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AOL announces 2500 job cuts
Cost-reductions ahead of Time Warner spin-off 20 November 2009 9:48 GMT
In the States, AOL has announced it will be cutting its workforce by around a third after it gets spun off from Time Warner next month.

The job cuts - nicely timed for the "holidays" - will see both involuntary and voluntary redundancies for around 2500 members...
Gmail, AOL, Yahoo Mail also targeted in phishing scam
Google confirms problem is "industry-wide" 6 October 2009 15:48 GMT
Google has confirmed that a large number of passwords to its email accounts have been stolen in an "industry-wide phishing scheme" which affects Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo Mail, AOL and a number of other service providers.

Following the news that 10,000 Hotmail...
AIM adds Twitter and Facebook publishing
Functionality now runs both ways 8 September 2009 10:55 GMT
At the start of July, AOL's Instant Messaging client AIM added the ability to view your Facebook and Twitter update stories in inverse chronological order within the software client.

However, at the time it was a one-way trip for your data. AIM was happy to...
AOL's AIM adds lifestream
Includes Facebook and Twitter integration 7 July 2009 10:43 GMT
We don't hear a lot from AOL's instant messenger client, AIM, these days. Once upon a time it was the platform of choice, with MSN Messenger, for chatting to your friends, but that's been superseded by Facebook and Twitter.

Well, AOL's fighting back. It's released...
AOL splits from Time Warner parents
"Complete legal and structural separation" planned 28 May 2009 16:11 GMT
Time Warner has announced that its board has authorized a complete separation of itself and AOL. Following the split, AOL will become an independent, publicly traded company once again.

The two companies announced plans to merge in January 2000, and they were...
AOL offers new homepage
With email and social networking built in 12 May 2009 11:38 GMT
AOL UK has announced the beta launch of its new homepage that, similar to its recent AOL Mail revamp, will let users access multiple email accounts and social networking services from a single online destination.

Open to third-party services and content, the...
Sony CEO Howard Stringer pledges future openness
Praises Nintendo and Apple, bashes AOL and Apple 12 May 2009 9:56 GMT
"If we had gone with open technology from the start, I think we probably would have beaten Apple", claims Sony CEO Howard Stringer, referring to the iPod's dominance over his company's Walkman MP3 player.

"There was a time when it made sense to divide the market...
AOL updates Winamp
Media player hits 5.55 18 March 2009 10:25 GMT
AOL has announced an update to the Winamp media player available now to its 73 million users.

Winamp 5.55 offers a multimedia "artist discovery" experience, a merchandise store plus the opportunity to purchase downloads and ringtones while iTunes and iPod syncing...
AOL updates Web Mail
With one-click access to third-party email and sites 22 January 2009 10:53 GMT
AOL has announced the launch of an "enhanced" version of AOL Web Mail that offers users one-click access to Google Mail, Yahoo! Mail and a variety of third-party sites and destinations directly from the AOL Web Mail page.

As well as the third-party mail feature,...
UK's online Christmas shopping searches revealed
Wii winning, Blu-ray's on fire and Sony on top 18 December 2008 12:38 GMT
The Wii is winning the Christmas shopping battle, according to online shopping data from AOL Shopping UK and PriceGrabber.co.uk.

The motion-sensing console has nabbed 44% of searches since the start of December compared to the Xbox 360's 35% and the Sony PS3's...
AOL ad revenue takes a tumble
But is the deal with Yahoo still on the cards? 7 November 2008 15:18 GMT
It doesn't necessarily bode the online meltdown some news site are reporting, but AOL is definitely having problems finding advertisers.

The company, which is a possible buy-out target for Yahoo, has reported a 6% drop off in its ad revenue for the third quarter...
Yahoo admits Microsoft deal may be "best option"
Here we go again 6 November 2008 15:17 GMT
Both Microsoft big wig, Steve Ballmer, and rebel Yahoo shareholder Carl Icahn said last month that they believed a takeover by Microsoft of Yahoo would be a huge benefit to both companies.

Said Icahn: "I will say and I continue to say that sooner or later there’s...
Yahoo and AOL do due diligence on deal
Merger may finally be on the way 30 October 2008 11:03 GMT
They're not promising anything but Yahoo and AOL may be one step closer to a merger.

