1985:. Previously, AOL would add 15 seconds to the time a user was connected to the service and round up to the next whole minute (thus, a person who used the service for 12 minutes and 46 seconds would be charged for 14 minutes). AOL claimed this was to account for sign on/sign off time, but because this practice was not made known to its customers, the plaintiffs won (some also pointed out that signing on and off did not always take 15 seconds, especially when connecting via another ISP). AOL disclosed its connection-time calculation methods to all of its customers and credited them with extra free hours. In addition, the AOL software would notify the user of exactly how long they were connected and how many minutes they were being charged.
1083:, Virginia to New York City, while continuing to operate its Virginia offices. As part of the move to New York and the restructuring of responsibilities at the Dulles headquarters complex after the Reston move, Falco announced on October 15, 2007, plans to lay off 2,000 employees worldwide by the end of 2007, beginning "immediately." The result was a layoff of approximately 40% of AOL's employees. Most compensation packages associated with the October 2007 layoffs included a minimum of 120 days of severance pay, 60 of which were offered in lieu of the 60-day advance notice requirement by provisions of the 1988 federal
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chat rooms, and this effectively made chat very cheap to operate, and more lucrative than AOL's other services of the era. There were 33,000 community leaders in 1996. All community leaders received hours of training and underwent a probationary period. While most community leaders moderated chat rooms, some ran AOL communities and controlled their layout and design, with as much as 90% of AOL's content being created or overseen by community managers until 1996.
717:, and many other education providers. AOL offered the first real-time homework help service (the Teacher Pager—1990; prior to this, AOL provided homework help bulletin boards), the first service by children, for children (Kids Only Online, 1991), the first online service for parents (the Parents Information Network, 1991), the first online courses (1988), the first omnibus service for teachers (the Teachers' Information Network, 1990), the first online exhibit (
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1864:. For instance, one does not have to sign into AOL in order to use it as a regular browser. In addition, non-AOL email accounts can be accessed through it. Primary buttons include "MAIL", "IM", and several shortcuts to various web pages. The first two require users to sign in, but the shortcuts to web pages can be used without authentication. AOL Desktop version 10.X was later marked as unsupported in favor of supporting the AOL Desktop 9.X versions.
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recorded on it. Ferrari insisted that AOL software was not even installed on the computer. When
Ferrari demanded that the account be canceled regardless, the AOL representative asked to speak with Ferrari's father, for whom the account had been set up. The conversation was aired on CNBC. When CNBC reporters tried to have an account on AOL cancelled, they were hung up on immediately and it ultimately took more than 45 minutes to cancel the account.
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a pure internet firm more modestly when combined with the traditional media and cable business. This status did not last long, and the company's value rose again within three months. By the end of that year, the tide had turned against "pure" internet companies, with many collapsing under falling stock prices, and even the strongest companies in the field losing up to 75% of their
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or "save" half of the people who called to cancel service. For several years, AOL had instituted minimum retention or "save" percentages, which consumer representatives were expected to meet. These bonuses, and the minimum "save" rates accompanying them, had the effect of employees not honoring cancellations, or otherwise making cancellation unduly difficult for consumers.
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fourth-largest deal since taking command in 2009. Later that year, AOL acquired
Vidible, a company that developed technology to help websites run video content from other publishers, and help video publishers sell their content to these websites. The deal, which was announced December 1, 2014, was reportedly worth roughly $ 50 million.
968:"walled garden" business model by reducing usage of AOL-owned access points and shifting members with high-speed internet access from client-based usage to the more lucrative advertising provider AOL.com. The change from paid to free access was also designed to slow the rate at which members canceled their accounts and defected to
458:. The technical team consisted of Seriff, Tom Ralston, Ray Heinrich, Steve Trus, Ken Huntsman, Janet Hunter, Dave Brown, Craig Dykstra, Doug Coward, and Mike Ficco. In 1987, Case was promoted again to executive vice-president. Kimsey soon began to groom Case to take over the role of CEO, which he did when Kimsey retired in 1991.
2194:. All three agreements are presented to users at time of registration and digital acceptance is achieved when they access the AOL service. During the period when volunteer chat room hosts and board monitors were used, chat room hosts were given a brief online training session and test on Terms of Service violations.
2238:, saying "I hope Goodmail succeeds, and that it has lots of competition. I also think it and its competitors will eventually transform into services that more directly serve the interests of mail recipients. Instead of the fees going to Goodmail and AOL, they will also be shared with the individual recipients."
