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Patents are becoming more valuable than technology, more valuable than engineers and more valuable than revenue in the tech world. In fact, it's starting to replace revenue for some companies it seems, as both AOL and Yahoo are hoping to cash in on their sizeable patent portfolio. The difference is, AOL already... |
10 April 2012
13:21 GMT |
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Today, AOL and Microsoft announced the signing of a definitive agreement for the acquisition of over 800 patents and their related patent applications from AOL, for aggregate proceeds of $1.056 billion in cash. Additionally, as part of this agreement, Microsoft receives a non-exclusive license to AOL’s retaine... |
9 April 2012
07:34 GMT |
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The white hat hacker known as Gambit identified cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities on the main site of AOL (aol.com) and on the newsroom site of Cisco Systems (newsroom.cisco.com), the world-renowned network equipment company. The hacker provided us with the details of the security holes that could be lever... |
29 March 2012
09:35 GMT |
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TeamHav0k, the group of grey hats that proved to be highly skilled in finding cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in high-profile sites, have discovered that the websites AOL.com and Ask.com contain security holes that can be taken advantage of by ill-intended attackers. More specifically, the flaws are locat... |
25 February 2012
03:21 GMT |
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The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) analyzed the preview version of the latest AOL Instant Messenger and concluded that users should not install it due to some serious privacy concerns it raised.
The first issue is that conversation logs are stored by default and secondly, all private instant messages are scann... |
5 January 2012
04:28 GMT |
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Four major players of the Internet, Microsoft, Google, Yahoo and AOL, unite their forces with Agari, a company that hopes to revolutionize email security, with the purpose of developing new ways to keep email inboxes clean.
According to CNET, Agari analyzes 1.5 billion emails each day in the attempt of trying to fin... |
30 November 2011
08:44 GMT |
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Yahoo, AOL and Microsoft have banded together in an unholy alliance of sorts. They've announced that they've struck a deal around advertising which will allow them to sell each other's inventory for, hopefully, a more efficient use of ad space and resources.The idea is to put unsold inventory from any... |
9 November 2011
10:00 GMT |
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Advertising customers leveraging the Microsoft Media Network will soon be able to buy display ads from Yahoo! Network Plus and AOL Advertising.com networks, the Redmond company revealed.
Yahoo!, Microsoft and AOL inked new advertising agreements this week, focused on what Rik van der Kooi, corporate vice president ... |
9 November 2011
03:27 GMT |
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Yahoo has been having quite a week. After firing CEO Carol Bartz, the company is examining its options and has hired consultants to come up with a path forward. Perfect timing for the perennial AOL acquisition/merger rumor to pop up again.
Right on cue, the possibility of an AOL/Yahoo merger is being discussed aga... |
10 September 2011
05:33 GMT |
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AOL has posted its financial results for the second quarter and they're encouraging, above market expectations and with losses decreasing and ad sales increasing.AOL made $542 million in Q2 2011, an eight percent drop from the same period in 2010, when it made $592 million. However, the company only had $11.8 mi... |
9 August 2011
08:30 GMT |
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PLAY is a new iPhone application by AOL Music that lets you share musical moments with friends and discover great new music. PLAY is the premier music application of the year, says AOL. AOL believes “Music brings out something special in all of us, it triggers long forgotten memories and creates new ones that ... |
13 July 2011
11:31 GMT |
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Former United Kingdom Prime Minister Tony Blair has agreed to write for the new UK branch of famous online newspaper Huffington Post.Launched today July 6th 2011, Huffington Post UK is the newest branch in the Huffington Post network, which span over the US and Canada until now.Besides Tony Blair, Huffington Post UK ... |
6 July 2011
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AOL has posted its Q1 financial results and they're not looking great. That's not much of a surprise, AOL has been losing revenue and profits for years now and, in that light, the numbers are not that bad, they're above Wall Street expectations, in fact.AOL revenue for Q1 was $551.4 million, down from ... |
4 May 2011
09:00 GMT |
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Online video picked up in March, after a few slow months showing declining a number of watchers and sessions alike. 174 million people watched at least one video online in the US last month, up from under 170 million in February 2011. The number of viewing sessions also showed a big increase, with 700 million more vi... |
13 April 2011
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AOL has announced that it has already completed the acquisition of The Huffington Post, about one month after it was revealed. The deal was not challenged by regulators, as expected, and has now been closed. Arianna Huffington, creator of the Huffington post, will be an AOL President and Editor In Chief."AOL announce... |
7 March 2011
08:11 GMT |
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Yahoo's current big strategy is to focus on content creation and becoming an online media giant where people come to get news and information about the things that interest them. In order to attract the largest possible audience, the type of content served to users must be catered to individual tastes and needs.... |
7 February 2011
09:58 GMT |
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In a move largely praised even by AOL critics, the internet giant has acquired the Huffington Post for $315 million. The deal is straight up AOL's alley, the company has been expanding aggressively into content and has a clear strategy in this area. While it hasn't managed to pull it off to its full potenti... |