The two companies have announced that they have started to do due diligence on a possible deal - to figure out what a merger could mean in terms of both money making and money...
Yahoo board okays AOL acquisition talks
But keeping very quiet on developments 24 September 2008 10:45 GMT
The first mutterings this year that Yahoo might be interested in buying, or merging with, AOL appeared on the web way back in February.

Just after Yahoo rejected the first of Microsoft's attempts to buy it came rumours that buying AOL could be a way of Yahoo...
Bebo promising more online drama
Following on from success of Kate Modern, The Gap Year and Sofia's Diary 22 August 2008 16:53 GMT
A producer who has worked for BBC, ITV and Sky has joined Bebo as head of original productions signalling that the website may soon be getting new dramas.

Kelly Brett joins the company after working on the latest series of BAFTA-nominated Kate Modern, and will...
Shocking results - AOL online privacy report
Nearly all of us giving away crucial information 11 August 2008 15:40 GMT
80% of Brits claim that they wouldn't give away their income details online, but, says AOL, nearly of us have or will.

The results are now out for an AOL study, which involved a nationwide survey of 1000 online consumers.

It found that while internet...
First standards for online video ads unveiled
Backed by Sky and AOL among many others 11 August 2008 9:56 GMT
As online ads becoming an increasingly important revenue stream for companies, the industry has decided it's time to bring in some rules.

The Internet Advertising Bureau (IAB) is going to launch the first industry-wide standards for online video advertising.
AOL hit by slowdown
Ad revenue only up by 2% on last year 11 August 2008 9:41 GMT
It seems AOL is having a hard time of it at the moment.

Google is rueing its investment in the company, whilst rumours are circling that parent company, Time Warner, is splitting AOL in two in order to sell it.

Now the company has admitted it, like...
Google doubting billion dollar investment in AOL
May be impaired 8 August 2008 12:16 GMT
Google has said that the $1 billion investment in AOL might not have been such a good idea afterall.

According to Reuters, the Mountain View-based company disclosed in a quarterly report filed late Thursday with the Securities and Exchange Commission that the...
Time Warner splitting AOL
But does this mean a sale is imminent? 6 August 2008 16:50 GMT
There have been rumours for a while now, but Time Warner has finally taken a step that pundits say could signal that it is going to sell AOL.

The company has announced that it is going to split AOL into two divisions by early next year.

These are...
Yahoo AGM turns into slanging match
Angry shareholders voice dismay at failed Microsoft deal 4 August 2008 12:54 GMT
Carl Icahn, rebel shareholder and vocal billionaire, may have been placated, but Yahoo still faced dissent at its much-anticipated AGM on 1 August.

Angry investors turned up Yahoo's board in the meeting voicing their anger at how the two takeover bids from Microsoft...
Yahoo does deal with rebel shareholder
Proxy battle averted 21 July 2008 16:59 GMT
Just last week Yahoo is warning its shareholders to stay away from billionaire investor Carl Icahn, who has been putting mounting pressure on Yahoo's board to do a deal with Microsoft.

Well now Yahoo is adopting a different tack.

According to online...
Rumours that Time Warner is to sell AOL
Yahoo and Microsoft could be in the running 17 July 2008 11:11 GMT
It may be getting nowhere with Yahoo, but is Microsoft currently making a deal to buy AOL off Time Warner?

Rumours are flying around the web that Time Warner is looking to sell off its internet unit, AOL.

Shares in Time Warner shot up 4.7% on the...
Microsoft "sets the record straight" over Yahoo deal
Slanging match ensues 15 July 2008 10:04 GMT
Yesterday Yahoo told the world that it had rejected yet another Microsoft advance and also took a rather large pop at the computing giant.

Yahoo chairman Roy Bostock wrote in a statement that an offer his company had had just 24 hours to consider had been rejected.
Yahoo rejects yet another Microsoft advance
Anyone else getting deja vu? 14 July 2008 11:39 GMT
Yahoo has yet again rejected a bid by Microsoft that would have seen its search engine absorbed by the computing giant.

But this time, the offer also included the proposal that billionaire investor, Carl Icahn, who has been buying up Yahoo shares, and vocally...