Archive for the 'AOL' Category
iPhone App Review: iPhone port of AIM is shut, but not fairly there
One of the most striking things about the first crop of iPhone apps is the divide amidst those that work with the phone’s user interface, and those that either don’t take advantage of the phone or disregard the design specs altogether. The AOL Instant Messenger app for iPhone scores points in so…
AOL completes take-by of Bebo
AOL completed its acquisition of social networking site Bebo nowadays. You may remember that AOL announced it would buy Bebo for $850 million back in March. According to InformationWeek Bebo will be the center of AOL’s new citizens Network commerce unit. Heading up that trade unit is Joanna Shie…
AOL, RealNetworks, and Yahoo! owe up to $100 million for unlicensed music fees
Filed under: Audio, Internet, Yahoo!, AOLSeveral companies that broadcast World Wide Web radio streams, including RealNetworks, Yahoo!, and that blog’s parent company, AOL owe ASCAP millions of dollars. That’s according to a federal court in New York. While the court did not determine the exact amou…
AOL releases Xdrive Desktop Lite
AOL’s Xdrive online storage service allows users to store up to 5GB of info for free. Windows users can additionally install Xdrive as a virtual tough drive making it easy to upload and download files or perform automated backups. But the the Xdrive desktop software often takes a while to associ…
AIM 6.8 Beta includes real-date IM: Freudian slips not just a vocal problem
Ever wanted to see what your friends are typing to you as they type it? You’ll get your chance with latest AIM Beta. Now at version 6.8, the newest version of AIM includes support for real-time IM. Unfortunately, Freudian slips are no longer a vocal problem.
The new feature is incompatible wi…
AOL pulls the plug on Netscape Navigator
Today AOL announced plans to discontinue development on the beloved Netscape browser. As you may know, Netscape was the first mass market World Wide Web browser, originally released in October 1994. AOL will stop developing the browser on February 1, 2008 according to the Netscape blog.
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Listen to Wikipedia articles with Pediaphon
We’ve never been particularly impressed with text to speech applications. certain, the underlying technology is pretty cool, and whether you’re visually impaired, these applications are probably extraordinarily useful. But seriously, It’s nearly 2008. You’d think that someone could come up with …
Send e mail attachments up to 5GB with AOL’s Xdrive
While most web-based e mail services have file attachment size limits, there are plenty of ways around those limitations. MailBigFile, YouSendIt, Driveway, and other services all let you “park” large files temporarily online and send an e mail to your friend or colleague letting them know the fi…
Mapquest getting a faraway overdue facelift - VIDEO
When you need a word for tissue, you probably say Kleenex. Xerox and copy machine are nearly synonymous. And for many folks, Mapquest means online maps. A huge number of society still use Mapquest as their primary online direction service, even though Google Maps and other services have lengthy …
AOL Desktop for Mac resurfaces after five years
When we heard that AOL (this blog’s parent company) was coming out with a new version of Desktop for Mac, we were pretty excited to see what they’d been up to since the final release five years ago. Now that we’ve had a chance to play with it, we like it but think it’s still got a ways to go bef…
