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Verizon Takes Huge Hit as AOL and Yahoo Get Sold!
Although representing one of the key parts of the early history of the internet, it doesn’t exactly take a genius to see that, as companies, both AOL and Yahoo are not the powerhouses they once were. When Verizon purchased both of them around 6 years ago, with the acquisitions totalling…
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Top 6 Tech Items or Services That Died in 2017
Tech Laid To Rest in 2017 Overall, 2017 was a pretty decent year for technology. It brought us Ryzens, Nintendo Switches and even sex dolls with AI. It also, however, signified the death of a lot of tech services. We, therefore, revisit some of these tech items to give them a brief…
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AOL is Officially Shutting Down it’s Instant Messenger
A sad loss for one of the institutions of the early days of the internet It’s hard to believe, but there was a time when AOL dominated the online market. Those of you in your late 20’s or 30’s can likely remember all of the ‘free trial’ cd-roms AOL gave…
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Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer Leaving with $186M Payout
Marissa Mayer’s tenure as CEO of Yahoo is expected to come to an end after the deal with Verizon has been finalized. Although Yahoo’s acquisition has been lowered by $350 million following several high-profile hacks, she will leave the company with a $186 million payout with the bulk of the…
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CIA Director Hacker Reportedly a 13-Year-Old Stoner
Yesterday, we brought you news that CIA Director John Brennan (pictured) was the victim of a hack, with the attackers gaining access to the AOL account he used to share confidential, work-related details. It has now emerged that the hackers taking credit for the attack are two 13-year-old, pro-Palestine stoner…
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CIA Director Has AOL Account Hacked by Teen
A teenage hacker has claimed to have compromised the AOL account of CIA Director John Brennan. If the news is to be believed, Brennan was stupidly using his AOL e-mail account to send classified and sensitive work-related documents, including a 47-page application for confidential security clearance, details of the government’s…
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AOL Being Bought for $4.4 Billion by Verizon
Verizon is moving into the content and media business with its planned purchase of AOL. If regulators approve the $4.4 billion USD deal, Verizon will join the likes of Comcast which is not only a telecommunications giant but also a major media conglomerate. The acquisition would involve the entirety of…
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Following Joystiq, AOL Also Shutting Down Apple Blog TUAW
AOL is shutting down The Unofficial Apple Weblog or TUAW, as part of its ever-growing cost cutting measures. TUAW was founded in 2004 and was part of Weblogs – a company purchased by AOL in 2005. This news comes hot on the heels of the news that AOL’s gaming blog, Joystiq, would also be shut down.…
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USA Freedom Act, the NSA Reform Bill, Blocked by US Senate
The USA Freedom Act, designed to restrict NSA powers to collect user data, has been blocked by US Senate Republicans in a vote on Tuesday. The bill, supported by tech business coalition Reform Government Surveillance, did not achieve the 60 votes required to become legislation, losing out by two votes,…
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Facebook, Google, and Apple Support USA Freedom Act
A coalition of nine tech groups – comprised of Facebook, Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, Aol, Evernote, Dropbox, Linkedin, and Twitter – under the banner Reform Government Surveillance, have petitioned the US Senate to adopt the USA Freedom Act, designed to restrict the NSA’s power to collect user data. In an open…
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Dial-up Internet Still Alive and Thriving
I’ve thought for a while that dial-up internet was dead, with maybe just a couple of hundred subscribers here and there. So did most of our readers probably. But I was mistaken and corrected in that when I read the AOL financial report. At the end of June 2014, AOL…
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Winamp And Shoutcast To Be Bought By Radionomy
Winamp and Shoutcast, the legacy digital music services that owner AOL originally planned to shut down but then halted pending a sale, are reportedly being bought by another company than what we heard in the past. They are not being bought by Microsoft, but are instead being acquired by Radionomy,…
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There May Still Be Hope For The Llama-based Audio Player Winamp
Following yesterday’s announcement, Winamp will be shutting down on December 20th. According to Techcrunch, AOL may be in talks with Microsoft to sell Winamp, along with Shoutcast, a media streaming service also developed by Nullsoft. AOL refused to comment on this matter, and Microsoft did not confirm nor denied as…
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RIP Winamp Media Player As Service Shuts Down After 15 Years
I’m starting to feel like a Leper today, like I’m the only one left who not only uses Winamp, but STILL uses Winamp. It seems like the whole digital music loving community has been corrupted by streaming services, or iTunes or some other junk that strips you away from a…
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AOL News Reading app Hits the Google Play Store
AOL just released a news reading app on the Google Play store which is available for both smartphones and tablets. Unlike other news apps, the new AOL app uses the Flipboard interface, giving you the ability to scroll through top news broken down by category. Sections like Entertainment, Food, Health,…
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