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TechCrunch and AOL: A Match Made in Heaven?
The web has exploded with news of AOL purchasing TechCrunch. Instead of rushing to throw a blurb here on my blog, I wanted to take time to read what everyone else is saying. What are people thinking about this massive merger of minds? Is the tech blog world as we know it about to end? [...]
Goodbye iFrame Toolbar – Hello Sites Now Unbanned on Digg.
Things sure are shaking up around the Digg offices this week. On his first official day as CEO, Kevin Rose has laid out a few interesting changes which should vastly improve the popular social networking site. The DiggBar we have all come to hate is going to finally disappear in the upcoming version of the [...]
AOL Pays High Price for a Mistake with Bebo
Two years ago, AOL bought the Bebo social network for a cool $850 million. What seemed like an excellent move at the time is now being seen as a very costly mistake. AOL sent a message to their employees today, acknowledging that they are “not in a position” to support the service. As we evaluate [...]
Do You Believe in Aliens?
I spend most of my time attempting to bring friends the latest news, hottest new hardware and software, and the very latest in technology advancements. While it’s true that I post a few humorous things at times, I know that I still need to take time to lighten up. I decided that, tonight, we’d end [...]
Have You Tried the New AOL Desktop?
iPhone is a regular member of our chat room, and sent me a surprising email the other day. He has apparently found something from AOL that he is happy with. Take a look: I wanted to share something GOOD AOL made. No I’m not kidding, I actually like the app really well. It’s called AOL [...]
Is AOL Still Worth Downloading, Installing, and Using?
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed I remember when every day the mail would come, and there was at least one AOL disc included. It was everywhere, and you couldn’t seem to get away from it. Over the next couple of months, AOL will be laying off [...]
Is AOL a Bad Thing?
http://live.pirillo.com/ – In the beginning Ameria Online – AOL – was a necessary part of the Internet. They were, in a large way, responsible for the commercial success of the Internet: thanks to their aggressive marketing tactics (such as giving away free floppy disks and CDs) they were able to open up the world of [...]
More of AOL’s Free Crap
Going out on a limb here, but… “When the Internet first became available outside of educational institutions, workaday users needed some kind of friendly interface to get online. Trumpet Winsock was an absolute nightmare to explain (and configuring Kermit was far more unfriendly). However, AOL needs to wake up to the fact that users no [...]
You Know I Love You, Jason
Jason Calacanis spent billions of dollars on socially engineering a social bookmarking experiment, only to discover that his paid socialites were bookmarking a single page on Gizmodo.com over and over again. The failure of this project really took its toll on Calacanis. Jason started showing up for work in full ringleader regalia, and AOL executives [...]
AIM Pro for AOL Instant Messaging
I needed to get on AIM, and apparently forgot to copy over my Trillian folder. I went to the Web in search for AIM Express, only to discover that it was currently down for the count. I really wasn’t feeling like installing AOL’s crapware, but (if I had to do anything) I thought I’d give [...]