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would scale back or sell hundreds of its local news sites. Not long afterward, layoffs began, with up to 500 out of 1,100 positions initially impacted. On
January 15, 2014, Patch Media was spun off, and majority ownership was held by Hale Global. By the end of 2014, AOL controlled 0.74% of the global
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AOL ended its community leader program on June 8, 2005. The class action lawsuit dragged on for years, even after AOL ended the program and AOL declined as a major internet company. In 2010, AOL finally agreed to settle the lawsuit for $ 15 million. The community leader program was described as
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became CEO of AOL. The following year, AOL Time Warner dropped the "AOL" from its name. It was the largest merger in history when completed with the combined value of the companies at $ 360 billion. This value fell sharply, to as low as $ 120 billion, as markets repriced AOL's valuation as
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from the company for $ 49.95 and paid a one-time $ 15 setup fee. GameLine permitted subscribers to temporarily download games and keep track of high scores, at a cost of $ 1 per game. The telephone disconnected and the downloaded game would remain in GameLine's Master Module, playable until the user
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Internet service providers. The lawsuit sought damages of up to $ 1000 for each user that had downloaded the software cited at the time
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by treating volunteers like employees. Volunteers had to apply for the position, commit to working for at least three to four hours a week, fill out timecards and sign a non-disclosure agreement. On July 22, AOL ended its youth corps, which consisted of 350 underage community leaders. At this time,
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Consumer Watchdog will meet the interests of the silent class members because the organization will use the funds to help protect consumers across the nation from being subject to the types of fraudulent and misleading conduct that is alleged here," and
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The mass distribution of these disks was seen as wasteful by the public and led to protest groups. One such was No More AOL CDs, a web-based effort by two IT workers to collect one million disks with the intent to return the disks to AOL. The website was started in August 2001, and an estimated
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accounts and software previously available only to its paying customers, provided that users accessed AOL or AOL.com through an access method not owned by AOL (otherwise known as "third party transit", "bring your own access" or "BYOA"). The move was designed to reduce costs associated with the
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to take over the majority of its digital advertising business. Under the pact, as many as 1,200 Microsoft employees involved with the business will be transferred to AOL, and the company will take over the sale of display, video, and mobile ads on various Microsoft platforms in nine countries,
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2375:. This was an unsuccessful attempt to create a social network that would compete with Facebook. When the value of Bebo decreased to a tiny fraction of the $ 850 million AOL paid for it, users were forced to recreate their profiles yet again, on a new service called AOL Lifestream.
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system called Goodmail, which will allow companies to send email to users with whom they have pre-existing business relationships, with a visual indication that the email is from a trusted source and without the risk that the email messages might be blocked or stripped by
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for over 650,000 users over a three-month period between March 1 and May 31, 2006, intended for research purposes. AOL pulled the file from public access by August 7, but not before its wide distribution on the Internet by others. Derivative research, titled
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announced plans to merge, forming AOL Time Warner, Inc. The terms of the deal called for AOL shareholders to own 55% of the new, combined company. The deal closed on January 11, 2001. The new company was led by executives from AOL, SBI, and Time Warner.
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AOL has faced a number of lawsuits over claims that it has been slow to stop billing customers after their accounts have been canceled, either by the company or the user. In addition, AOL changed its method of calculating used minutes in response to a
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to showcase the participating sites' digital video offerings. The DCNF was conducted in advance of the traditional television upfronts in the hope of diverting more advertising money into the digital space. On April 24, the company launched the
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AOL charged its users an hourly fee until December 1996, when the company changed to a flat monthly rate of $ 19.95. During this time, AOL connections were flooded with users trying to connect, and many canceled their accounts due to constant
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AOL decided to shut down Lifestream on February 24, 2017, and gave users one month's notice to save photos and videos that had been uploaded to Lifestream. Following the shutdown, AOL no longer provides any option for hosting user profiles.
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the following year; the deal made Excite the sole search and directory service on AOL. After the deal closed in March 1997, AOL launched its own branded search engine, based on Excite, called NetFind. This was renamed to AOL Search in 1999.
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for $ 850 million (£417 million). On July 25, AOL announced that it was shuttering Xdrive, AOL Pictures and BlueString to save on costs and focus on its core advertising business. AOL Pictures was closed on December 31. On October 31,
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Tim Lee of the Technology Liberation Front posted an article that questioned the Electronic Frontier Foundation's adopting a confrontational posture when dealing with private companies. Lee's article cited a series of discussions on
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announced that the company would be dissolving AOL's retention centers due to its profits hinging on $ 1 billion in cost cuts. The company estimated that it would lose more than six million subscribers over the following year.
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During the Hometown/Bebo/Lifestream era, another user's profile could be displayed by clicking the "Buddy Info" button in the AOL Desktop software. After the shutdown of Lifestream, this was no longer supported, but opened to the
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to launch MAKERS, a digital documentary series focusing on high-achieving women in industries perceived as male-dominated such as war, comedy, space, business, Hollywood and politics. Subjects for MAKERS episodes have included
640:. In November 1994, AOL purchased Booklink for its web browser, to give its users web access. In 1996, AOL replaced Booklink with a browser based on Internet Explorer, reportedly in exchange for inclusion of AOL in Windows.
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profitability, AOL rapidly shifted its focus from content creation to advertising, resulting in less of a need to carefully moderate every forum and chat room to keep users willing to pay by the minute to remain connected.
