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AOL gussies up for potential sale, but who's buying?: AOL is shutting down XDrive, AOL Pictures and other properties in a belt tightening move that may indicate the company is setting itself up to be sold. The larger question: Who will buy AOL from Time Warner? According to a memo posted by TechCrunch, AOL executive vice...; Tags: America Online Inc., Portals, Business Structures, Litigation, Internet, Finance, Business Operations, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-07-25
Can health bring AOL back?: Can health bring AOL back?AOL and the future.If AOL decides to try and reinvent itself it is going to have to overcome the main reason that most people left it as soon as they could. AOL messed around with all sorts of settings in their PC's, presumably trying to...; Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, America Online Inc., AOL Back, health care; Discussion threads 2008-07-23
Can health bring AOL back?: After dominating much of the 1990s as a system apart from the Internet, AOL has pinned its hopes for the future on building scaled consumer Web sites that can draw big audiences. by Dana Blankenhorn; Tags: America Online Inc., Health Care, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Y2K, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-07-22
AOL's ousted CEO being considered for Yahoo seat: AOL's ousted CEO being considered for Yahoo seatMiller is a good choice for the board, but..he may not be a good choice to run Yahoo! I followed the news of AOL over the years and I think as a strategist he was doing the right things. I'm sure...; Tags: Corporate governance, Miller, Yahoo! Inc., America Online Inc.; Discussion threads 2008-07-22
AOL's ousted CEO being considered for Yahoo seat: Can Jonathan Miller do for Yahoo what he tried to do for AOL? Is that a good thing or a bad thing? Investor Carl Icahn, who reached a compromise with Yahoo this morning to avoid a nasty proxy battle for seats on the company's board of directors,...; Tags: America Online Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Miller, Corporate Governance, Venture Capital, Team Management, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Finance, Financing Startups, Management, Sam Diaz; Blog posts 2008-07-21

Icahn says he can't: Add Carl Icahn to the list of parties trying to figure out what to do with Yahoo! who can't. If he had a solid idea of how to set Yahoo! apart from Google, in particular, or Facebook and MySpace, along the way, he would have been...; Tags: America Online Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Carl Icahn, Icahn, Corporate Governance, Channel Management, Search, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Marketing, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld; Blog posts 2008-07-21
Yahoo may revisit News Corp if AOL dims: source: Yahoo is unlikely to get into a bidding war over AOL with Microsoft because Yahoo could instead renew talks over News Corp's Web properties. NEW YORK--Yahoo is unlikely to get into a bidding war over AOL with Microsoft because if Microsoft gets in the way, Yahoo could instead renew...; Tags: America Online Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft-Icahn Proposal, Financial Accounting, Mergers & Acquisitions, Finance, Investment, Reuters, Yahoo, Microsoft, Microhoo, merger, News Corps, AOL; News items 2008-07-18
Microhoo, MicroAOL, and challenging Google: Microhoo, MicroAOL, and challenging GoogleContentUnless you're including content in your definition of an advertising platform, you've left out a most important factor. People look at ads because of what else is on the page. And that other material has to be located and purchased profitably.Yahoo has been successful...; Tags: Web browsers, Financial accounting, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Yahoo! Inc., America Online Inc., advertisement; Discussion threads 2008-07-17
Microhoo, MicroAOL, and challenging Google: Microsoft interminable hunt to cobble together an ad platform with greater market share continues, reaching now into AOL territory. There is merit in the goal, though much risk in the path which leads to it. by John Carroll; Tags: Google Inc., Advertisement, America Online Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Ad Platform, Ad Market, John Carroll; Blog posts 2008-07-17
Can AOL make or break the Microsoft-Yahoo deal? Mark your calendars.: Can AOL make or break the Microsoft-Yahoo deal? Mark your calendars.Can AOL make or break the Microsoft-Yahoo deal? Mark your calendars.Microsoft should buy AOL. Strips its ad business then buy Yahoo Search. Merge AOL and MSN into Yahoo take an 40% stake into one big content company. Have several board...; Tags: America Online Inc., AOL make-or-break, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp.; Discussion threads 2008-07-16
Poll: Would a MicroAOL be better than a MicroHoo?: Poll: Would a MicroAOL be better than a MicroHoo?Microsoft tried to buy AOL...... and Steve Case turned down Bill Gates. He wanted to buy Time Warner and own a movie studio instead. (Anachronism alert.)But in this case Microsoft buying AOL makes more sense. Time Warner can throw...; Tags: America Online Inc., MicroAOL, Microsoft Corp., Microhoo; Discussion threads 2008-07-16
