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AOL to drop its old-school dial-up internet service
25 Aug 2025 19:36 GMT
Few technology announcements have been met with … in favour of 5G cellular technology and low-earth-orbit satellite … access, 5G cellular technology and, soon, 6G, but AOL, along with other … an easy victory for the technology. Web browsers, which were …
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Dial-up is dead. A few other technologies are set to follow
22 Aug 2025 18:09 GMT
… somewhat of a surprise when AOL announced that it was shutting … . In 2025, with so many technologies available, you might ask, who … is no longer enough for AOL to keep offering the service … footnote in the annals of tech.
Today, some 94 per cent …
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The Social Skinny: NY vs. Zelle, AOL dial-up retires, Amazon prioritizes perishables
15 Aug 2025 13:39 GMT
The State of New York sues Zelle for alleged consumer fraud
New York Attorney General Letitia James filed a suit against payment app Zelle on Wednesday, alleging that Zelle’s refusal to adopt safety features enabled fraudsters to steal more than $1 billion …
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Will Sutton: Screech. Beep. Boop. Buzz....You've got mail. But no more AOL noise
15 Aug 2025 19:33 GMT
… age know the email extension aol.com. Youngsters, back in … friends. Mark Lewers, my 1990s tech guru friend, set me up … of subscribers to millions. As AOL succeeded, competition got tougher. … noises.
Like so many new technologies, there comes a time when …
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AOL is killing dial-up service. What it did for '90s internet culture must never be forgotten
15 Aug 2025 12:48 GMT
… . They all had newer computers.
AOL is actually how I first … joined corpses of Yahoo and AOL to the past, not allowed … the PC did for computing, AOL brought the internet into homes … I don’t control the tech zeitgeist.)
Starbucks Korea patrons apparently …
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AOL is ending its dial-up internet service: What is it and why is it being shut down?
13 Aug 2025 11:21 GMT
… in AOL plans,” the company said.
The AOL Dialer software and AOL Shield … joins the ranks of bygone tech relics such as CDs, pagers … below this ad
What is AOL?
AOL was originally founded as America … parent companies. In 2017, AOL shut down its popular internet …
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AOL hangs up on dial-up, ending an internet era
12 Aug 2025 04:37 GMT
… with its associated software and AOL Shield browser, will no longer … helped fuel the first major tech boom of the 1990s, known … (no surprise) sign up for AOL. These discs became something of … people at the time believed AOL was the internet.
Fast forward …
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AOL Will End Its Dial-Up Internet Service (Yes, It’s Still Operating)
12 Aug 2025 17:16 GMT
… .org.
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AOL Will End Its Dial-Up … Operating) (Maria)
The author writes, “AOL announced that its dial-up … is how you learned that AOL’s dial-up still exists … Media is to end Big Tech’s assault on free speech …
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Bedford tech company expands with an educated eye toward AI
12 Aug 2025 17:01 GMT
… drive transformative growth in the tech sector,” according to the … artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies for our client base, … Back in those days of AOL dial-ups, Soggu started … people, as an alternative to AOL, could put their websites. …
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Say bye-bye to the beeps and boops of AOL's dial-up internet service
12 Aug 2025 09:11 GMT
… said W. Patrick McCray, a tech historian at the University of … as it requires a landline, technology that many Americans already had … alternative, " McCray said.
AOL did not introduce dial-up … on the homepage, McCray said.
AOL says members' other …