Tagged: AOL & News
-
AOL planning break up and merger with Yahoo! - rumour News
06.12.2010 AOL is looking to exploring a breakup of the company, which may lead to it merging with Yahoo!, according to reports. -
News Corp 'open' to selling MySpace News
30.11.2010 News Corp is open to selling the struggling MySpace after its recent relaunch as an entertainment site, reports say. MySpace also named Mike Jones as its new CEO. -
AOL aims to integrate mail services with Phoenix News
15.11.2010 AOL has announced a new email service that promises to be simple to use for a limited number of users. -
AOL looks into tie-up with Yahoo! News
08.11.2010 Web giant AOL Inc is looking into a possible tie-up with Yahoo! Inc, according to a Wall Street Journal (WSJ) report. -
The Bebo effect News
07.10.2010 Bebo co-founder Michael Birch, who sold the social network to AOL in 2008 for $850m, is back with Jolitics.com, a social networking site for political debate. -
Bebo founder Michael Birch launches public beta of new start-up News
30.09.2010 It is social networking with a twist … a political twist. Bebo co-founder Michael Birch has returned to the start-up world with a new venture, Jolitics.com. After being in... -
The digital business week News
04.10.2010 A digest of the top business and technology news stories from the past week.Categories: Web, Social Media, Management, Legal, Leadership & Management, Internet, Intellectual Property -
AOL buys tech news blog TechCrunch for US$25m News
29.09.2010 TechCrunch, the highly influential news blog founded by Silicon Valley entrepreneur Michael Arrington, has been sold to AOL. Arrington, who is staying on at TechCrunch, said... -
Bebo hires Xbox co-creator Bachus News
10.09.2010 Kevin Bachus, one of the co-creators of Microsoft’s Xbox, has become Bebo’s new chief product officer to help the former social-networking giant find a new direction. -
AOL to create 20 new software engineering jobs News
02.09.2010 AOL Global Operations has revealed that in addition to the 50 jobs announced in June, some 20 new software engineering roles are to be created in Dublin. -
Bebo founder’s new political site goes into stealth mode in Ireland News
03.08.2010 Bebo founder Michael Birch’s new political website Jolitics.com is to go into stealth mode in Ireland in the next 48 hours. While the start-up will be based in Silicon Valley,... -
-
Deals done this past week News
21.06.2010 An overview of the week in deals in the Irish technology sector, including National University of Ireland, Galway’s partnership with the Georgia Institute of Technology.Categories: Mergers & Acquisitions, Deals DoneTags: deals, AOL, Electronics, Bebo, NUI Galway, Toshiba, Fujitsu , Brian Cowen, University of Limerick -
The digital business week News
21.06.2010 A digest of the top business and technology news stories from the past week.Categories: Careers and Employment, Communications, Financial Results, Jobs, Mergers & Acquisitions, Mobility, Research -
AOL sells Bebo for undisclosed sum News
17.06.2010 Internet company AOL has sold social-networking site Bebo to a private investment firm, Criterion Capital Partners. -
AOL creates 50 new software jobs in Dublin News
08.06.2010 Internet giant AOL said this morning it is to create 50 new software engineering jobs at its Dublin Development Centre over the next two years. The aim is to become a leading... -
Social networking is losing direction, pioneer Bill Liao says News
13.05.2010 Bill Liao, philanthropist and the co-founder of one of the first Web 2.0 companies in the Western World to go public, XING, says Facebook et al are motivated for the wrong... -
Bebo to be shut down or sold off by AOL News
07.04.2010 The once mighty internet company AOL is looking at either shutting down or selling off social networking site Bebo.Categories: -
Internet giants call for new privacy rules for digital age News
31.03.2010 A consortium of the who’s who in cyberspace – including Google, Microsoft and eBay – are calling for new privacy protections for the digital age and in particular want the US... -
Facebook hits 100 million mobile users - puts chat on all IM clients News
11.02.2010 Social-networking player Facebook is now being used by more than 100 million mobile phone users around the world. The company today unveiled a new feature that allows people to...