In yet another example of the Xbox 360 turning into an entertainment hub, Xbox Live today added content from video providers AOL and Vimeo. Vimeo, a video-sharing website similar to YouTube, debuted its app today and allows for Xbox Live Gold members to watch Vimeo content on their Xbox. The app mirrors Vimeo’s mobile and… Read More…
Patent sales typically have little to do with the average employee, negotiated and transacted by hordes of lawyers. But now these bad boys of the tech world may actually be doing some good this holiday season. TechCrunch reports that AOL is paying bonuses out to employees in the amount of $1,056. What’s the significance of… Read More…
Big Fish Games has hired gaming executive Chris Williams to lead the charge on the company’s free-to-play games strategy. “I am excited to be working with such a content-rich company, and look forward to working with its network of more than 550 developers, as well as its in-house teams, to help create the most playable… Read More…
Facebook will pay Microsoft $550 million in cash to buy a portion of the AOL patent portfolio that Microsoft recently agreed to acquire. Two weeks ago Microsoft agreed to pay AOL more than $1 billion for the broader portfolio — reportedly outbidding Facebook in that original auction. However, Facebook and Microsoft are partners, with Microsoft owning… Read More…
Microsoft, AOL and Yahoo this afternoon announced a deal to sell display advertising inventory on each other’s sites. The unusual collaboration between the web giants will “dramatically improve the process of buying and selling premium online display inventory,” giving advertisers the ability to reach larger audiences more efficiently, the companies promise in a joint news… Read More…
Zillow announced a deal today to bring its mortgage marketplace offering to AOL Real Estate and Daily Finance, marking the first time that the two companies have partnered. The new service, which will debut next year, will allow homeowners and home shoppers to research, shop for and compare mortgages. “AOL Real Estate has many thousands of users… Read More…
Microsoft, Yahoo and AOL plan to work together to allow their respective sales forces to sell leftover online advertising inventory on each other’s sites, teaming up in an attempt to compete more effectively with Google, reports AllThingsD.com’s Peter Kafka this morning. Microsoft and Yahoo already partner on search technology and search advertising, but this would… Read More…
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