Comments on: More Details on AOL’s “MySpace Killer” http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/04/20/more-details-on-aols-myspace-killer/ Startup and Technology News Sat, 05 Jul 2008 02:43:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Coulds AOL make it any harder? « Anti AOHell http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/04/20/more-details-on-aols-myspace-killer/#comment-1544917 Coulds AOL make it any harder? « Anti AOHell Thu, 09 Aug 2007 02:44:29 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/04/20/more-details-on-aols-myspace-killer/#comment-1544917 [...] 04-20-2006: AOL to launch MySpace Killer. More details courtesy of Tech Crunch. [...] [...] 04-20-2006: AOL to launch MySpace Killer. More details courtesy of Tech Crunch. [...]

]]> By: Cristal http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/04/20/more-details-on-aols-myspace-killer/#comment-701318 Cristal Sat, 13 Jan 2007 03:41:16 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/04/20/more-details-on-aols-myspace-killer/#comment-701318 hey wats up its cristal is this the will that i know ? hey wats up its cristal is this the will that i know ?

]]> By: Tech Industry » More Details on AOLâ??s â??MySpace Killerâ?? http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/04/20/more-details-on-aols-myspace-killer/#comment-182962 Tech Industry » More Details on AOLâ??s â??MySpace Killerâ?? Sun, 10 Sep 2006 09:58:34 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/04/20/more-details-on-aols-myspace-killer/#comment-182962 [...] Techcrunch reports, “The service will launch at AIM.com, and individual user pages will be aim.com/[username]. Functionality will be similar to MySpace - with blogging, photo and music widgets available for integration.”read more | digg story [...] [...] Techcrunch reports, “The service will launch at AIM.com, and individual user pages will be aim.com/[username]. Functionality will be similar to MySpace - with blogging, photo and music widgets available for integration.”read more | digg story [...]

]]> By: Tech Industry » More Details on AOLâ??s â??MySpace Killerâ?? http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/04/20/more-details-on-aols-myspace-killer/#comment-182963 Tech Industry » More Details on AOLâ??s â??MySpace Killerâ?? Sun, 10 Sep 2006 09:58:34 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/04/20/more-details-on-aols-myspace-killer/#comment-182963 [...] Techcrunch reports, “The service will launch at AIM.com, and individual user pages will be aim.com/[username]. Functionality will be similar to MySpace - with blogging, photo and music widgets available for integration.”read more | digg story [...] [...] Techcrunch reports, “The service will launch at AIM.com, and individual user pages will be aim.com/[username]. Functionality will be similar to MySpace - with blogging, photo and music widgets available for integration.”read more | digg story [...]

]]> By: Will http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/04/20/more-details-on-aols-myspace-killer/#comment-110016 Will Mon, 24 Jul 2006 06:14:54 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/04/20/more-details-on-aols-myspace-killer/#comment-110016 AIMpages much like AOL has the worst search features I've ever seen. AOL could have survived if it would have allowed users to actually search fields they want correctly. Its amazing how big companies overlook the simpliest most important things. What good are customized profiles if no one can find them... AIMpages much like AOL has the worst search features I’ve ever seen. AOL could have survived if it would have allowed users to actually search fields they want correctly. Its amazing how big companies overlook the simpliest most important things. What good are customized profiles if no one can find them…

