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# AOL

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# surf the web
Teens react to terrible 90s internet
“Is this a commercial for… the internet?”
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Jun 2nd 2014, 9:05 AM
# Surveillance
Major tech companies ask US government to reform surveillance laws
The companies which include Facebook, Microsoft and Google are demanding the government to allow greater transparency and accountability when requesting public data.
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Dec 9th 2013, 11:01 AM
# Web Summit
AOL chief issues battle cry at Web Summit
“AOL missed the marketplace,” admits Tim Armstrong in Dublin but shares the lessons the company has learned.
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Oct 31st 2013, 3:33 PM
# Jobswatch
AOL announces 40 new jobs in Dublin
The US tech giant is expanding its Irish operation.
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Jun 24th 2013, 11:23 AM
# Web Summit
Smartphone explosion - and 10 other predictions your business should know
AOL’s Digital Prophet David Shing was speaking at the Dublin Web Summit today.
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Oct 17th 2012, 6:00 PM
# Flux Capacitor
Time Machine: Here's how 26 popular websites used to look
Have you ever seen the very first version of RTE.ie? Or wondered what the name ‘Daft’ came from?
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Sep 23rd 2012, 11:30 AM
# crackdown
Tech giants join forces to end phishing emails
Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Yahoo, and PayPal are among the companies which have started a tough new approach to stopping scam emails.
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Jan 31st 2012, 10:10 AM
# Bebo
False alarm: Bebo isn't actually dead just yet
2005′s most popular social network appeared to go offline last night, but the site says its downtime is not permanent.
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Jan 31st 2012, 8:35 AM
# Talk Talk
Talk Talk closure a 'dark day for Waterford'
The IDA’s chief executive says he is “appalled” that Talk Talk is planning on closing the plant in just four weeks.
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Sep 8th 2011, 7:39 AM
# Jobswatch
575 jobs lost as Talk Talk to close Waterford call centre
The telecoms company announces it will shut its Waterford call centre within a month, with only a handful of possible reassignments.
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Sep 7th 2011, 3:14 PM
# TechCrunch
Techcrunch writer warns of 'the end' if AOL fires its influential editor
In an unusually blunt piece, a senior writer says AOL are on the verge of sacking the site’s influential editor Mike Arrington.
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Sep 6th 2011, 1:00 PM
# HuffPost UK
Irish figures among bloggers on Huffington Post's new UK edition
Diarmuid Gavin, David McWilliams and Conrad Gallagher are among the contributors to HuffPo UK launching today.
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Jul 6th 2011, 1:13 PM
LIVE
The Daily Fix: Tuesday
In today’s Fix: more bad news from the IMF; Cork toddler cleared of rare cancer by US treatment; and New York police make further grim discoveries in Long Island.
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Apr 12th 2011, 8:06 PM
LIVE
Blogger mounts $105m legal action against Huffington Post and AOL
Jonathan Tasini is seeking $105m in damages on behalf of over 9,000 bloggers.
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Apr 12th 2011, 7:27 PM
# AOL
AOL to cut hundreds of jobs following HuffPo buyout
Online giant is streamlining and seeking to become a major source of news and other content.
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Mar 10th 2011, 4:34 PM
# HuffPo
AOL buys Huffington Post for $315 million
Just six years after the launch of her site, Arianna Huffington says she would have been “hard-pressed to imagine this moment”.
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Feb 7th 2011, 10:04 AM
# TechCrunch
AOL confirms acquisition of Techcrunch
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Sep 28th 2010, 6:52 PM
# TechCrunch
AOL considering takeover bid for TechCrunch
The internet conglomerate is reported to be in discussions to acquire the high-profile technology news blog.
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Sep 28th 2010, 4:18 PM
# Jobs
AOL creates 20 news jobs in Dublin
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Sep 2nd 2010, 5:30 PM
# Patents
Microsoft co-founder suing Google, Facebook, eBay, Apple and Yahoo!
…among others. Paul Allen’s Interval Licensing accuses 11 companies of patent infringement.
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Aug 30th 2010, 12:28 PM