17.05.2005
Amber Alerts Moving To Cell Phones
When a child goes missing, authorities hope they`re soon be able to reach out and find someone. Mobile phone companies are launching an industry wide effort to help search for children by broadcasting Amber Alerts. Amber Alerts consist of a nationwide network allowing law enforcement to notify the public of missing children, using a series of electronic highway... |
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02.05.2006
Another Patent Suit Against Blackberry
Blackberry• Another Patent Suit Against Blackberry• Blackberry Settles Its Patent Dispute• Judge Refuses to Shut Down Blackberry• Save The Blackberry, Government Urges• Future May Be Bleak for Blackberry Owners Research In Motion, the company that makes the Blackberry hand-heldcommunication device, is the defendant in yet another... |
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08.04.2005
AntiSpyware Group Targets AOL Release As Dangerous
AOL/America Online• AOL Pays $3 Million, Promises to Clean Up Cancellation Process• AOL Settles Florida Fraud Charges• AntiSpyware Group Targets AOL Release As Dangerous• AOL Heads Roll Over Data Leak• AOL Now Free ... Sort Of• AOL Takes More Hits In Press, On Internet• AOL`s Problems Worsen as Consumer Complaints... |
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12.11.2004
AOL Abandons Broadband
America Online was slow to get into the arena of broadband services. It`s getting out a lot faster. Meanwhile, AOL is planning a plunge into the crowded waters of online travel. The once-dominant Internet Service Provider stopped marketing its high-speed service earlier this year. Now, it`s telling its existing customers they have to find another service... |
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12.05.2005
AOL Adds Free Email to IM Accounts
America Online is launching a preliminary version of a free email service, hoping to compete more effectively with such Web portals as Yahoo and Microsoft`s MSN. AOL gave a free Web-based e-mail account to every customer with an AIM screen name -- in effect, a free upgrade for 5.9 million users.Called AIM Mail, the free service is targeted at the more than 20... |
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24.08.2005
AOL Agrees to Clean Up Cancellation Procedures
New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer has reached agreement with America Online (AOL) that requires the internet service provider to reform its customer service procedures. Under the agreement, AOL will alter the incentives it offers to customer representatives who seek to persuade subscribers not to cancel their service. AOL/America Online• AOL Pays $3... |
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09.03.2005
AOL Dives Into Internet Phone Scramble
Until now, the Internet phone business has been pretty much confined to upstart newcomers, like Vonage, and fading giants, like AT&T. But now no one can deny that Internet telephone -- or VOIP, as it`s known to techies -- is headed for the mass market: America Online is getting into the act. Though AOL has been losing subscribers in recent years, it... |
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21.06.2006
AOL Embarrassed by CNBC Report On Its Business Practices
AOL/America Online• AOL Pays $3 Million, Promises to Clean Up Cancellation Process• AOL Settles Florida Fraud Charges• AntiSpyware Group Targets AOL Release As Dangerous• AOL Heads Roll Over Data Leak• AOL Now Free ... Sort Of• AOL Takes More Hits In Press, On Internet• AOL`s Problems Worsen as Consumer Complaints Mount•... |
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29.09.2003
AOL Employees Complain of Cut-Throat Corporate Culture
Women and minorities feel excluded from the "good old boy" network and the "cut-throat and extremely political culture" at AOL, a report commissioned by the company finds. Besides a shortage of women and minorities in senior positions, the report found that many employees feel intimidated and demoralized by the Friday afternoon beer bashes at the company`s Dulles,... |
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01.06.2006
AOL Glitch Leaves Millions Without Mail
You`ve got mail – you just can`t get to it right now. That`s the situation for millions of AOL subscribers, who have been informed their email will be a little slow today.An AOL spokesman says the company learned this morning that a software glitch was slowing the sending and receiving of mail, causing messages to get stuck in queue. He said technicians are working... |
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