Clik here to view.
20 Years Later, I'm Still Using My AOL Email
You probably ditched your AOL email address sometime in the 1990s, but not Derreck Johnson. No, his AOL.com email address was born on Sept. 24, 1994, when he was a senior in high school, and more than...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Verizon Buying AOL for $4.4B
AOL is getting involved in another major merger, surely hoping it ends better than last time . This time it's Verizon, not Time Warner, with the telecom giant announcing plans to buy AOL for $4.4...
View ArticleClik here to view.
What the $4.83B Yahoo Deal Gets Verizon
In its confirmation of Verizon's purchase of Yahoo's web assets , announced Monday morning, the Wall Street Journal describes it as a "remarkable fall" for Yahoo, once valued at more than $125 billion...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Voice of AOL's 'You've Got Mail' Now an Uber Driver
A California woman stumbled upon a voice from the past during a trip to Ohio when she discovered her Uber driver was the man behind America Online's famous "You've Got Mail" greeting. Brandee Barker...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Pence Used Personal Email for Official Business as Governor
As governor of Indiana, now-VP Mike Pence "routinely" used his personal AOL email account to conduct public business, reports the Indianapolis Star , which obtained 29 pages of Pence emails via a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Internet Pokes Fun at Name for Combined AOL-Yahoo
If you merge the letters from AOL and Yahoo, take a few away, and add a "t," you have Oath, which is what Verizon is planning to call a new entity combining the two companies after its acquisition of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
AIM to Set Away Message ... Permanently
AOL announced Friday it will be shutting down its trailblazing instant messaging service AIM on Dec. 15, the Verge reports. According to TechCrunch , AOL Instant Messenger became its own standalone app...
View ArticleClik here to view.
For 2 Internet Giants of Old, Another Change of Hands
AOL and Yahoo are being sold again, this time to a private equity firm. Verizon will sell Verizon Media, which consists of the pioneering tech platforms, to Apollo Global Management in a $5 billion...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The 'You've Got Mail' Guy Has Died at Age 74
The voice that people of a certain age heard every time they logged on to AOL to find that they had new email is gone. Elwood Edwards, who was paid $200 to record the iconic "You've got mail" line...
View Article