Topic: AOL LLC

Digital Matters - Issue 31

In My Humble Opinion: "People need a haven from the Web that's on the Web."READ»

Spam a Lot Less, but Worse

America Online has released its list of top spam for 2005. Surprisingly, a message mentioning Donald Trump was the worst offender. Other spam subjects include the iPod nano, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3. Another tactic, besides ...READ»

Strategy

It's FItting that Don Logan, the legendary Time Inc. magazine man, now oversees AOL. A few years ago, Logan was asked what he thought of Time's Internet portal, Pathfinder. He responded by saying that it looked less like a portal and ...READ»

Culture

Anne We've known each other for a decade through several jobs and several companies. Practicing martial arts has seemed like an important tool for you to maintain focus and balance at work. Are there specific lessons from that kind of ...READ»

Web Host With the Most

There are hundreds of large and small firms with Web servers. Which one should you sign on with?READ»

The Fall of the AOL Wall

The AOL wall started crumbling about a year ago when the Internet Service Provider decided to allow non-AOL subscribers to access content through AOL homepages. This move enabled the company to gain a small plot on the ...READ»

You Are What You Search

I recently learned some very bad things about myself. Namely, that I’m a hoarding omnivore—online, that is. One of the byproducts of AOL releasing the 36 million searches of 658,000 people is that the sorts of people who analyze ...READ»

AOL CEO Tim Armstrong Has Job for 100 Days, Can't Shut Up About It

The one-time Google advertising honcho has been at the helm of AOL for 100 days. What's he done, what's next, and can he save the online giant from irrelevance?READ»

AOL Tech Chief Steps Down

Someone had to take the blame. Last week, Josie Swindler wrote in her FC Now post, "You Are What You Search," about "AOL releasing the 36 million searches of 658,000 people." The data was available as a download and included all ...READ»

He Sees Stars

Charlie Fink knows a Net celebrity when he sees one.READ»

AOL Buys Social Network Bebo

Yesterday, AOL announced its pending acquisition of Bebo, the third largest social network in the United States, for $850 million. The announcement comes amid ongoing speculation of where AOL and its parent company Time Warner fit in ...READ»

You've Got Problems!

A brief history of AOL's misfortunes.READ»

• Dead Man Walking
• AOL’s Year of Pain
• AOL's Greatest Hits

AOL's Greatest Hits

In spite of its litany of failed innovations and squandered opportunities, AOL still delivers some of the Internet's best entertainment and services. Its instant messenger and finance site both lead their categories. Here are four more winners.READ»

• Dead Man Walking
• AOL’s Year of Pain
• You've Got Problems!

AOL, You've Got Problems!

Web-usability expert Jakob Nielsen redesigns AOL.com.READ»

CEO of Love

Job Titles of the Future: Bill SchreinerREAD»

A Gazillion More Free Hours From AOL? Gee, Thanks.

How can AOL afford to attract millions of subscribers every year? More easily than you might think.READ»

An 800-Pound Partnership

AOL and Microsoft are discussing a possible joint venture online. Possible options include merging MSN with AOL, combining advertising sales forces, and making the separate IM services interoperable. Other options loom large in the ...READ»

Any Fool Thing

Satirist Scott Ott has an amusing take on the FCC's decision to repeal its ban on AOL incorporating video into its Instant Messenger product and "any other fool thing AOL wants to try."READ»

Sign of the Dot-Com Apocalypse III

Philip Kaplan unearths a spin-ridden internal memo from AOL explaining why it makes sense to remove AOL from the corporate name. The short form: "For millions of people, we are the Internet. It's time for us to get our brand ...READ»

E-Mail for the Masses

A commercial service makes it easy to get online, take care of your mail, and get back to work.READ»

Sign of the Dot-Com Apocalypse

As if we needed any other signs that the reign of high-flying internet companies is over, AOL Time Warner is considering dropping AOL from its name. It's probably a good thing, considering AOL's real place in the Time Warner ...READ»

VP of Cool

Job Titles We'd Like to Have: Kathy RyanREAD»

Erasing AOL from Time Warner

Tomorrow, AOL Time Warner will finally take the AOL out of its corporate name, a final acknowledgement that the much ballyhooed 2001 merger turned out to be a big bust -- probably the biggest bust of the New Economy. Some analysts ...READ»

Design: Say Hi, Then Back Off

Homepages. You either love them or hate them as a designer and if you are a person in management you probably love them because you get to tell the world a million and one things about your company. To some there is a belief system ...READ»

ESPN Hangs Up Its Mobile Phones

ESPN evidently plans toREAD»