrest a bigger share of the lucrative US search and advertising market away from Google.
Oct 14, 2009 |
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Time Warner profit down, expects to spin off AOL
US media and entertainment giant Time Warner Inc. reported a 14-percent drop in quarterly net profit on Wednesday and said it expects to spin off troubled Internet unit AOL.
Apr 29, 2009 |
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MySpace's new CEO promises innovation
(AP) -- The new leaders of News Corp.'s MySpace said Wednesday they need to innovate to rejuvenate the social networking site, which has suffered from stalled user growth.
May 28, 2009 |
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Time Warner to spin off AOL, ending ill-fated deal
(AP) -- Time Warner Inc. is dumping AOL after spending nearly a decade trying to build a new-age media empire only to wind up in a weaker position than when the marriage began.
May 28, 2009 |
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AOL
AOL LLC (formerly America Online) is an American global Internet services and media company operated by Time Warner. It is headquartered at 770 Broadway in New York, NY. Founded in 1983 as Quantum Computer Services, it has franchised its services to companies in several nations around the world or set up international versions of its services.
AOL is best known for its online software suite, also called "AOL", that allowed millions of customers around the world to access the world's largest "walled garden" online community and eventually reach out to the internet as a whole. At its zenith, AOL's membership was over 30 million members worldwide, most of whom accessed the AOL service through the AOL software suite.
On May 28, 2009, Time Warner announced that it would spin off AOL into a separate public company by the end of 2009, ending the 8 year relationship between the two companies.
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