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AOL (America Online)

AOL (America Online)

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AOL LLC (formerly America Online, Inc.) is an American global Internet services and media company operated by Time Warner and was headquartered in Loudoun County, Virginia until late April 2008 when it was moved to new offices at 770 Broadway in New York City.  Founded in 1983 as Quantum Computer Services, it has franchised its services to companies in several nations around the world or set up international versions of its services. AOL is perhaps best known for...



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AOL pulls plug on Netscape Navigator Browser after 14 years

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Yahoo! and AOL, a division of Time Warner, have separately announced that there is a distinct possibility that they would close their respective online radio services. An abrupt rise in royalties on songs being listened to means...


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The King of Shiny coasters, AOL, has presented plans to cut its employee headcount by a fifth. 2000 jobs are on the go as the management team plans to reduce running costs amidst lower-than-expected advertising intakes. In a...


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AOL founder launches online credit card

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New York teen hacks AOL's systems

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AOL Launches Consumer Trial of ZygoHub

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AOL hitting problems with client software...

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AOL: The beatings continue until the privacy improves

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AOL users now get ads in email

AOL users now get ads in email

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Paying AOL customers now get ads in their email.

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