AOL
Time to look back at the tech news from July, 1999 when Winamp and Sonique were fighting for the MP3 player dominance.
Verizon Communications has announced today the purchase of AOL for $4.4 billion as the company looks to expand its advertising and mobile video services.
According to sources, Verizon has had discussions with AOL with massive telecom looking to either acquire the smaller Internet company or join up in order to expand their mobile-video library.
Microsoft and AOL have announced a new pact in which the software giant will distribute many of AOL's videos via some of their Web properties.
AOL, which announced last month to significant outcry that media player Winamp and its companion Shoutcast radio service would be shutting down forever, appears to have saved the companies.
Despite rumors that Microsoft may come to save the day, one fan took matters into his own hands, starting a petition on Change.org the day of the announcement begging AOL to make the software open-source rather than shutting it down for good.
Company makes no money otherwise
Co-founder able to buy site back for fraction of price
This morning, a report hit the wire that AOL was looking to sell its popular Engadget and TechCrunch tech content sites.
AOL CEO Tim Armstrong ......
Microsoft has announced today that they will purchase AOL's portfolio of patents for $1 billion.
The 800 patents will be purchased in full ......
Last week, AOL hired Evercore Partners to help it sell its 800-strong patent portfolio.
The company confirmed it has received numerous buyout ......
AOL has hired Evercore Partners to help it sell its 800-strong patent portfolio.
The company has confirmed it has received numerous buyout ......
According to AOL's latest quarterly earnings, the company still has 3.5 million dial-up subscribers accessing the internet with 8Kbps download speeds.
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AoL, Microsoft and Yahoo have teamed up this week to compete better against search giant Google.
The three companies will begin selling ad ......
The power struggle between Michael Arrington and Ariana Huffington over control of the TechCrunch blog has ended with Arrington leaving to concentrate ......
Earlier this week, Bloomberg reported that AoL was looking into merging with Yahoo!, with AoL CEO Tim Armstrong looking into the CEO spot recently ......
Bloomberg has reported that AOL CEO Tim Armstrong has been talking to Yahoo! advisers to gauge any interest in a merger of the two struggling companies.
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The struggling content company hits another roadblock.
Over the last year, AoL, in its effort to transition into a digital media company, ......
AOL is in talks with banks in an effort to take the struggling company private.
For now, the discussion are revolving around a per share ......
According to former Vice Chairman Ted Leonsis, AOL considered buying Apple in the 90s, as the computer maker floundered.
In 1996, Apple was ......
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