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The data were used by websites such as AOLstalker for entertainment purposes, where users of AOLstalker are encouraged to judge AOL clients based on the humorousness of personal details revealed by search behavior.
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replaced AOL content chief David Eun, assuming the role of president and editor-in-chief of the AOL Huffington Post Media Group. On March 10, AOL announced that it would cut approximately 900 workers following the
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2122:. This feature allowed users to connect to the ISP without running the full interface. This allowed users to use only the applications they wish to use, especially if they do not favor the AOL Browser.
2303:. He was sentenced in August 2005 to 15 months in prison; the sentencing judge also recommended Smathers be forced to pay $ 84,000 in restitution, triple the $ 28,000 that he sold the addresses for.
924:. On June 8, 2006, AOL offered a new program called AOL Active Security Monitor, a diagnostic tool to monitor and rate PC security status, and recommended additional security software from AOL or
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in its mix of products; many classic and casual games were included in the original PlayNet software system. The company introduced many innovative online interactive titles and games, including:
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as CEO. In December 2006, AOL closed its last remaining call center in the United States, "taking the America out of America Online," according to industry pundits. Service centers based in
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concert live over the Internet, and thousands of users downloaded clips of the concert over the following months. In late 2005, AOL released AOL Safety & Security Center, a bundle of
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of the lawsuit. AOL later agreed to a settlement of $ 15 million, without admission of wrongdoing. The AOL software then was given a feature called AOL Dialer, or AOL Connect on
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to $ 25.90. The increase was part of an effort to migrate the service's remaining dial-up users to broadband, as the increased price was the same as that of its monthly
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containing their software. They were the most frequent user of this marketing tactic, and received criticism for the environmental cost of the campaign. According to
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client was launched in 1988, and eventually renamed as America Online in 1989. AOL grew to become the largest online service, displacing established players like
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rather than just a "dumb" terminal. It passed tokens back and forth and provided a fixed-price service tailored for home users. In May 1988, Quantum and
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5743:"AOL Desktop Gold Chat Rooms to shut down on December 15, 2020"
5095:"BuzzFeed to Acquire HuffPost in Stock Deal With Verizon Media"
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4403:"AOL and PBS Announce 'MAKERS: Women Who Make America'"
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3903:"AOL (TWX): Randy Falco's Year-End Love Note to AOLers"
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5959:"Former Volunteers Sue AOL, Seeking Back Pay for Work"
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Hagey, Benjamin Mullin and Keach (November 19, 2020).
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Hosch, William L.; Tikkanen, Amy (November 18, 2021).
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to bring immersive 360 degree video and VR content to
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America Online: AOL Retention Manual Uploaded in Full
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3817:"AOL Moving Executives, Headquarters to New York"
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3485:"AOL Uses Refurbished Software to Woo Customers"
3279:Jeff Bertolucci (July 2007). "Protect your PC".
2581:"Verizon to buy AOL for $ 4.4B; AOL shares soar"
1315:network, a single website for its video output.
594:. 1991 also saw the introduction of an original
407:. Its sole product was an online service called
294:based in New York City, and a brand marketed by
8102:Internet service providers of the United States
6720:"Ex-AOL worker who stole e-mail list sentenced"
6709:CNN, February 4, 2005. Retrieved March 7, 2007.
6682:
6671:"Ex-AOL worker who stole e-mail list sentenced"
6563:
6169:AOL: TimeWarner Dissolves AOL Retention Centers
6069:
6067:
5882:
5226:"AOL Teams With Jonas Group for MTV-Style Site"
4914:"AOL Completes Acquisition of Millennial Media"
4836:
4788:"Quarterly Earnings – Investor Relations – AOL"
4724:"Steve Buscemi Gets Emmy Love for 'Park Bench'"
4439:AOL and Microsoft Announce $ 1.056 Billion Deal
3278:
2073:Prior to 2006, AOL often sent unsolicited mass
805:), which kept Compuware's networking business.
327:service to millions of Americans and pioneered
6309:Chapter 3, Wendy M. Grossman, NYU Press, 1998.
6128:"How hard can it be to cancel an AOL account?"
5357:
4253:AOL Acquires Personal Profile Startup About.Me
3808:
3220:
3202:"How the AOL-Time Warner Merger Went So Wrong"
2730:
2099:, in the 1990s "you couldn't open a magazine (
7689:
7348:
7153:
6896:
6745:
6743:
6487:
6159:. Consumerist.com. Retrieved on July 8, 2011.
5971:
5846:
5844:
5842:
5572:
5534:
5516:"AOL debuts new desktop software for Windows"
5036:
4843:Shields, Mike; Ovide, Shira (June 29, 2015).
4427:AOL acquires mobile photo-sharing app Hipster
4267:. AOL Press Release. Retrieved April 9, 2012.
