Sources: Los Angeles Times
AOL discontinues its instant messaging app AIM after more than 20 years. 2017-12-15
AIM's owner, Oath Inc., announces it will discontinue AOL Instant Messenger service on December 15, 2017. 2017-10-6
The Guardian obtains a copy of a document from April that reveals that the NSA is mining data using PRISM, spying on the e-mails and web activities of American citizens through direct access to Google, Apple, Microsoft, Facebook, YouTube, Skype, Yahoo, Paltalk and AOL. The Guardian's report does not state from whom they obtained the document. 2013-06-6
A team of Australian and British geologists claim to have the found the world's oldest fossils in the Strelley Pool rock formation in the outback of the Australian state of Western Australia. According to the Monday, August 22 Huffington Post online video and short article about them 2011-08-21
The so-called "LulzSec" hackers have reportedly disbanded after a final data dump including information from AOL Inc. and AT&T. 2011-06-26
AOL purchases online publisher The Huffington Post in a $315 million deal. 2011-02-7
Paul Allen's company, Interval Licensing LLC, files a patent infringement lawsuit against Google, Apple Computer, AOL, eBay, Facebook, Netflix, Office Depot, OfficeMax, Staples Inc., Yahoo and YouTube. 2010-08-27
AOL announces it is to sell or shut down Bebo two years after purchasing it. [http:--news.bbc.co.uk-2-hi-business-8606379.stm (BBC News)] [http:--online.wsj.com-article-SB10001424052702304172404575168263277157890.html?mod=googlenews_wsj ("The Wall Street Journal")] [http:--www.nzherald.co.nz-technology-news-article.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10636778 ("The New Zealand Herald")]date=August 2019 2010-04-6