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AOL has announced 3 new developments in its drive to bring various services to customers via their mobile phones. The new AOL MyMobile services have been launched in beta, the AOL Mobile Search now enables easy access to Blackberry devices and the expansion of the AIM TEXT across all major… Continue Reading »

AOL announced its intention to purchase social networking site Bebo for $850 million making many wonder what exactly was Microsoft thinking buying a 1.6% stake in Facebook for $240 million.  Using some advanced math skills, that puts the suspected value of Facebook at $15 billion.  But is that fair? Continue Reading »

I, just like many others of you, may remember back to the day when Netscape Navigator was the easiest and most simple way to surf the net. This was before Mozilla or Safari or even the humble IE were used by the masses. The ‘internet’ experience would have been: fire… Continue Reading »

Joining the “openness” bandwagon led by Google’s Android to remove the barriers in the mobile industry, AOL has announced at the Mobile World Congress its own AOL Open Mobile Platform. It will basically enable outside developers to create innovative mobile applications that can run on major mobile device platforms such… Continue Reading »

The Times of London are reporting that Yahoo! is seeking to resume merger talks with AOL as a way of defending itself from Microsoft’s takeover bid. Previous talks broke off after disagreements about price, but the unwelcome takeover bid by Microsoft has spurred hopes of renewed negotiations. Yahoo says they… Continue Reading »

Time Warner has announced it plans to split off its Internet access business from its website and and cut 100 jobs at its corporate headquarters. In addition, it is looking at selling its remaining shares of Time Warner Cable.  The company’s 4th quarter revenue fell 32% compared with the same… Continue Reading »

While the whole world is all tied up about Microsoft’s shocking bid to enslave Yahoo!, Time Warner’s Internet arm AOL is also busy with its own acquisition of online affiliate marketing network buy.at. As usual, the company did not disclose the financial terms. Just like the Google, Yahoo and Microsoft,… Continue Reading »

Five leading online service providers will jointly build a database of child-pornography images and develop other tools to help network operators and law enforcement better prevent distribution of the images. Pledging a total $1 million, the companies plan to set up a technology coalition to create the database as part… Continue Reading »

Evan will be filling in as The Water Cooler contributor while Bryan continues his plot to take over the world, for the next few weeks, across the pond in London . Before I start on today’s topic I want to call everyone’s attention to my favorite non Gadgetell blog on… Continue Reading »

Nintendo’s First-to-Play Sweepstakes has officially launched. You can be one of three finalists who will enjoy a special seat at Nintendo’s media briefing in Hollywood. The winner will be selected at random from the bunch while the others watch in bitter-sweet agony as he or she becomes the first to… Continue Reading »