7 February 2011
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A new phishing attack is targeting AOL subscribers by claiming that they need to update their account billing information in order to avoid facing restrictions.The rogue emails have their header spoofed to appear as originating from "AOL Member Billing Services" <AOLMemberServices@mail.aol.com> and bear a s... |
5 January 2011
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AOL has made a string of small acquisitions this year and it's continuing with buying About.me a site which enables users to set up an unified profile page for themselves. The company is just a few months old and the service just went out of beta and gone live for four days when AOL acquired it."about.me is more... |
21 December 2010
04:10 GMT |
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AOL is certainly not the giant it once was, but it's looking to reinvent itself and move forward in a market dominated by younger players. One possibility being analyzed is spinning off the legacy dial-up business and finding a way to merge with Yahoo, another stagnant, former giant of the web. Rumors about AOL&... |
6 December 2010
06:19 GMT |
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As expected, AOL is now unveiling a brand-new AOL Mail client dubbed Project Phoenix. The new webmail client is a complete rewrite and focuses on a couple of things, speed and integration - inline content and access to other email services.Phoenix is going live now in testing for users that want to get a taste and wi... |
15 November 2010
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AOL has revealed its third quarter financial results, painting a mixed picture. While there were some upsides, things are getting worse at the once mighty web company. Revenue was down, year-over-year and, while profits surged they were mostly due to sales of several assets. "AOL is working hard to redefine the consu... |
3 November 2010
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AOL's homepage redesign is already rolling out and may be live for most people already now, instead of on Monday as was previously rumored. As expected, the new layout focuses more on content, but customization and localization are big parts of the equation as well.One thing to notice is that the new homepage fe... |
30 October 2010
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AOL is sticking to its guns and proceeding with its plan to reinvent itself as a media company, pushing original content on the web. But it's got some way to go, in the meantime the company is still heavily dependent on a few key assets like its homepage. In an effort to put a stop to the traffic slump, AOL is r... |
29 October 2010
10:29 GMT |
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Wireless carrier Sprint has just announced a series of enhancements brought to its Sprint ID solution, including the addition of new partners into the mix. The announcement was made during the company’s 2010 Open Developer Conference on Wednesday.“Today Sprint announced new partners for Sprint ID, the us... |
28 October 2010
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A number of rumors have been pairing Yahoo and AOL together as Yahoo seems in a vulnerable position for a takeover. AOL's Tim Armstrong has been, apparently, talking to a number of people about his company buying Yahoo. AOL is about eight times smaller than Yahoo in terms of market cap. A number of reports have ... |
15 October 2010
09:02 GMT |
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In a busy two-day period at AOL that started with them buying tech blogging giant TechCrunch finished with two more interesting acquisition: 5min Media and Thing Labs.Trying to remain relevant in today's Internet, the company that was once similar to the words email and instant messaging is having a hard time ke... |
29 September 2010
10:23 GMT |
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As rumored, AOL has announced that it bought TechCrunch, the company behind the eponymous tech blog and a number of related blogs. No financial details have been discussed. The blog and AOL insist that the acquisition will have no effect on the editorial content of TechCrunch. AOL already owns a number of popular tec... |
29 September 2010
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AOL is said to be interested in TechCrunch, possibly the world's largest tech blog. AOL has been looking to become a media company and already owns several successful, independent blogs. The details of the deal are scarce and, although it is said to be in the late stages, may still fall apart. TechCrunch could s... |
28 September 2010
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Bright, in-your-face ads that prevent you from getting where you want to go online are one of the biggest annoyances on the web. The second big annoyance are CAPTCHA tests to prove that you're a human. A company is now combining the two and claims to do it in a way that pleases both advertisers and users. Solve ... |
21 September 2010
06:37 GMT |
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AOL has just announced that it has renewed its search deal with Google for an additional five years. The announcement came as somewhat of a surprise as the previous agreement was set to expire only later in the year."Today is another important step in the turnaround of AOL," said Tim Armstrong, AOL's Chairman an... |
2 September 2010
14:35 GMT |
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Microsoft's Senior Vice President Satya Nadella announced yesterday in an internal memo, future management changes of the OSD R&D team at MSN.As mobile development is one of the top priorities Erik Jorgensen, head on MSN, who was previously responsible for the engineering, editorial, content strategy and media e... |
18 August 2010
09:42 GMT |
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AOL has been on the path to recovery and discovering its ‘inner self’ for more than a year now. So how’s it going for the internet giant? Not so great, actually. AOL’s latest financial results, for Q2 2010, managed to go below the analysts’ already low expectations. Revenue declined 26 p... |
4 August 2010
08:29 GMT |