Poll: Would a MicroAOL be better than a MicroHoo?: As much as I and many others inside and outside Microsoft and Yahoo thought a Microsoft buy of Yahoo made little sense, a Microsoft-AOL tie-up seemingly makes even less. What do you think? by Mary Jo Foley; Tags: America Online Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Mergers & Acquisitions, Real Estate, Corporate Law, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Mary Jo Foley; Blog posts 2008-07-16
Can AOL make or break the Microsoft-Yahoo deal? Mark your calendars.: AOL has reportedly made its way into the Microsoft-Yahoo story and, once again, there's a feeling of uncertainty surrounding its future. Back in the day, AOL was one of the biggest names on the Internet and its merger with Time Warner drew huge headlines. But since then,...; Tags: Shareholder, Time Warner Inc., America Online Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Mergers & Acquisitions, Financial Accounting, Corporate Law, Corporate Governance, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Sam Diaz; Blog posts 2008-07-16
AOL talks with Microsoft, Yahoo heat up: source: Sources said a deal with Yahoo would likely involve merging AOL--with Time Warner keeping a share, and a deal with Microsoft would have Redmond completely taking over AOL. NEW YORK--Time Warner's discussions to merge or sell its AOL Internet division with Microsoft or Yahoo have taken on new...; Tags: Time Warner Inc., America Online Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Internet, Search, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Reuters, AOL, Microsoft, Yahoo, mergers; News items 2008-07-16
iPhone 3G SMS charges bypassed using AOL Instant Messenger: iPhone 3G SMS charges bypassed using AOL Instant Messenger"AOL IM is not SMS"This is an important thing to note.One is not bypassing anything by using a "substitute". SMS message fees are outrageously high and highly profitable for phone companies. Just because people can use something else that provides...; Tags: Text messaging/SMS/MMS, Telephony, Cellular phones, Instant messaging, SMS Message, SMS, Apple Inc., AOL Instant Messenger, iPhone 3G SMS, Apple iPhone, AOL Instant, iPhone 3G, America Online Inc., instant messenger, AT&T Corp.; Discussion threads 2008-07-14
iPhone 3G SMS charges bypassed using AOL Instant Messenger: Updated: Conversations in the talkbacks have been very fruitful, pointing out that Apple does not make anything off of these SMS messages. Originally I had thought that Apple would take a cut from the AT&T profits and that this was the reason why they are the exclusive provider. ...; Tags: Apple iPhone, AOL Instant Messenger, Instant Messenger, America Online Inc., Apple Inc., SMS, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Telephony, Cellular Phones, Instant Messaging, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Networking, Internet, Nathan McFeters; Blog posts 2008-07-14
AOL Desktop for Mac (dmg): AOL is back for Mac. AOL is reaffirming its commitment to Mac users with the first release of a brand new, all-in-one Web software, now available for download: AOL Desktop for Mac. The best part, this free new software was developed by Mac users, for Mac users, from the ground...; Tags: Apple Macintosh, America Online Inc., Desktops, Hardware; Software downloads 2008-07-01
AOL to offer "guaranteed" ad rates for Bebo and Facebook application developers: In an attempt to attract developers to its own ad platform, AOL announced today that it will "guarantee CPM revenues to developers on Facebook and Bebo's platforms if they opt to use its Platform-A ad technology", reports CNET's Caroline McCarthy. If the offer sounds to good to...; Tags: Bebo, Facebook, Advertisement, America Online Inc., Application Developer, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Steve O\'Hear; Blog posts 2008-06-30
Windows Vista, meet my Mother-In-Law: Every weekend I return home from traveling the country working at the 10,000 foot level of enterprise architecture for Fortune 500 customers, there is at least a fifty percent chance that I may be called upon to do some in the trenches desktop support work. Such drudgery...; Tags: AOL Instant Messenger, America Online Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista, Computer, AOL Instant Messenger Problem, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Productivity, Instant Messaging, Web Site Development, Operating Systems, Software, Internet, Online Communications, Jason Perlow; Blog posts 2008-06-30
Windows Vista, meet my Mother-In-Law.: Every weekend I return home from traveling the country working at the 10,000 foot level of enterprise architecture for Fortune 500 customers, there is at least a fifty percent chance that I may be called upon to do some in the trenches desktop support work. Such drudgery...; Tags: AOL Instant Messenger, America Online Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista, Computer, AOL Instant Messenger Problem, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Productivity, Instant Messaging, Web Site Development, Operating Systems, Software, Internet, Online Communications, Jason Perlow; Blog posts 2008-06-30