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Oath revamps Yahoo, AOL privacy policies to allow email and photo scans

Users of Yahoo and AOL services may want to read over Oath's new privacy agreements as Verizon has recently changed them. The sites Oath owns can now scan emails, instant messages, photos, and other user data. The agreement also says that the data may be shared with Oath's parent company, Verizon.
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After 20 years, AOL Instant Messenger signs off for good

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Compuserve forums set to close after two decades of service

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Remember GeoCities? 9 tech titans that fell from grace

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Internet Archive project preserves AOL free-trial CDs from the 1990s

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Alto Mail adds Alexa support and can now replace your calendar app

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Verizon CEO confirms it is preparing its own live-TV streaming service

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What’s it like to use AOL dial-up internet in 2017?

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AOL appears to be killing third-party access to AOL Instant Messenger

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Man who recorded ‘You’ve got mail’ greeting for AOL now drives for Uber

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Simplicity breeds success: the lasting impact of AOL Instant Messenger

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Yikes — did a teenager really hack the CIA director’s email?

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It’s official, AOL is now a wholly owned subsidiary of Verizon

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AT&T and Hulu get cozy in new multi-platform partnership

Hulu and AT&T have announced a joint effort to bring Hulu to the masses.
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AOL says more than 2.1 million Americans are subscribed to its dial-up Internet

More than 2.1 million Americans are still treating themselves to the aural ecstasy that is the AOL dial-up connection to the Internet.
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83-year-old gets hit with $24,289 bill from AT&T by using AOL’s dial-up service

A California resident was surprised when he discovered he racked up over $24,000 in AT&T charges.
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AOL aims to do funny with new daily satirical sports show, 2 Point Lead

AOL hopes that new daily sports comedy short-form program "2 Point Lead" featuring host of MSN's "The Bracket" will drive sports fans to their site.
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Apple TV adds free, ad-based channels for ABC News, AOL On, and PBS Kids

The ABC News channel brings 24/7 live hourly updates, live national and global news coverage, and news from nine local affiliates from across the country.
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AOL unveils a flood of new programming, announces Nielsen will rate

AOL unveils a major push in online programming, with a host of new shows about to hit the web, as well as a new partnership with Nielsen to get the numbers.
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AOL announces that some of its user accounts have been compromised

AOL announced today that a notable number of user accounts have fallen prey to "unauthorized access."
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AOL Mail has been hacked, don’t open that iffy-looking email you got from an AOL account

Have you gotten any odd-looking emails from AOL accounts? You might not want to open them.
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The Internet finally drives Moviefone’s call service out of business

The llama lives: AOL reportedly completes sale of Winamp, Shoutcast to Radionomy

Winamp lives on! AOL has completed the sales of its media player with Radionomy.
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Microsoft reportedly in talks to buy Winamp, will the Llama get spared?

Microsoft is allegedly mulling a deal to acquire Winamp.

AOL sells shuttered blogs to former AOL boss

Townsquare Media has purchased four of the blogs closed by AOL in a move that reunites said sites with the man responsible for their creations.

AOL closes multiple entertainment sites, cites ‘underperformance’

In a quiet end-of-week move, AOL closed multiple blogs and news sites without notice - including the award-nominated comic book site Comics Alliance.

About.me is leaving AOL and getting back to its startup roots

About.me was acquired in 2010 by AOL, but today the company announced that with support from investors About.me has been bought back by its co-founders.
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AOL boss: “Sandy was great for our sites”

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Hands on with AOL’s Alto: A webmail client that’s big on beauty, and has decent brains to boot

AOL is introducing a new webmail application, Alto, that groups your various inboxes into one stylish stop.

And the bidding for Yahoo begins

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Mozilla asks users to join ‘Stop SOPA & PIPA’ campaign

Google: U.S. government censorship, private user data requests on the rise

Internet titans fight SOPA with full-page NY Times ad [updated]

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AOL posts loss in Q3 despite ad sales jump

AOL building a social network around MapQuest