The instant messaging service from AOL. See AIM.
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- EIC podcast: Yahoo trial balloons; Mumbai and Twitter; E-commerce
- In this week's EIC squared podcast Dan and I talk about the Yahoo rumor mill, the holiday shopping season on tech land and the Mumbai terror attacks and Twitter. First the Yahoo rumor mill. The latest is that former AOL CEO Jonathan Miller is trying to raise...
- Blog posts 2008-12-04
- Yahoo headlines: What's fact and what's rumor?
- If you're tired of rampant speculation about Yahoo's future, including headlines from legitimate news sources that are fueling the blogosphere with rumor and unconfirmed theories, raise your hand. Just as I suspected. I know it's been a while since I...
- Blog posts 2008-12-03
- Yahoo: Going private trial balloon floated; Is private equity the solution?
- Former AOL Chief Jonathan Miller is looking in the couch cushions to raise enough money to buy a part--if not all of Yahoo. According to the Wall Street Journal, Miller has been talking to private equity folks and sovereign wealth funds to buy Yahoo for about $20...
- Blog posts 2008-12-02
- Top Web companies in October 2008
- Parent Audience, 000 Time 1. Google 128,667 1:57:26 2. Microsoft 121,819 2:35:43 3. Yahoo! 117,715 3:22:08 4. AOL LLC 88,028 3:34:41 5. News Corp. Online 78,135 1:36:45 6. eBay 60,543 1:40:32 7. InterActiveCorp 60,092 0:17:20 ...
- Blog posts 2008-12-02
- Nokia updates Nokia Maps and Nokia Messaging clients and services
- In addition to the amazing new upcoming Nokia N97 Nokia announced some service upgrades at Nokia World 2008. In particular there are new versions of Nokia Maps and Nokia Messaging. Nokia Maps gives you new features like high resolution aerial images, 3D landmarks, ability to share your location, and the...
- Blog posts 2008-12-02
- The widget conundrum
- There's a pretty good article in Advertising Age about the benefits of widgets and the fact that not a lot of people are using it. AdAge says that "entire segment" will amount to around $100 million. That sounds like a chunk of money, and especially one for an industry that...
- Blog posts 2008-12-01
- Top Web sites in October 2008
- Brand Audience, 000 Time Per Person 1. Google 122,325 1:23:07 2. Yahoo! 116,078 3:23:29 3. MSN/Windows Live 102,494 2:23:27 4. Microsoft 92,348 0:45:54 5. AOL Media Network 88,028 3:34:41 6. YouTube 77,480 0:53:25 7. Fox Interactive...
- Blog posts 2008-12-01
- Icahn: 'I like Jerry'; Yahoo needs Microsoft search deal
- Icahn: 'I like Jerry'; Yahoo needs Microsoft search dealYahoo needs or Icahn needs??Please, lets be very clear. Icahn need the MS deal to make $$$ on the sale.He has absolutely no interest in Yahoo or the company's long term survival. His only interest is in himself. He...
- Discussion threads 2008-11-29
- Fastest-growing German financial sites in September 2008
- Property Aug-2008 Sep-2008 % Change Total German Internet Audience 35,447 35,676 1% Business/Finance - news/research 4,760 4,881 3% Manager-Magazin.de 339 471 39% AOL Money & Finance 308 414 35% Finanztreff.de 134 180 34% T-Online.de Finance 513 660 29%...
- Blog posts 2008-11-29
- Fastest-growing business and finance sites in France in September 2008
- Property Aug-2008 Sep-2008 % Change Total French Internet Audience 32,227 32,610 1% Business/Finance - news/research 5,867 6,392 9% Boursier.com 254 526 107% Lexpansion.com 161 316 97% Capital Magazin 156 306 96% Lemoneymag.fr 175 333 90% Orange...
- Blog posts 2008-11-28
- Top Web companies in US in October 2008
- Rank Property Audience, 000 Total Audience 190,616 1 Google Sites 147,035 2 Yahoo! Sites 144,903 3 Microsoft Sites 123,483 4 AOL LLC 111,259 5 Fox Interactive Media 90,636 6 eBay 70,737 7 Ask...
- Blog posts 2008-11-27
- Top 50 US ad carriers in October 2008
- Rank Property Audience, 000 Reach 1 Platform-A 173,713 91% 2 Yahoo! Network 164,080 86% 3 Google Ad Network 158,928 83% 4 ValueClick Networks 155,356 82% 5 Specific Media 150,176 79% 6 Tribal Fusion 144,354 76% 7...
- Blog posts 2008-11-26
- Twitter: is there any point?
- Twitter: is there any point?i second youI totally agree with you on this. It is really up to you, how you use the masala twitter dumps. It is like garbage in and garbage out. There is plethora of information in this garbage. Its you job to filter this information. I...
- Discussion threads 2008-11-25
- Facebook wins $873 million judgement against spammer
- Facebook wins $873 million judgement against spammerwhat a moronquit get ride of the moronRE: Facebook wins $873 million judgement against spammerMore! More! We need lost more of this kind of thing! Why isn't the news media picking up on any of this? We need to add pressure...
- Discussion threads 2008-11-24
- Apple's new Macbooks: flop or fiasco?
- Apple's new Macbooks: flop or fiasco?Wonder how the white one is selling?It would probably be interesting to see what the percentage of units sold is for the $999 white one.In general, the macbook target market should be those who are simply looking for a reliable notebook at a reasonable price...
- Discussion threads 2008-11-24
- Vizio unveils $1,999.99 55-inch 120Hz LCD HDTV for January release
- Vizio unveils $1,999.99 55-inch 120Hz LCD HDTV for January releasebest yet?I've been keeping my eye on the Vizio VP505XVT which has gotten such great reviews and it's almost time to upgrade from my SV420XVT, but now that I see this is releasing I think I'm gonna hold out for another...
- Discussion threads 2008-11-24
- Migrating From Domino to Exchange 2007 (Part 4)
- This paper looks at how Exchange 2007 and Lotus Domino 7 can coexist with the future aim of migration from Domino to Exchange. The paper gives sample scenario in which, Fabrikam is running Lotus Domino 7 and Contoso is running Exchange 2007. It prepares the Contoso Exchange environment so it...
- White papers 2008-11-22
- Google Chrome to be pre-installed on PCs in 2009?
- Google Chrome to be pre-installed on PCs in 2009?Why shove google crapware......where it isn't needed...Google is actively doing their part to dismantle Microsoft.This is such a big move for Google , I support where they are coming from. Happy Thanksgiving!They can stuff itMy new Dell Hybrid PC came with Google...
- Discussion threads 2008-11-21
- Witnesses set for MySpace suicide trial
- Witnesses set for MySpace suicide trialnot criminal?Why would this not be criminal? Any lawyers on here who can explain the limits of such abuse under state and federal statutes? Surely I can't stalk somebody by phone or snail mail in that manner without violating some criminal law? ...
- Discussion threads 2008-11-20
- Logitech Harmony 510
- The Logitech Harmony 510 is the replacement for the Harmony 520, which is being discontinued. Except for a slightly different color scheme silver on black instead of black on silver and the addition of four color-coded buttons below the keypad, it's essentially the identical unit. The catch: Logitech cut the...
- Product reviews 2008-11-19
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