Alto Aims to Make Your E-Mail Useful Again
Alto is a new service from AOL that wants to take your ugly, time-consuming inbox and make it pretty and useful. The post Alto Aims to Make Your E-Mail Useful Again appeared first on WIRED.
View ArticleCIA’s New Tech Guru Hails From AOL (But Don’t Hold That Against Her)
A former AOL exec is poised to become the Central Intelligence Agency's technology chief. But before you make those jokes about octogenarians on dial-up, keep in mind: she's also been a Jet Propulsion...
View ArticleTech Time Warp of the Week: America Online, 1995
By the early 2000s, the world wide web had sounded the death knell for the world's "online services" -- corporate-controlled creations like America Online and CompuServe that brought computer users...
View ArticleAOL Launches Its Own News Reader
With Google Reader's demise looming, a host of media companies have jumped to fill the impending void. The latest? Good ol' AOL. The post AOL Launches Its Own News Reader appeared first on WIRED.
View ArticleAOL Smacks Startup for Using CrunchBase Content It Gave Away
Can you release content under a free Creative Commons license, then change your mind later and shut down anyone using the material? That's the question posed in a simmering battle between media giant...
View ArticleThe Hyperlocal Web Bleeds as AOL Pushes Patch to the Curb
AOL is poised to throw in the towel on its local news network Patch. It's just the latest evidence that running a local startup is a terrible slog. So why are so many people trying? The post The...
View ArticleTech Time Warp of the Week: Before Facebook, Prodigy Gave Us ‘Sex, Dogs, and...
Long before Mark Zuckerberg unleashed his social network from a Harvard dorm room -- even before the internet as we know it took shape -- people were connecting with each other through...
View ArticleWhy AOL Is Worth $4.4B to Verizon (And It Ain’t HuffPo)
AOL knows as much about online ads as anyone. More importantly, it knows a whole lot more than Verizon does. The post Why AOL Is Worth $4.4B to Verizon (And It Ain’t HuffPo) appeared first on WIRED.
View ArticleArea Man: ‘Yes, I Want Your Goddamn AOL CDs’
The younger generation could grow up completely unaware of the days when the internet arrived in the mail, on a CD. The post Area Man: ‘Yes, I Want Your Goddamn AOL CDs’ appeared first on WIRED.
View ArticleVerizon Curbs ‘Zombie Cookies,’ But They’ll Still Stalk You
Verizon says it's only sharing its tracking data with Verizon-connected companies, most notably AOL. But AOL is everywhere. The post Verizon Curbs ‘Zombie Cookies,’ But They’ll Still Stalk You appeared...
View ArticleWith Yahoo Bid, Verizon Gobbles Up the Past To Avoid an Obsolete Future
A $4.8 billion Yahoo purchase turns Verizon into a future-focused media powerhouse. The post With Yahoo Bid, Verizon Gobbles Up the Past To Avoid an Obsolete Future appeared first on WIRED.
View ArticleBelieve It or Not, AOL Has an Awesome New Idea About Email
The new Alto Dashboard brings all the magical smarts of Google Now to your many disparate email addresses. The post Believe It or Not, AOL Has an Awesome New Idea About Email appeared first on WIRED.
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