]]> By: How to break up with AOL » http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/04/20/more-details-on-aols-myspace-killer/#comment-89831 How to break up with AOL » Sun, 02 Jul 2006 03:55:36 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/04/20/more-details-on-aols-myspace-killer/#comment-89831 [...] Recent News: 06-07-2006: AOL has run banner ads at the bottom of subscriber’s inboxes for years. Now they’re placing ads on every piece of email in their subscriber’s inboxes, who are threatening to cancel their accounts in droves (to judge by their blogs and forum discussions) over this most unwelcome intrusion. Techdirt has the latest scoop. 05-09-2006: AOL closed the Jacksonville, FL call center and laid off 1,300 workers. All 1,300 articles I read about this quote an AOL spokesman as saying their membership is “too tech savvy” to need call centers anymore. Funniest quote of 2006, and it’s only May. This article about it is from the BBC News. 04-20-2006: AOL to launch MySpace Killer. More details courtesy of Techcrunch.com. Before they do I think they need to launch AIM-Browser-Killer. AIM has great features (for a free chat client) but has problems that made me uninstall it pretty quickly. Some of these are covered in this article from Ketema.net. 04-13-2006: DearAOL.com got their cottons all into a twist after their mass mailing hit AOL’s spam filters without even a bounce-back. More can be read here. 04-09-2006: According to Reuters, Time Warner settled for $2.65 million over charges that AOL over-stated revenue while the merger got underway. 04-04-2006: The ISP that is the Internet, America Online, now goes by the acronym AOL, according to BBC News. Check out America Offline and Netlingo.com, for reports of AOL’s success that differ starkly from CEO Jon Miller’s. 03-15-2006: From thinkprogress.org: AOL falsely suggests US casualties in Iraq decreased drastically in 2006; see chart. 03-08-2006: AOL’s raising the monthly dial-up rate from $23.90 to $25.90, the same price as “AOL’s Portal for Broadband” on March 9th. Click InsignificantThoughts.com: Now That Takes Balls to learn more. 03-02-2006: According to this article from TheRegister.co.UK, AOL’s charging for guaranteed delivery of bulk email and the promise that links and HTML won’t be stripped, which is AOL’s way of dealing with suspected spam. Read this article from Postmaster at AOL.com: Certified Email from Goodmail for details. If having to pay to send AOL members email disagrees with you, sign this letter: Dear Aol.com: No Email Tax. I signed it (not that anyone at AOL cares). 1-06-2006: This article from the TheRegister.co.UK details AOL’s settlement with the state of Illinois for up to $25 million for nauthorized credit card charges. 03-11-2006 Note: I originally linked to SmartMoney.com for the story but judging from this Google Search page, AOL might have say over Smart Money’s content; they recently deleted the article. 08-24-2005: According to this article from zdnet.com, AOL settled with Ohio and New York for making it too hard to cancel. 12-17-2004: According to the Washington Post AOL settled for at least $510 million to make their big accounting scandal go away (click this WashingtonPost.com article on December 17, 2004 for more on that). A December, 2004 article at CBSNews.com details a settlement as high as $750 million. 2001-2006: News on AOL’s censorship can be found at: ComputerGripes.com: AOL Censorship. The author doesn’t update pages in chronological order; if you don’t mind all the digging, it’s a treasure trove of America Online AOL info. 05-28-1998: According to this story from News.com AOL paid $1.25 million in 1998 to settle a class-action involving 44 states because it was (and still is) so hard to cancel. Reviews of AOL’s Software and Services: ReviewCentre.com: AOL Broadband Review. AOL’s $15.90 a month BYOA (bring-your-own-access) is exactly the same as the full-fledged $25.90 a month “Broadband” offering. AOL doesn’t let you surf the Web and they don’t own high-speed cable lines. You simply layer AOL’s portal over your cable connection–and pay $25.90 a month while AOL serves you the day old caches they feel are best. This March 04, 2006 article at Detnews.com (”Why the Confusion?”) further explains AOL’s services. Epinions.com: Review of AOL 9.0. AOL’s stale content for narrowband, complete with busy signals, time-outs, email blocks, and the inability to cancel. Download.com: Reader Reviews of America Online version 9.0, updated for 2006. More of the same. Opinions About AOL’s Services: Maroon.uchicago.edu: AOL-speak is destroying the language. r u lissn? roflmao!1!!1!! TechSupportGuy.org: Why You Hate AOL. 26 pages of news and opinions (at last count) about AOL from the best source out there, former