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It’s no big secret that AOL isn’t doing as well as it once did.  Once it was the Internet to many people, now some people still keep their AOL email, but the company is struggling.  A new CEO, former Google sales executive Tim Armstrong was brought in to help turn… Continue Reading »

Despite its apparent popularity, Google’s Gmail surprisingly still isn’t the top email service out there.  Earlier this year Gmail was sitting as the number four email service based on total unique visitors per month.  Last month, that changed when Gmail surpassed AOL Email for the first time.  That’s a pretty… Continue Reading »

You know how the big three networks are all over Hulu and YouTube about copyright and how they fear/need the internet to survive?  Blip.tv is what they fear.  Today, Blip announced some big changes that are going to mean something to anyone with a TiVo, has Verizon FIOS, or a… Continue Reading »

We all knew it would come sooner or later.  AOL has been lagging behind for years, ever since broadband started popping up everywhere and AOL had to find other means of making money.  Time Warner tried to find a potential suitor for the ailing division, but nobody seemed to care. … Continue Reading »

Beginning yesterday, AOL employees based at the company’s Virginia headquarters began receiving emails telling them their presence was required at an important meeting today.  Once they arrived, they were fired. The company is making good on its announcement in January that it would lay off 700 employees, blaming a weakening… Continue Reading »

AOL has sent out a companywide e-mail to announce plans to lay off approximately 10 percent of its workforce.  The job cuts will continue through March and are part of the company’s recession survival plan.  Along with the job cuts, none of the current AOL employees will be receiving merit… Continue Reading »

“What email? I didn’t get any email?”  Have you ever been fed that line and wonder if the person is telling the truth?  Unless you have the same type of e-mail program, it is unlikely that you can check whether they have read an e-mail or not.  Expect for that… Continue Reading »

“Pics show beauty topless, kissing married TV star”.. “Reality show couple calls it quits”... “Star is skin and bones on red carpet”...or if you don’t like that anorexically-inclined headline, try “Skinny actress frumpy in white”... “One busy, hot mama tells how to get in shape quickly”... At 10:30 p.m. PST… Continue Reading »

In the hostile world of today it is good to know that anything you say, or type, is safe from the prying eyes of family member’s, government organizations or even just a nosy person of the street. However, unfortunately, that is not always the case. A recent News.com survey into… Continue Reading »

AOL is no longer carrying feeds from satellite radio provider XM now that contract the two companies had has expired. Presumably this also means that subscribers to XM’s online streaming service will no longer have access to AOL Radio. The announcement has been particularly upsetting to listeners from outside the… Continue Reading »