Sources: PC Gamer
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
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
Saudi Arabia delays shutting off Research in Motion's BlackBerry instant messaging system allowing for test of a system allowing the Government of Saudi Arabia to monitor user data. 2010-08-8
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