Well seems that instead of buying Digg AOL is gonna try and compete with the site by rolling there own. Interesting to say the least. [www.beta.netscape.com]
AOL Copies DIgg
Posted by geeknews at 2:24 PM on June 15, 2006
AOL Commits Suicide with Ad’s in E-Mail
Posted by geeknews at 6:01 PM on June 8, 2006Imagine your paying $14.95 per month for your AOL account that you are using largely for e-mail to only start getting advertisements jammed into e-mail. This has to be the most stupid move I have heard about. AOL is nothing more than a over priced ISP, for them to do this is beyond comprehension.
When you have a free account place somewhere you expect ads, this will add another nail in AOL’s coffin. [InfoWorld]
AIM Pages not Impressive
Posted by geeknews at 5:41 PM on May 10, 2006If the plan for AOL was to compete with MySpace with AIM Pages then by the look of the site today it is dead on arrival. Heck it does not even work in Firefox and some are saying even Safari users are having trouble. The site reminds me of GeoCities from the 80′s in fact I wonder if they actually used some of that code. [www.aimpages.com]
Update: This post by Jason Calacanis is an indication that he has drank to much of the AOL Koolaid. Your kidding Right?
Pet Peeve with AIM
Posted by geeknews at 12:25 PM on November 16, 2005I use Trillian to eliminate the need for four instant message clients running on my desk. This morning when I fired up the laptop I had this message waiting for me from AOL
“AIM added a new AIM Bots group to your Buddy List. AOL System Messate: Send IMs to moviefone and shoppingbuddy for great holiday flicks and gift ideas. (To remove ‘em, just right-click and delete! Learn More)”
Do you really think I wanted these Bots added by AIM to my buddy list? Needless to say I took 10 seconds right clicked and deleted them.