3628:. Archived from the original on July 14, 2018
3248:
2952:
2604:"Verizon completes $ 4.4B acquisition of AOL"
2574:
2572:
2570:
2568:
2566:
2461:
1518:", which in January 2019 rebranded itself as
6749:
6187:
6064:
5956:
4935:"Verizon launches go90 mobile video service"
4929:
4927:
4842:
3839:
3837:
2912:
2048:
1415:On June 29, 2015, AOL announced a deal with
1282:. The company announced that it would offer
533:The first online interactive fiction series
6036:
6034:
5878:
5876:
5874:
5872:
5073:
5004:
4810:
4507:"AOL launches online video network, AOL On"
4476:
4280:"AOL Completes Purchase of Huffington Post"
4041:Tim Armstrong Named Chairman and CEO of AOL
3874:
3173:"WorldCom/Compuserve Merger – Feb. 2, 1998"
2840:"The Original Neverwinter Nights 1991–1997"
2655:
2653:
558:1991–2006: Internet age, Time Warner merger
7696:
7682:
7355:
7341:
7160:
7146:
6903:
6889:
6873:
6740:
6707:Ex-AOL employee pleads guilty in spam case
6439:
6229:
6227:
5929:
5839:
5767:
5376:
4429:. VentureBeat. Retrieved on April 9, 2012.
3770:"America Online to close city call center"
3199:
3158:"The Fall of Facebook". (December 2014).
3125:
2915:"America Online Buys 2 Internet Companies"
2697:
2563:
2343:AOL continues to market Computer Checkup.
261:
45:
5889:International Journal of Cultural Studies
5819:"Your Top 10 Most Annoying Tech Products"
5686:"AOL Heads in New Direction with 'Helix'"
4958:
4924:
4656:
4630:
4628:
4626:
4222:Arrington, Michael (September 28, 2010).
4221:
4190:
4139:. CNN Money. Retrieved on April 12, 2011.
3834:
3791:"AOL Moves Headquarters To New York City"
3600:"Fewer excuses for not doing a PC backup"
3386:. Time Warner. Retrieved on July 8, 2011.
3327:"Google to Buy 5% Of AOL for $ 1 Billion"
3249:Bryer, Lanning; Seminsky, Melvin (2002).
3214:
2850:
2726:
2724:
2722:
2720:
2693:
2691:
2689:
2687:
2685:
2487:
2173:
1969:International Journal of Cultural Studies
1566:for $ 5 billion. The division became the
1321:In August 2013, Armstrong announced that
1235:On February 28, 2012, AOL partnered with
390:
8052:1983 establishments in the United States
6564:Ramasubramanian, Suresh (May 12, 2006).
6396:, The Truth Seeker – Internet Censorship
6076:"The 25 Worst Tech Products of All Time"
6031:
5869:
5729:"Free AOL Desktop is being discontinued"
4816:
4558:"400 Patch Sites on the Block, AOL Says"
4323:
4064:
3868:
3767:
3593:
3591:
3589:
3352:"America Online Changes Its Name to AOL"
2807:
2650:
2630:
2064:
2052:
1903:
1572:
1460:On September 3, 2015, AOL agreed to buy
1432:. Both advertising deals are subject to
1424:will be replaced on AOL properties with
1366:
1137:The AOL 'eraser' logo, in use since 2009
1132:
1051:
954:
907:
822:
735:
561:
8097:Internet properties established in 2009
8092:Internet properties established in 1983
6634:. CS.hku.hk. Retrieved on July 8, 2011.
6224:
5604:"Free Software From AOL - Discover AOL"
5223:
4657:MacMillan, Douglas (January 23, 2014).
4604:
4314:. Wired.com. Retrieved on July 8, 2011.
4234:from the original on September 29, 2010
4158:. AOL Help. Retrieved on April 9, 2012.
4103:
4053:Time Warner walking out on AOL marriage
3875:Rosencrance, Linda (November 8, 2007).
3843:
3482:
3187:"AOL acquires MapQuest – Dec. 22, 1999"
3111:. AOL. February 8, 2008. Archived from
2933:
2886:
2011:
1818:/aol-desktop-downloading-and-installing
1337:nomination for the AOL original series
912:Former AOL logo, used from 2005 to 2009
14:
8039:
6663:
6321:. BetaNews. Retrieved on July 8, 2011.
6007:Kirchner, Lauren (February 10, 2011).
5790:
5456:
5430:
5166:
4623:
4302:. Guardian. Retrieved on July 8, 2011.
4255:. TechCrunch. Retrieved April 9, 2012.
3941:from the original on December 17, 2008
3688:"AOL hanging up on dial-up customers?"
3454:"AOL scraps fees in bid to keep users"
3451:
2877:. Catb.org. Retrieved on July 8, 2011.
2808:Weyhrich, Steven (December 31, 2002).
2717:
2682:
2601:
2578:
1558:2021–present: Apollo Global Management
501:developed in a joint venture with the
370:On June 23, 2015, AOL was acquired by
7677:
7336:
7141:
6884:
6125:
6073:
5883:Postigo, Hector (September 3, 2009).
