AOL
AOL Inc. (previously America Online) is a U.S.-based online service provider and Internet service provider. It has been in business since 1985. Important services in the early years were online chat and online games. Most connections were dial-up. In 2001 AOL bought Time Warner. In 2009 after a spin-off from Time Warner they changed their name to AOL Inc. It was announced in May 2015 that Verizon Communications purchased AOL.
 AOL Inc. logo | |
| Subsidiary | |
| Industry | Media Web search engine Computer software Technology |
| Founded | 1983 (as Control Video Corporation) 1985 (as Quantum Computer Services) 1991 (as America Online) 2009 (as AOL Inc.) |
| Headquarters | 770 Broadway New York City, New York 10003 |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Tim Armstrong (Chairman and CEO) Bob Lord (President) Holly Hess (CFO) |
| Services | Online services |
| Revenue |  $2.3 billion (FY 2013)[1] |
| $190.3 million (FY 2013)[1] | |
| $92.4 million (FY 2013)[1] | |
| Total assets |  $2.797 billion (FY 2013)[1] |
| Total equity | $2.137 billion (FY 2013)[1] |
Number of employees | 5,600 |
| Parent | Independent (1983–2000, 2009-2015) Time Warner (2000–2009) Verizon Communications (2015-) |
| Website | corp www blog |
AOL Instant Messenger was a service which allowed users to communicate with any user currently online. AIM had millions of users worldwide. There were also other computer programs that could be used to talk with your AIM account, for example Trillian, Pidgin, Digsby, and AIM+. AIM was shut down on December 15, 2017.[2]
Other AOL products are AOL Spyware Protection, AOL Safety and Security Center, ICQ, AOl Computer Check-Up, AOL Explorer, AOL TopSpeed, AOL Dialer, AOL One-Click Fixes and AOL Openride.
AOL Media
First AOL logo as "America Online", used from 1991 to 2005
America Online 2.0 software for Microsoft Windows (1994)
AOL Time Warner Logo
Former AOL logo, used from 2005 to 2009
Decline in AOL US subscribers Q2 2001 – Q2 2009, with a significant drop from Q2 2006 onward
AOL headquarters at 770 Broadway in New York City
The AOL 'eraser' logo, in use since 2009
AOL's Silicon Valley branch office
AOL CDs sent to a student dormitory in Germany, 2002
Some promotional CD-ROMs distributed in Canada
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "AOL 2012 Annual Report, Form 10-K, Filing Date March 20, 2012". secdatabase.com. Archived from the original on July 13, 2015. Retrieved September 30, 2013.
- ↑ Albers, Michael. "Our Yellow Running Man is Ready to Retire". AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) on Tumblr. Oath Inc. Retrieved October 5, 2017.
Other websites
- AOL US and headquarters
- AOL in other countries Archived 2006-02-14 at the Wayback Machine