Tag Archives: AOL

Weekly Top 5

This week’s updates include Zynga’s tie up with Gate2Play, its entry into China with Tencent, lawsuit against Vostu and Orkut, Angry Birds in China and a patent case against it from Lodsys; the end of Old Twitter and the beginning … Continue reading

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Social Connectivity

Just yesterday, I read about AOL launching Social Thing for websites. Adding the service to your website gives you a navigation bar at the bottom of the page, users can sign in with their AIM/AOL/Bebo/ICQ ids and comment. They can … Continue reading

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Social Deluge

The last time I’d written about Bebo was a year back, in the context of AOL buying it, and a tongue-in-cheek suggestion of getting Kareena Kapoor (whose nickname is Bebo) to be the brand ambassador when they launch in india. … Continue reading

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Microlives

I read a few interesting news clips about AOL today. While one was about Time Warner thinking of splitting up and selling AOL, the other two were more interesting to me – AOL’s acquisition of Social Thing, a lifestreaming site, … Continue reading

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There’s a little bit of social networking in….

For all those who’ve been good and watching TV, the source of that one should be a lollipop. There are some 4-5 ads of AOL doing the rounds, which you really couldn’t have missed. What’s the context? Well, i read here, … Continue reading

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