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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › AOLAOL - Wikipedia

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   AOL (stylized as Aol., formerly a company known as AOL Inc. and originally known as America Online [1]) is an American web portal and online service provider based in New York City, and a brand marketed by Yahoo! Inc. The service traces its history to an online service known as PlayNET.

2. www.independent.co.uk › arts-entertainment › musicLady Gaga calls out university Facebook group that said she’d ...

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   15 hours ago · Lady Gaga has responded to a Facebook group made by her university peers claiming she would never make it in the entertainment industry. The Joker: Folie à Deux star, who became the first person ...

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4. www.zdnet.com › article › facebook-is-the-aol-of-2021Why Facebook is the AOL of 2021 - ZDNET

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   Oct 4, 2021 · The 1990s had a word for being trapped inside a manipulative notion of human contact: AOL. Facebook and its ilk are the rebirth of that limited vision.

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5. www.aol.com › news › 2020/05/23-a-look-back-at-whatA look back at what the world was like when AOL began

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   May 23, 2020 · To celebrate 35 years of AOL, here's a look at some of the big moments that took place in the world at the time: January 1, 1985 — The first seat belt law was enacted

6. www.aol.com › news › 2020/05/25-a-look-back-at-aolsMilestones: A look back at AOL's 35 year history as an ...

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   May 25, 2020 · In honor of AOL's 35th birthday on May 24, we're taking a look back at some of the company's definitive moments, like history-breaking mergers and record-breaking numbers, and how it shaped...

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7. www.vice.com › en › articleFacebook is AOL, Twenty Years Later - VICE

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   May 18, 2012 · An exciting new company, founded just seven years ago, was ready for its big IPO, a symbolic gesture to the world that they had officially made it. Many were curious about this new “walled...

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   When did AOL become a company?

   • On March 12, 2009, Tim Armstrong, formerly with Google, was named chairman and CEO of AOL. On May 28, Time Warner announced that it would position AOL as an independent company after Google 's shares ceased at the end of the fiscal year. On November 23, AOL unveiled a new brand identity with the wordmark "Aol."

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   Why did people start a website like AOL?

   • The business people decided that there should be a way to make something like AOL, even though everyone thought Web sites were amazing and didn't want to go back. A content company called CNET (a sister site of ZDNet) invented a service called Snap Online. They put out T-shirts telling people it was like having AOL but so much better.

   Why Facebook is the AOL of 2021 | ZDNET

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   Why did AOL go out of business?

   • In 2001, at the height of its popularity, it purchased the media conglomerate Time Warner in the largest merger in US history. AOL rapidly shrank thereafter, partly due to the decline of dial-up and rise of broadband. AOL was eventually spun off from Time Warner in 2009, with Tim Armstrong appointed the new CEO.

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   When did AOL become America Online?

   • A new IBM PC client was launched in 1988, and eventually renamed as America Online in 1989. AOL grew to become the largest online service, displacing established players like CompuServe and The Source. By 1995, AOL had about three million active users. AOL was (at one point) the most recognized brand on the web in the United States.

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9. www.cnet.com › culture › how-the-aol-time-warnerHow the AOL-Time Warner merger went so wrong - CNET

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   Jan 10, 2000 · A decade ago, America Online merged with Time Warner in a deal valued at a stunning $350 billion. It was then, and is now, the largest merger in American business history. The Internet, it was...