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America Online is beta-testing a nationwide VOIP service, due to debut in 2005, according to user posts on Broadband Reports and other message boards. The service is "powered by" Level 3 Communications Inc.
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Along with rivals CompuServe and Prodigy, America Online helped transform online computing from a domain of the technically savvy to a tool for the masses. AOL played a key role in this shift because its graphical environment appealed to a large audience. Membership grew from 500,000 in December 1993 to 1 million in August 1994. In August 1995 AOL became the world’s largest online service, with more than 3 million members.
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June 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Samsung and America Online today announced plans to integrate the AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) service into Samsung's leading-edge wireless phone, SGH-r225M. As a built-in feature of the r225M, consumers will have easy access to the popular AIM service.
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In August of 2005, America Online settled with the office of NY Attorney General Eliot Spitzer over complaints about how arduous AOL made it to cancel service. In addition to a $1.25 million fine, AOL agreed to streamline the cancellation process and submit all calls for third-party review. On June 13, 2006, Vincent Ferrari posted a recording he made of his attempt to leave America Online. It shot to national TV and revealed AOL hadn't learned the error of its ways. more
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/PRNewswire/ -- On December 24, 2003, Chief Judge Claude Hilton, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, dismissed a lawsuit brought by America Online ("AOL") against alleged facilitators of bulk emails, or "spam." Although AOL had claimed that the Defendants, Florida computer technicians whose business maintained e-mail systems and computer networks for customers, had "conspired" with others to send bulk emails through AOL's Virginia computer system, the Court found that AOL had failed to show that Virginia had jurisdiction over the Florida Defendants simply because AOL's business resides in Virginia and the alleged bulk emails had gone through Virginia. In its ruling, the Court made clear that asserting jurisdiction over the Defendants would violate the Defendants' due process rights since the Defendants did not actually direct electronic activity into Virginia, and did not manifest an intent to specifically engage in business in Virginia. Further, the Court concluded that merely enabling someone to transmit material over the internet is insufficient to permit such jurisdiction. According to Seth Berenzweig, partner with the Arlington law firm of Albo & Oblon, LLP, and attorney for the Defendants, "the Court's decision to dismiss AOL's lawsuit is an important decision that will impact all lawsuits brought in Virginia against out-of-state defendants for allegedly participating or enabling bulk email transmissions, or 'spam.' Such a ruling, coming on the heels of the many, much publicized lawsuits in Virginia against alleged 'spammers,' demonstrates the Federal court's concern that due process rights may be violated by permitting internet service providers to sue out-of- state technicians or computer networking consultants in Virginia for work such entities performed outside of the state, and demonstrates the Court's reluctance to allow such lawsuits to go forward." About Albo & Oblon and Seth Berenzweig: Albo & Oblon, LLP (www.albo-oblon.com) is one of the fasted growing firms in Northern Virginia, and has been named one of the 75 largest firms in Virginia by Virginia Lawyers Weekly.
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``America Online moved aggressively Thursday to improve its ad prospects, announcing it will acquire interactive-marketing specialist Advertising.com for $435 million. The Internet service provider said the all-cash deal will significantly boost its advertising network."
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