5358:Cameron Clarke (September 10, 2018).
5197:
5092:
4578:
4555:
4527:
4504:
4324:Pepitone, Julianne (March 10, 2011).
4276:
4191:Armstrong, Tim (September 28, 2010).
4118:from the original on January 11, 2022
3856:from the original on October 17, 2007
3788:
3719:from the original on November 1, 2006
3685:
3679:
3597:
3586:
3294:Yang, Catherine (November 11, 2005).
2659:
2544:
2500:from the original on October 22, 2018
2488:Nollinger, Matt (September 1, 1995).
2293:
2232:defended the move in an editorial in
1353:Outstanding Short Form Variety Series
1187:. On December 12, 2010, AOL acquired
1129:2009–2015: As a digital media company
993:AOL Local, comprising its CityGuide,
63:Quantum Computer Services (1985–1991)
60:Control Video Corporation (1983–1985)
6838:"AOL Lifestream Sunset Notification"
6615:. (PDF) . Retrieved on July 8, 2011.
5793:"CD overload? Send them back to AOL"
5258:"AOL Products and Services: Content"
4959:Roettgers, Janko (October 8, 2015).
4605:Kaufman, Leslie (January 15, 2014).
4598:
4450:
4348:. allthingsd.com. September 14, 2011
4326:"AOL cuts 900 jobs after HuffPo buy"
4203:from the original on October 1, 2010
3452:Graham, Jefferson (August 2, 2006).
3324:
3293:
2626:
2624:
2518:
2457:
2455:
2346:
2166:. AOL then provided community-based
2137:
1928:
8107:Internet services supporting OpenID
8067:Companies based in Dulles, Virginia
6728:. Associated Press. August 17, 2005
6319:AOL Pulls Plug on Newsgroup Service
5402:
5148:"AOL buys blog network Weblogs Inc"
4659:"AOL Buys Software Startup Gravity"
4167:
3789:Steel, Emily (September 17, 2007).
3739:"Randy Falco is the new CEO of AOL"
3705:
3686:Mills, Elinor (February 28, 2006).
3525:. Cityguide.aol.com. Archived from
3483:Khurana, Gunika (October 4, 2006).
3403:. November 11, 2010. Archived from
1975:
782:On March 31, 1996, the short-lived
304:. PlayNET licensed its software to
24:
8112:Pre–World Wide Web online services
6826:. Guardian News and Media Limited.
6295:"The Making of an Underclass: AOL"
5982:"The Aol Chat Room Monitor Revolt"
5791:Dornin, Rusty (October 17, 2002).
5632:. October 12, 2007. Archived from
5606:. December 8, 2007. Archived from
5431:Victor, Daniel (October 6, 2017).
3877:"AOL revenue, subscribers plummet"
3844:Hansell, Saul (October 15, 2007).
3768:Stafford, Jim (December 2, 2006).
3427:"Carphone Warehouse buying AOL UK"
3358:from the original on July 15, 2006
3344:
3005:. January 27, 1997. Archived from
2969:"AOL gets Excited – Nov. 25, 1996"
2913:Lewis, Peter (November 10, 1994).
2880:
2668:. New York: Simon & Schuster.
2307:AOL's Computer Checkup "scareware"
2201:
1845:, it is an upgrade from such. The
1841:client. Version 10.X was based on
1371:AOL's Silicon Valley branch office
489:Personal Edition for Apple II and
25:
8148:
6860:
6541:. politechbot.com. Archived from
6248:(PDF). Retrieved on July 8, 2011.
6188:Rusty Dornin (October 18, 2002).
5936:. HarperCollins. pp. 82–88.
5457:Molina, Brett (October 6, 2017).
5377:Matyszczyk, Chris (May 8, 2015).
4528:Hagey, Keach (February 8, 2013).
3487:. The Money Times. Archived from
3325:Vise, David (December 17, 2005).
3221:Henry, Shannon (August 7, 2002).
2887:Siegler, MG (December 27, 2010).
2621:
2521:"A Short History Of The Internet"
2452:
1956:United States Department of Labor
1912:In its earlier incarnation as a "
1744:11.0.3418 / November 11, 2021.
1568:second incarnation of Yahoo! Inc.
1109:. On February 6, Time Warner CEO
928:. Two months later, AOL released
904:2006–2009: rebranding and decline
512:From the beginning, AOL included
8072:Companies based in New York City
7992:
7980:
7968:
7956:
7944:
7658:
7657:
6830:
6809:
6787:
6769:
6712:
6700:
6690:"Pair Nabbed in AOL Spam Scheme"
6637:
6618:
6599:
6580:
6557:
6531:
6512:
6481:
6455:
6433:
6419:"Electronic Frontier Foundation"
6411:
6406:Censorship on AOL Late 1998–1999
6399:
6380:
6368:
6346:
6324:
6312:
6288:
6269:
6251:
6239:
6208:
6181:
6162:
6142:
6119:
6093:
6000:
5950:
5923:
5852:"Inside AOL's "Cyber-Sweatshop""
5811:
5784:
5768:Siegler, M (December 27, 2010).