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On Thursday, AOL Inc. announced the launch of a new smartphone portal, m.aol.com, meant to optimize the experience the popular destination can offer to mobile phone users. According to the company, it also plans on increasing its focus on the Android platform, thus bringing to the display an AOL app for Android, thr... |
23 July 2010
04:12 GMT |
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Security researchers warn of a new phishing campaign targeting AOL users. Rogue emails claim that users need to update their personal and billing information in order to continue receiving services.Sophos reports that these phishing emails are sent to everyone, but are particularly tailored to AOL paying customers. T... |
13 July 2010
03:39 GMT |
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AOL’s MapQuest has announced an interesting partnership open-source online mapping outfit OpenStreetMap. Through the partnership, MapQuest will begin using data provided by OpenStreetMap to power a version of its product. This new product, available for now in the UK at open.mapquest.co.uk, will reside separate... |
9 July 2010
08:43 GMT |
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As with plenty of markets it’s interested in, and there are a lot of them, Google dominates online mapping. Google Maps is the most popular service of its kind in the world, despite some serious or sometimes not so serious competition. But that’s no reason to give up just yet, MapQuest, a popular online m... |
29 June 2010
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Parties involved have now confirmed AOL’s Bebo sale. The sale was first rumored yesterday, but there were little details to go on. Now we have the name of the buyer, Criterion Capital Partners (CCP), but there’s still no price tag for the social network. The selling price is rumored to be either of $2.5 m... |
17 June 2010
09:04 GMT |
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AOL is a mere shell of its former self, but it’s still sitting on some pretty valuable assets. That said, it’s sitting on some rather useless assets as well and one of them has been Bebo, a social network popular in the UK it acquired a couple of years ago. ‘Has been,’ because AOL has apparent... |
16 June 2010
11:07 GMT |
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Yahoo has announced that it has acquired Associated Content for an undisclosed sum. Several sources put it at $90 million to $100 million, with the first sum being the most likely. Yahoo says the move will bolster its content offering especially for niche interests. It plans to expand Associated Content’s curre... |
19 May 2010
03:17 GMT |
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AOL has seen better days and, as its efforts to turn around don’t seem to be paying off, it has one less headache to worry about. The company has announced that it has sold ICQ, one of its two IM services, to Russian Internet giant Digital Sky Technologies (DST). ICQ was bought for $187.5 million, a decent sum ... |
28 April 2010
10:28 GMT |
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AOL is now officially ready to let go of Bebo, the UK-based social network it acquired two years ago. The site has been declining in user numbers and is in no position to compete with the likes of Facebook. AOL now plans to either sell the social network or shut down the site, depending on which path makes the most s... |
7 April 2010
06:22 GMT |
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Aol has been working on Lifestream for quite a while now. The social web aggregation service has been integrating it with its various other products. It started out in AIM, one of the two IM services Aol runs, and, recently, it made its way into AOL Mail. Now, though, it’s shedding its shackles and becoming a s... |
12 March 2010
07:15 GMT |
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AOL is continuing to shed products it's not particularly interested in anymore, or rather from which it doesn't stand to make too much money in the short- to medium-term future. The latest such move, the sale of Buy.at, came as a surprise to industry pundits. The affiliate marketing network AOL acquired two... |
1 March 2010
08:32 GMT |
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There seems to be a lot of activity from Russia lately when it comes to internet services and companies. The Russian investment group Digital Sky Technologies has already made a name for itself with after the investments in Facebook and Zynga, but there are plenty of others who are looking to venture out of the home... |
16 February 2010
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Google is not the only one touting social web integration in one of its products, in fact, most of its competitors, Microsoft, Yahoo and AOL, raised their hands saying "we had it first." AOL even went one step further and announced a couple of new features in partnership with Facebook, notably missing from Google Bu... |
10 February 2010
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AOL has been an independent company for a couple of months now and, much like Yahoo, has been looking to shed some unnecessary weight. Among the products put up for sale is one of the two IM services the company runs, namely ICQ. Certainly not as popular as AIM in the US, it has a sizeable following in other parts o... |
8 February 2010
10:41 GMT |
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AOL just made its first financial report as an independent company in almost a decade. The company isn't doing great and even the execs were careful not to sound too optimistic. However, despite the poor results and the hard path ahead, AOL seems rather confident that it's heading in the right direction. F... |
4 February 2010
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AOL is moving forward with the massive layoff plans it has been preparing for months now. Project Everest, as it is being referred to internally, has been in the making since shortly after Tim Armstrong took over the company. The first major wave came late last year when AOL asked employees, which were offered buyou... |
12 January 2010
07:21 GMT |
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AOL is in full transition now, trying to shed its past and turn things around with a focus on content and, to a lesser degree for now, its ad network. It may be a while before the positive signs start to show though, warns AOL CEO Tim Armstrong. In a Q&A at the Citi Global Entertainment, Media & Telecommunications C... |
8 January 2010
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