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Editions by AOL gets an update; adds more categories to include gaming, cars and pets
AOL rolled out the Editions by AOL app for the iPad back towards the beginning of August and it looks like the app has since had a few updates. Well, an earlier update to the app as well as an update to the content which has come in the form of three new categories. The more »
About.me starts issuing emails addresses to users
About.me has started rolling out it’s newest offer to select users: email addresses. Yesterday About.me sent out messages to a selection of users, offering them an about.me email address, which until now has been reserved for those on the about.me team. If you’ve been chosen to get an email, just go to your About.me account, more »
AOL Editions, a daily newspaper style app now available for the iPad
AOL has officially launched their Editions by AOL app for the iPad. In short, the Editions app is a daily newspaper style app. And yes, while this has been done in one form or another up until this point — the AOL version does have some perks — Editions by AOL is free to download more »
You are more likely to win the lottery than click a banner ad
I knew it wasn’t a commonality, but the numbers provided by Solve Media show that it is extremely unlikely that you will click on a banner ad. A few years ago, Dave Morgan (AOL Global Advertising Strategy) wrote about a study that showed who is more likely to click on online ads. Here’s what he more »
After 50 days LulzSec is no more
For 50 days the hacker group known as Lulz Security, or LulzSec for short, has attacked a number of websites and agencies. All in the name of the AntiSec movement, freedom, and (of course) lulz. Now the groups journey has come to a close. The announcement was made via the LulzSec Twitter account which pointed more »
Google Talk now talks directly to AIM
Google has announced an upgrade to it’s Google Talk service, making it easier for users to communicate with friends on other services. Starting right now you can talk to your friends who use AIM right from Google Talk. Your AIM friends can be added directly into Google Talk, all you have to do is add more »
About.me scooped up by AOL
Over the weekend we mentioned the profile page site that recently opened up for everyone, About.me. And as of now it looks like anyone who created a profile now has a profile page with AOL. Yup, AOL and About.me have confirmed the deal — About.me is now an AOL property. Talk about what seems to more »
Microsoft co-founder sues 10 companies for patent infringement
Microsoft co-founder is suing 10 companies ranging from Yahoo, Google and Facebook to Staples, Office Depot, Apple, and Netflix. He claims they and OfficeMax, Ebay, and AOL, are all infringing on patents his now defunct company, Interval Research, obtained ownership of in the 1990′s. The patents in question include: No. 6,263,507, “Browser for Use in more »
Aol. (or AOL) celebrates 25 years
Those of us old enough to remember Aol. (or AOL before re-branding), today marks a milestone for a service that brought e-mail, web browsing and introduced to the masses instant messaging by celebrating 25 years of service. Rise to popularity for the time period was quite remarkable considering home computing was not widely popular and more »
AOL CEO looking at quality content for better company future
It’s no big secret that AOL isn’t doing as well as it once did. Once it was the Internet to many people, now some people still keep their AOL email, but the company is struggling. A new CEO, former Google sales executive Tim Armstrong was brought in to help turn the company around, and today more »