5761:
5735:
5721:
5696:
5678:
5648:
5622:
5596:
5508:
5483:
5450:
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5370:
5351:
5326:
5301:
5276:
5250:
5224:Stelter, Brian (June 14, 2010).
5217:
5191:
5140:
5122:
5086:
5067:
5049:
5030:
4978:
4952:
4906:
4888:
4864:
4817:Grandoni, Dino (June 29, 2015).
4780:
4755:
4730:
4579:Hagey, Keach (August 16, 2013).
4107:"AOL prepares to shut down Bebo"
3984:AOL acquires Bebo social network
3598:Pogue, David (January 6, 2007).
3029:. April 17, 2005. Archived from
2864:. August 1994. pp. 117–118.
2785:. March 20, 2006. Archived from
2783:The History of Computing Project
2631:Valinsky, Jordan (May 3, 2021).
2142:When AOL gave clients access to
1732:1.7 (macOS) / August 10, 2015
1428:—which will display advertising
1333:On July 16, 2014, AOL earned an
8087:Former Time Warner subsidiaries
5037:Todd Spangler (April 5, 2018).
4716:
4702:
4676:
4650:
4572:
4556:Kafka, Peter (August 9, 2013).
4549:
4521:
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4470:
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4379:
4360:
4338:
4317:
4305:
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4258:
4246:
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4161:
4142:
4130:
4104:Barnett, Emma (April 7, 2010).
4097:
4085:
4058:
4046:
4034:
4012:
3987:
3975:
3953:
3921:
3895:
3879:. ComputerWorld. Archived from
3782:
3761:
3731:
3654:
3618:
3560:
3541:
3515:
3503:
3476:
3445:
3419:
3397:"AOL News and Broadcast Center"
3389:
3370:
3318:
3287:
3272:
3257:
3242:
3200:Tim Arango (January 10, 2010).
3193:
3179:
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2975:
2961:
2946:
2927:
2906:
2868:
2832:
2801:
2771:
2751:
2409:Comparison of webmail providers
2125:AOL 9.0 was once identified by
2036:On July 19, 2006, AOL's entire
1288:Digital Content NewFront (DCNF)
1105:data center, which was sold to
797:Interactive Services (CIS) via
793:In February 1998, AOL acquired
649:American Federation of Teachers
643:AOL launched services with the
363:from Time Warner in 2009, with
8082:Companies in the PRISM network
7447:Yahoo! Inc. (owner until 2017)
7442:Yahoo! Inc. (owner since 2017)
7167:
6423:Electronic Frontier Foundation
4636:"Verizon buys AOL for $ 4.4bn"
4505:Coyle, Jake (April 24, 2012).
4366:Dwyer, Kate (March 28, 2016).
4277:Steel, Emily (March 7, 2011).
3846:"Tuesday is Layoff Day at AOL"
3134:. Simon and Schuster. p.
2936:"AOL exec details choosing IE"
2602:Sawers, Paul (June 23, 2015).
2595:
2538:
2519:Bule, Guise (March 31, 2020).
2512:
2481:
2351:Following media reports about
2333:Electronic Frontier Foundation
2266:
2224:Electronic Frontier Foundation
1925:s most annoying tech product.
1681:
1615:
1363:2015–2021: division of Verizon
1290:a two-week event held by AOL,
932:, a free product developed by
880:anti-spyware, and proprietary
645:National Education Association
339:(AIM). In 1998, AOL purchased
278:, formerly a company known as
208:Web portal and online services
122:(as Control Video Corporation)
13:
1:
8062:2015 mergers and acquisitions
8057:2001 mergers and acquisitions
6750:Davis, Wendy (May 20, 2013).
6465:. dearaol.com. Archived from
6215:What to do with those AOL CDs
6190:"Campaign: Send AOL CDs back"
6148:Popken, Ben. (July 19, 2006)
6126:Wells, Jane (June 21, 2006).
5967:. p. Section B, Page 10.
5957:Napoli, Lisa (May 26, 1999).
5074:Rhett Jones (April 5, 2018).
4581:"AOL Begins Layoffs At Patch"
4069:. Wolff Olins. Archived from
2579:Imbert, Fred (May 12, 2015).
2445:
2429:List of S&P 400 companies
2218:This decision drew fire from
1647:
1539:Helios and Matheson Analytics
1348:Park Bench with Steve Buscemi
469:computers, originally called
231:(AOL) Time Warner (2001–2009)
7319:Yahoo! Inc. (1995–2017)
6781:Justia Dockets & Filings
5656:"August 8th Helix Beta Chat"
5334:"ONE BY AOL FOR ADVERTISERS"
4479:"Small Screens, Big Dollars"
3281:Kiplinger's Personal Finance
3268:. July 29, 2006. p. 22.
