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The 5 best shows on AOL Originals

This is not the AOL that used to carpet bomb us with trial disks.

On Aug 24, 2014 by Allen Weiner

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Inside the surprisingly persistent success of AOL

Like a zombie looking for brains, AOL just keeps coming back.

On Aug 8, 2014 by [email protected]

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Here’s the first trailer for AOL’s YouTube-fueled ‘Follow Me’

Go behind the scenes with some of YouTube's biggest stars.

On Jul 17, 2014 by [email protected]

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Myspace tries to get users back by sending them their old profile pics

Myspace 2014: Pics or it didn’t happen.

On Jun 2, 2014 by Kate Knibbs

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Living online means sharing your life with everyone and no one at once

The Internet has caused us to live in a state of constant masturbatory potential.

On Apr 23, 2014 by [email protected]

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Is Microsoft becoming a transparency champion?

Your friendly, protransparency megacorporation.

On Dec 10, 2013 by Joe Kloc

Tech

PRISM companies beg Congress to pass laws letting them talk about PRISM

All of the companies issued carefully worded denials of willfully spying on customers except when required by law.

On Oct 2, 2013 by Kevin Collier

Tech

How $850 million got AOL a failed social network and a lot of obscene art

The new owners of Bebo—the fallen social network that sold to AOL for $850 million in 2008—are planning the site's comeback.

On Aug 8, 2013 by Kris Holt

Tech

Yes, Phil Jackson’s first tweet was intentionally that bad

You try typing with 11 rings on.

On Mar 29, 2013 by Kevin Collier

Internet Culture

Political hacker Guccifer is now going after Silicon Valley

Guccifer has moved on from politicos like George W. Bush and Hillary Clinton to one of Silicon Valley's most famous investors, John Doerr.

On Mar 21, 2013 by Curt Hopkins

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Hacker rifles through Colin Powell’s personal email

Colin Powell needs better security. A hacker who broke into the former secretary of state's Facebook account earlier this week has revealed that he also gained access to Powell's AOL email account.

On Mar 13, 2013 by Kevin Morris

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What your email address says about your bachelor party

One British website analyzed its bachelor party bookings across users' browsers, email addresses, and phones.

On Mar 1, 2013 by Justin Franz

Internet Culture

Looking for love on AOL’s member directory: Online dating in the ’90s

A decade before OkCupid, lonely 20-somethings exchanged age, sex, and location—and often much more—over AOL. What's really changed?

On Feb 14, 2013 by Mike Fenn

Internet Culture

Facebook and Google launch lobbying group, The Internet Association

Yahoo, AOL, and LinkedIn are among the founding members of the association, "dedicated to advancing public policy solutions to strengthen and protect Internet freedom."

On Sep 19, 2012 by Curt Hopkins

Tech

Internet Guy: How to deal with the Yahoos

You may not know it but your email says a lot about your, ahem, demographics.

On Mar 15, 2012 by Rick Polito

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