Ones and Zeros: Google Down, AOL Back, Troll Out, and Too Many Patents
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Articles tagged "aol"
AOL's New Alto Client Is Visual Email, and You Don't Need a New Address
Email is arguably the most important bit of tech you've got, but email's still the same as it's always been: You get a stack of letters every day in your inbox to deal with, and eventually those messages get bumped off by new ones. Because of the pro…
This Is the Way Facebook Ends
Let's not forget everything Facebook has done for us. In leveraging our social curiosity and innate egomania, Mark Zuckerberg unleashed a social revolution, compelling us to share even the most mundane aspects of our lives. No longer anonymous trolls…
Facebook is AOL, Twenty Years Later
It was an election year. An exciting new company, founded just seven years ago, was ready for its big IPO, a symbolic gesture to the world that they had officially made it. Many were curious about this new “walled garden” community that was sweeping…
What Online Internet Websites Looked Like in 2001
In 2001, the majority of Americans didn’t have the Internet. Most people got online using dial up connections. Only 7% of Internet users worldwide had broadband. Most things purchased online were paid for by money order. Hotmail addre…
