Posts Tagged with ‘AOL’

The modern invention known as OpenID, first developed by a Mr Brad Fitzpatrick (creator of LiveJournal), offers quite an enticing prospect. In essence, its purpose is to simplify greatly the maintenance of multiple Web service/utility accounts, by providing a single name and single password, both (ideally) secure, in order that the user’s experience when interacting with said accounts be as seamless and fluid as possible. No documents full of passcodes to maintain. No need to entrust sensitive data to various [...]

Just to freshen your memories in case anyone forgot about Hulu, it is the joint venture between News Corp. and NBC Universal that was announced in March, unnamed until the end of August, and delayed from a September private beta launch until now, the end of October. As expected, the online video service launched today to a limited crowd of private beta testers, and dare I say it actually looks promising.
Ok… So I haven't actually tested the service or even [...]

AOL is the latest company that has jumped on the mobile bandwagon, with new services targeted at users of the mobile web being launched at the CTIA Wireless I.T. & Entertainment event taking place this week in San Francisco.
In today's press release, AOL announced several new mobile services which are “designed to create rich mobile experiences that take customization, ease-of-use and experience-sharing to a new level.” [...]

Until today, I had heard nothing about an instant messaging client for Facebook being in the works. But, apparently that may be the case.
In news that is not just new to me, Sam Sethi of blognation UK has stated today that he has “just been given a sneek preview of a new Facebook IM client that is going into beta this Friday.”
If this is true, is it really created by Facebook developers (as opposed to being a third party [...]

If you have been a user of Netscape (the social news site), then you have heard about the planned changes being made by AOL to revert Netscape.com back to being a basic web portal.
Well, those changes have gone into effect today, as the successor to the social news site made its debut with a new URL and name, Propeller.com.
If you are looking for new features or innovations, look elsewhere, because there is nothing new here, other than the logo and [...]

ComScore, one of the more widely referenced research houses on technology-related matters today, has made its latest findings for Internet trends involving video available for all to see. Anyone who?s curious to know just how super popular online video has become, need look no further than ComScore?s newest report.
The facts and figures the research firm has released are specific to the month of July, so it?s likely that the numbers as of this moment rank even higher (just a bit) [...]

Just over a month ago, we told you of AOL’s planned retirement of the social news structure of Netscape. Just a week ago, the website was officially removed for good. Yesterday, AOL announced its plans to enter the social news game once more.
I guess the company’s not giving up on its dream of profiting off a Digg clone quite yet.
I don’t know whether to call it a reinvention of the Calacanis model or simply a reinstitution of what was [...]

You may remember Paul Glazowski's Netscape article last month, which mentioned that AOL was considering axing the social news service for a more traditional portal.
Now, there are more details available about the current Netscape.com, the coming features, and what could happen down the road.
Yesterday, TechCrunch revealed that Netscape will probably become more like the portal, while the current social news site could move to a new domain.
Netscape has been criticized for being a "Digg-clone," but I do not [...]

You may remember my recent post about how the joint venture between News Corporation and NBC Universal had earned a valuation of $1 billion, even though it had yet to be named since it's March announcement.
Well, now a decision has been reached. In news that is well overdue, NBC and News Corp. have now announced an official name for their joint venture.
Hulu. It's four letters that took five months to create. It sounds a little funny, but I think that [...]