3061:. Retrieved on May 7, 2009.
2779:"Industrial Era (1985–1990)"
1899:
724:AOL purchased search engine
549:, the first fully automated
520:Graphical chat environments
7:
6630:September 27, 2011, at the
6392:September 13, 2010, at the
6074:Tynan, Dan (May 26, 2006).
5309:"ONE BY AOL FOR PUBLISHERS"
3382:September 29, 2007, at the
3058:United States Census Bureau
3053:Tysons Corner CDP, Virginia
2934:Hu, Jim (January 2, 2002).
2760:interviewed on the TV show
2698:David Lumb (May 12, 2015).
2545:Lever, Rob (May 12, 2015).
2424:List of acquisitions by AOL
2390:
2355:, NSA's massive electronic
2110:
127:; 15 years ago
113:; 41 years ago
10:
8153:
6013:Columbia Journalism Review
5795:. CNN Tech. Archived from
3065:November 10, 2011, at the
2270:
1577:
1232:and advertising networks.
1170:Criterion Capital Partners
1003:AOL My eAddress, a custom
820:, for $ 1.1 billion.
715:US Department of Education
570:In February 1991, AOL for
385:
345:internet service providers
66:America Online (1991–2009)
29:
7788:
7732:
7711:
7673:
7655:
7587:
7561:
7480:
7434:
7418:
7370:
7362:
7332:
7311:
7248:
7190:
7175:
6995:
6939:
6918:
6174:November 1, 2009, at the
5630:"AOL Desktop / AOL Helix"
5545:"AOL Desktop for Windows"
4154:October 29, 2013, at the
4020:"We're Closing Our Doors"
2737:. John Wiley & Sons.
2049:Direct marketing of disks
2018:New York Attorney General
1804:
1792:
1780:
1763:
1753:
1749:
1737:
1723:
1719:
1701:
1691:
832:Time Warner Entertainment
444:Quantum Computer Services
397:Control Video Corporation
250:
222:
212:
204:
194:
174:
143:
104:
89:
79:
53:
44:
7811:Community Leader Program
7179:Apollo Global Management
7018:Community Leader Program
6611:August 19, 2006, at the
5901:10.1177/1367877909337858
4024:PeopleConnectionBlog.com
3296:"Has AOL Met Its Match?"
2700:"A Brief History of AOL"
2311:On February 27, 2012, a
2006:Florida Attorney General
1951:Fair Labor Standards Act
1564:Apollo Global Management
1355:. Created and hosted by
1280:online video advertising
728:in 1995, but sold it to
456:chief technology officer
376:Apollo Global Management
282:and originally known as
27:American internet portal
7703:
6910:
6592:March 19, 2012, at the
6524:August 7, 2008, at the
6354:"Conditions of Service"
5100:The Wall Street Journal
4850:The Wall Street Journal
4585:The Wall Street Journal
4535:The Wall Street Journal
4286:The Wall Street Journal
4149:Why is AIM Chat Closed?
3795:The Wall Street Journal
2983:"History of AOL Search"
2731:Charles Warner (2011).
2468:Encyclopædia Britannica
2337:Jacqueline Scott Corley
2273:AOL search data scandal
1660:Dial-up Internet access
1345:nomination and win for
1163:New York Stock Exchange
930:AOL Active Virus Shield
920:subdivision became AOL
812:, best known for their
659:Smithsonian Institution
448:chief executive officer
292:online service provider
7963:Business and economics
7183:Verizon Communications
6463:"Stop AOL's Email Tax"
6336:help.channels.aol.com/
6332:"AOL terms of service"
6281:July 29, 2012, at the
6046:Better Business Bureau
3553:July 28, 2010, at the
3084:July 29, 2013, at the
2953:Michael Wolff (1997).
2174:Terms of Service (TOS)
2070:
2062:
1909:
1707:; 16 years ago
1372:
1339:The Future Starts Here
1165:under the symbol AOL.
1138:
1061:
1033:On November 16, 2006,
960:
913:
827:
741:
596:Dungeons & Dragons
567:
391:1983–1991: early years
372:Verizon Communications
235:Verizon Communications
8137:Web service providers
7745:ART image file format
6952:ART image file format
6844:on September 26, 2017
6651:on September 29, 2017
6645:"AOLstalker homepage"
6493:"You've Got Goodmail"
6265:on February 20, 2007.
6192:. CNN. Archived from
6155:June 3, 2009, at the
5745:. AOL. Archived from
5555:on September 19, 2015
4026:. AOL. Archived from
2862:Computer Gaming World
2069:CD in original mailer
2068:
2061:distributed in Canada
2056:
1990:Ohio Attorney General
1966:in a 2009 article in
1907:
1705:December 8, 2007
1672:AOL Instant Messenger
1573:Products and services
1544:In November 2020 the
1370:
1136:
1055:
985:AOL Instant Messenger
958:
911:
826:
760:, Virginia, near the
739:
574:was launched using a
565:
419:Subscribers bought a
359:. AOL was eventually
337:AOL Instant Messenger
6587:Security.comcast.net
6443:(February 8, 2006).
