AOL to Adapt WebEx Services for AIM Consumers
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America Online and WebEx Communications are evaluating ways to adapt some of the online meeting services they currently offer to business users of AOL&#39;s AIM instant messaging network to make these services appealing to other AIM consumers.
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In both a literal and symbolic move, AOL announces a move to New York and a new focus on the online-advertising market. But is it too little too late?
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NEW YORK - Passwords alone won't be enough to get onto America Online under a new, optional log-on service that makes AOL the first major U.S. online business to offer customers a second layer of security...
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AOL said Friday it was beginning to beta test a new version of its search product on a limited basis, making enhancements that will benefit those users who have broadband access.
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(InfoWorld) - AOL LLC will open up AIM Phoneline to external developers to let them create hardware devices and software applications for this Internet telephony service. AOL will give developers access to the AIM Phoneline platform via APIs (application programming interfaces), the Dulles, Virginia, Web portal said Thursday. AOL, a subsidiary of Time Warner Inc., will make the APIs generally available in this year's fourth quarter, but it will show devices and applications built with the APIs at next week's Fall 2006 VON Conference in Boston. The move is part of a larger trend at AOL and among Internet companies in general to enrich their online services with add-ins, applications and devices created by external developers. Companies like AOL, Google Inc., Yahoo Inc. and Amazon.com Inc. realize they benefit from tapping into the creativity of external developers, be they individuals or corporate programmers. The resulting applications, often called mash-ups, extend online services in ways and directions that the Internet companies may not have considered or may lack the resources to explore. For AIM Phoneline, which is the VOIP (voice over Internet Protocol) service of AOL's AIM instant messaging service, the hope is that device manufacturers and voice application developers will use the APIs to build new hardware peripherals and software features. AOL plans to introduce three APIs in the fourth quarter to let developers create ring tones for AIM Phoneline, let cordless phones function with AIM Phoneline and build call management features for the service. Along with the APIs, AOL is formally launching the Open AIM Phoneline initiative, an outreach program for external developers interested in extending the service. The program includes a competition for developers called the Open AIM Phoneline Developersâ Challenge. AOL will accept AIM Phoneline applications between Sept. 11 and Nov. 30. The winners will be announced in January 2007. The first-place winner will receive US$3,500, while $1,000 will be awarded for second place. More information will beÂ posted online soon.Â Â  The Open AIM Phoneline program will also have an online store featuring applications and devices built by external developers. AIM has about 43 million users in the U.S. AIM Phoneline, launched in May, offers AIM users a free phone number, free online voicemail and unlimited incoming calls. For outbound calling, AOL offers a plan for $9.95 a month for calls to the U.S., Canada and 30 other countries. AIM Phoneline competes in a crowded market for Internet telephony that also includes services from eBay Inc.'s Skype, Vonage Holdings Corp., Yahoo and AT&T Inc.
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For AOL to quite literally breathe new life into the Netscape browser, it needs to do more than embrace and work with IE: Netscape needs to surpass IE in terms of ease-of-use and functionality.
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AN FRANCISCO - WebEx Communications Inc. is expanding its Web conferencing service with an offering designed for sales professionals, the company plans to announce on Monday.
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AOL stepped up its transformation from Internet access provider into an ad-driven business Monday as it announced plans to move its corporate headquarters and consolidate its advertising operations.
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WebEx has selected eTouch Systems to provide content management and wiki tools for its hosted WebEx Connect collaboration offering.
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In yet another product move designed for consumers, but sure to make enterprise IT and telephone services folks go nuts, AOL has introduced Consumer AIM Voice Conferencing, a service that
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AOL on Monday issued an update to its AOL Video service that it says will make it easier for users to find, watch, and share web videos.
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Time Warner Inc.'s  AOL on  Wednesday said it will give away e-mail, software and other Web  services for free to high-speed Internet users in a bid to  boost online advertising sales.
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WebEx Communications is expanding its Web conferencing service with an offering designed for sales professionals, the company plans to announce on Monday.
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AOL on Wednesday plans to launch a new version of its software that lets users access their e-mail, instant messaging, search and media on the same screen.
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America Online Inc. announced Monday that it is launching an &quot;AIM Bot Program&quot; that will automatically distribute targeted advertising and &quot;online presence&quot; campaigns to its 100 million instant message users.
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America Online is launching a program this week to promote and facilitate the creation of what it calls AIM Robots for its AIM instant messaging system.
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New developer program invites closer integration with search AOL functions.