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AOL

It’s TTYL forever for AOL Instant Messenger: Early chat leader shuts down after 20 years

Oath — the combined Yahoo-Verizon entity — is closing that creaky door for the last time today on AOL Instant… Read More

Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer set to step down after Verizon merger closes, receive $23M severance

Marissa Mayer will step down from her post as Yahoo CEO after the company’s $4.48 billion deal to be acquired… Read More

Yahoo will combine with AOL through $4.8B acquisition by Verizon

Verizon will buy Yahoo’s operating business for $4.83 billion and integrate the venerable internet company with another, AOL, under an acquisition confirmed by the telecom giant this… Read More

Spotify hires Microsoft general counsel Horacio Gutierrez as its top lawyer

Microsoft general counsel Horacio Gutierrez, a longtime attorney who oversaw many of the Redmond tech giant’s company’s biggest patent deals and cases,… Read More

AOL Co-founder Steve Case cautions that overnight startup success won’t be so easy in the next decade

The days of overnight startup success may be numbered, at least according to Steve Case during his talk at CES… Read More

Startup database CrunchBase to reportedly spin out as standalone company

CrunchBase is preparing to become its own entity, according to TechCrunch, which reported Tuesday evening that the startup ecosystem database is set… Read More

Microsoft exits display ad business in key markets, reportedly shifting 1,200 jobs to AOL

Microsoft is turning over its display advertising business in the U.S. and eight other markets to AOL as part of an… Read More

Dial-up, discs and the ’90s: This Verizon and AOL deal has Twitter on fire

Wowser. In crazy merger news, you’ve probably heard by now that Verizon is buying AOL for $4.4 billion dollars. The… Read More

Verizon’s $4.4B AOL deal turns telecom giant into media behemoth

Verizon’s deal to acquire AOL for $4.4 billion promises to transform the telecom giant into an end-to-end media and technology company — from content creation… Read More

Blast from the past: Can you name the most popular Web sites from 1996?

In 1996, the internet was little more than a sparkle in Al Gore’s eye. Mark Zuckerberg was 12. Google was… Read More

Microsoft, Apple and 7 other tech giants call for NSA reform before year’s end

The year may be winding to a close, but a coalition of 9 tech companies want lawmakers in Washington, D.C.… Read More

Apple, Microsoft, Google and other tech rivals urge Obama, Congress to curb snooping

While they’re usually fierce competitors, an octet of leading technology companies have banded together to ask the U.S. to take… Read More

Report: Microsoft might breathe new life into Winamp, Shoutcast

AOL announced yesterday that it would be shutting down Winamp, the venerable media player that helped usher in an age… Read More

Xbox Live adds AOL, Vimeo short-form video apps

In yet another example of the Xbox 360 turning into an entertainment hub, Xbox Live today added content from video… Read More

AOL marks $1.056B patent sale to Microsoft with $1,056 holiday bonus for employees

Patent sales typically have little to do with the average employee, negotiated and transacted by hordes of lawyers. But now… Read More

Tech Moves: Big Fish hooks gaming vet; Dawn Lepore joins AOL board; VoloMetrix; and more

Big Fish Games has hired gaming executive Chris Williams to lead the charge on the company’s free-to-play games strategy. “I… Read More

Facebook to pay Microsoft $550M for hundreds of former AOL patents

Facebook will pay Microsoft $550 million in cash to buy a portion of the AOL patent portfolio that Microsoft recently… Read More

Microsoft, AOL and Yahoo to cooperate on display ads

Microsoft, AOL and Yahoo this afternoon announced a deal to sell display advertising inventory on each other’s sites. The unusual… Read More

Zillow inks deal to bring mortgage marketplace to AOL

Zillow announced a deal today to bring its mortgage marketplace offering to AOL Real Estate and Daily Finance, marking the… Read More

Report: Microsoft, AOL and Yahoo to cooperate on ads

Microsoft, Yahoo and AOL plan to work together to allow their respective sales forces to sell leftover online advertising inventory… Read More

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