6387:Thetruthseeker.co.uk
6342:on November 2, 2007.
6300:May 5, 2011, at the
6107:on December 31, 2010
5799:on February 24, 2013
5198:Arrington, Michael.
4902:. September 3, 2015.
4884:on February 5, 2016.
4392:. February 28, 2012.
4193:"We Got TechCrunch!"
4030:on October 28, 2008.
3971:on February 7, 2008.
3909:on December 18, 2007
3883:on November 17, 2007
3749:on December 31, 2015
3491:on November 10, 2006
3115:on February 8, 2008.
3033:on November 19, 2009
3009:on January 20, 2016.
2810:"Telecommunications"
2660:Klein, Alec (2003).
2357:surveillance program
2313:class action lawsuit
2301:CAN-SPAM Act of 2003
2188:Community Guidelines
2012:Account cancellation
1988:AOL was sued by the
1983:class action lawsuit
1849:version is based on
1770:Microsoft Windows XP
1343:Primetime Emmy Award
1056:AOL headquarters at
699:The Princeton Review
689:Education Services (
32:AOL (disambiguation)
30:For other uses, see
8023:40.7308°N 73.9914°W
8019: /
6246:Gardencitygroup.com
5930:Munk, Nina (2009).
5636:on October 12, 2007
5610:on December 8, 2007
5522:. December 10, 2007
4638:. BBC. May 12, 2015
4619:on January 1, 2022.
4073:on November 8, 2011
3982:BBC NEWS | Business
3934:. January 3, 2008.
3821:The Washington Post
3548:Yellowpages.aol.com
3529:on January 12, 2010
3523:"Cityguide.aol.com"
3331:The Washington Post
3175:. February 2, 1998.
3126:David Bank (2001).
3091:The Washington Post
3077:Sugawara, Sandra. "
3026:The Washington Post
2789:on November 3, 2005
2319:, Inc. and partner
2284:A Picture of Search
2170:in lieu of Usenet.
2131:under investigation
1688:
1434:affiliate marketing
1141:On March 12, 2009,
1016:online file storage
886:phishing protection
719:Library of Congress
711:Highlights for Kids
663:Library of Congress
654:National Geographic
405:William von Meister
214:Number of employees
166:William von Meister
41:
7862:Neverwinter Nights
7647:Yahoo Time Capsule
7069:Neverwinter Nights
6677:. August 17, 2005.
6596:, February 4, 2011
6519:Techliberation.com
6498:The New York Times
6491:(March 17, 2006).
6469:on January 4, 2007
5964:The New York Times
5583:"AOL Beta Central"
5437:The New York Times
5238:on January 1, 2022
5230:The New York Times
4823:The New York Times
4663:WSJ Blogs - Digits
4509:. Associated Press
4484:The New York Times
3850:The New York Times
3604:The New York Times
3464:on August 31, 2011
3433:. October 11, 2006
3306:on January 2, 2013
3235:on March 29, 2015.
3207:The New York Times
3105:"Company Overview"
3021:"Encyclopedia.com"
2957:. Dell Publishing.
2820:on August 28, 2005
2490:"America, Online!"
2315:was filed against
2294:User list exposure
2235:The New York Times
2071:
2063:
1910:
1686:
1373:
1284:gross rating point
1208:Arianna Huffington
1139:
1062:
961:
946:Carphone Warehouse
914:
828:
742:
683:Discovery Networks
606:Stormfront Studios
601:Neverwinter Nights
568:
535:QuantumLink Serial
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7134:
6694:TheSmokingGun.com
6679:, August 17, 2005
6545:on April 25, 2006
6259:"Stopbadware.org"
5988:. August 21, 2014
5154:. October 6, 2005
3713:"AOL price plans"
3354:. April 3, 2006.
3145:978-0-7432-0315-9
2744:978-1-4443-5927-5
2675:978-0-7432-5984-2
2559:on June 27, 2018.
2347:NSA PRISM program
2329:Consumer Watchdog
2156:Eternal September
2138:Usenet newsgroups
2057:Some promotional
1929:Community leaders
1839:instant messenger
1824:
1823:
1640:, One by AOL and
1554:in a stock deal.
1430:sold by Microsoft
1375:On May 12, 2015,
845:Robert W. Pittman
771:, unincorporated
751:Tysons Corner CDP
622:Eternal September
551:play-by-mail game
526:(1986–1988) from
503:Tandy Corporation
442:On May 24, 1985,
427:In January 1983,
329:instant messaging
286:) is an American
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1446:Laura Jane Grace
1444:True Trans With
1145:, formerly with
1103:Reston, Virginia
1060:in New York City
874:McAfee Antivirus
862:brick and mortar
325:dial-up internet
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