Ask.com, the Oakland-based search engine, unveiled a service today for everyone who hates to ask for directions…
“Ask.com, everybody’s favorite underdog search engine, has long made great efforts in local/mobile areas. Last May, for example, they launched Ask Mobile GPS with Sprint phones. Now they are announcing the first search-engine–sponsored voice directions on mobile phones…”
(more…)A class action suit covering alleged victims of click fraud and other invalid or improper clicks on online advertisements purchased from IAC Search & Media Inc. and Ask Jeeves Inc. (now Ask.com) may be resolved by a proposed settlement announced Wednesday.
“Seems Lane’s Gifts are not the only ones getting money back from LookSmart and Ask for click fraud, letters were sent out for the class action suit that both companies are trying to put behind them.”
Both letters written by the same law firm and were from the suit lodged in the Circuit Court of Miller County, Arkansas.
(more…)The browser that helped kick-start the commercial web is to cease development because of lack of users…
“An historic name in software will effectively pass into history in February as AOL discontinues development and active support for the Netscape browser, according to an official blog…”
On Friday, roughly a decade after Netscape’s fortunes started to slide; AOL announced it is finally pulling the plug on the Netscape browser, saying the respected brand that launched...
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For those of us worrying about online privacy, Oakland-based Ask.com gives people the power to prevent their search from being deposited in data banks…
“Search engine Ask has launched a feature that it hopes will prove a selling point for consumers concerned about their online privacy…”
San Francisco -- Hoping to add to its paltry market share in the Google-dominated world of Internet search, Web search site Ask.com is launching a feature that allows users to delete data on their search queries in an effort to bolster personal privacy while surfing the Internet.
A link titled “AskEraser” will be featured on the site’s home page and all search results pages, with a clear choice to signal whether the feature should be “On” or “Off” during a user’s search requests.
(more…)AOL, a division of Time Warner, and “Oneindia,” a leading Indian languages online portal, have announced a strategic alliance for powering content on AOL.in’s Hindi and Tamil language channels.
“The language portals, aol.in/hindi and aol.in/tamil will now offer compelling content ranging from news, movies, sports and astrology to art and culture from various regions in India, in languages specific to those regions.”
(more…)New effort to challenge Google & Yahoo in UK mobile market…
“AOL’s new British mobile portal is said to provide an experience closer to that of the desktop portal, and should more closely match the US version…”
(more…)AOL’s advertising division, Platform-A, developed the video ticker ads as an alternative to conventional pre-roll spots for online video…
In its ongoing effort to find an alternative to pre-roll video ads model that many viewers call annoying and marketers find ineffective, AOL recently announced plans to begin offering “video ticker ads,” a graphic banner ad that is integrated directly into streaming video content.
(more…)All-In-One Online Destination Offers a Single Location to Preserve, Access and Share Photos, Videos and Music for Free…
Dulles, Va. -- A day after announcing plans to relocate its headquarters to New York, AOL on Tuesday announced the availability of a beta version of BlueString, the first free Website that enables users to easily upload, store, manage, create and share all of their digital media – photos, videos and music – stored on sites across the Web.
(more…)“Internet chameleon AOL consolidated its various online advertising properties on Monday in what the company said was the “final stage” of its transformation into an ad-supported business.”
Looks like the “A” in AOL actually stands for “Advertising!” The once-mighty Time Warner-owned online media company on Monday announced a shakeup that will place ad revenue squarely in its corporate crosshairs, grouping its advertising properties -- Advertising.com, as well as the recent acquisitions of behavioral ad firm Tacoda, mobile unit Third Screen Media, video ad outfit Lightningcast and Adtech -- into a new entity that it calls “Platform A.”
(more…)In an effort to grow its global audience AOL has launched a dedicated portal for Italy, AOL.it…
“Free Web Tools, Such as Instant Messaging, Email, and Pictures with Unlimited Storage, Video, News and Entertainment at aol.it.”
Milan, Italy -- AOL Europe today announced the launch of AOL.it, a new dedicated portal service for Italy. The launch of AOL.it marks the beginning of an expansion program in Europe.
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