subscribers. DavidKnighton.com: AOL Can Bite My Ass. I would’ve put this link here for the title alone but it’s a good article, too. BabeOnHarleyDavidson.com: AOL Sucks. An intelligent article from a Harley Babe. CybersauratSBCGlobal.net: AOL Sucks. An in-depth, well-written overview of AOL. Other Voices on How Hard It Is to Cancel AOL: Hogg’sBlog at RadioWeblogs.com: Cancelling AOL. Click Readers Comments link at the bottom of page for more AOL cancellation stories…including, yes, my own. Ed Foster’s Gripelog at Gripe2Ed.com: It’s Hard to Say Goodbye to AOL. Click “Reader’s Voices: Cancellations” for more true stories. UtterlyBoring.com: Cancelling AOL Isn’t Easy. FrontCourt.com: How To Cancel AOL. Scroll down and read User Comments to Juno’s and NetZero’s perky contention that it’s so “easy” to cancel AOL. Humor About AOL: Urban Dictionary. 136 definitions of AOL. Help! AOL Deleted Our Entire Site! While you’re there see this page for an index of what was deleted. GlossyNews.com: AOL to Remove “AOL” from It’s Own Name. WatleyReview.com: AOL Admits 40% of Customers Don’t Own Computers. Steve Case bans the period (.) from his entire site lol. BikePainter.com: AOL Humor. This site has it all: poetry, graphics, lots of laughs. Attrition.org: Please Cancel Me. Hilarious. [...] [...] Recent News: 06-07-2006: AOL has run banner ads at the bottom of subscriber’s inboxes for years. Now they’re placing ads on every piece of email in their subscriber’s inboxes, who are threatening to cancel their accounts in droves (to judge by their blogs and forum discussions) over this most unwelcome intrusion. Techdirt has the latest scoop. 05-09-2006: AOL closed the Jacksonville, FL call center and laid off 1,300 workers. All 1,300 articles I read about this quote an AOL spokesman as saying their membership is “too tech savvy” to need call centers anymore. Funniest quote of 2006, and it’s only May. This article about it is from the BBC News. 04-20-2006: AOL to launch MySpace Killer. More details courtesy of Techcrunch.com. Before they do I think they need to launch AIM-Browser-Killer. AIM has great features (for a free chat client) but has problems that made me uninstall it pretty quickly. Some of these are covered in this article from Ketema.net. 04-13-2006: DearAOL.com got their cottons all into a twist after their mass mailing hit AOL’s spam filters without even a bounce-back. More can be read here. 04-09-2006: According to Reuters, Time Warner settled for $2.65 million over charges that AOL over-stated revenue while the merger got underway. 04-04-2006: The ISP that is the Internet, America Online, now goes by the acronym AOL, according to BBC News. Check out America Offline and Netlingo.com, for reports of AOL’s success that differ starkly from CEO Jon Miller’s. 03-15-2006: From thinkprogress.org: AOL falsely suggests US casualties in Iraq decreased drastically in 2006; see chart. 03-08-2006: AOL’s raising the monthly dial-up rate from $23.90 to $25.90, the same price as “AOL’s Portal for Broadband” on March 9th. Click InsignificantThoughts.com: Now That Takes Balls to learn more. 03-02-2006: According to this article from TheRegister.co.UK, AOL’s charging for guaranteed delivery of bulk email and the promise that links and HTML won’t be stripped, which is AOL’s way of dealing with suspected spam. Read this article from Postmaster at AOL.com: Certified Email from Goodmail for details. If having to pay to send AOL members email disagrees with you, sign this letter: Dear Aol.com: No Email Tax. I signed it (not that anyone at AOL cares). 1-06-2006: This article from the TheRegister.co.UK details AOL’s settlement with the state of Illinois for up to $25 million for nauthorized credit card charges. 03-11-2006 Note: I originally linked to SmartMoney.com for the story but judging from this Google Search page, AOL might have say over Smart Money’s content; they recently deleted the article. 08-24-2005: According to this article from zdnet.com, AOL settled with Ohio and New York for making it too hard to cancel. 12-17-2004: According to the Washington Post AOL settled for at least $510 million to make their big accounting scandal go away (click this WashingtonPost.com article on December 17, 2004 for more on that). A December, 2004 article at CBSNews.com details a settlement as high as $750 million. 2001-2006: News on AOL’s censorship can be found at: ComputerGripes.com: AOL Censorship. The author doesn’t update pages in chronological order; if you don’t mind all the digging, it’s a treasure trove of America Online AOL info. 05-28-1998: According to this story from News.com AOL paid $1.25 million in 1998 to settle a class-action involving 44 states because it was (and still is) so hard to cancel. Reviews of AOL’s Software and Services: ReviewCentre.com: AOL Broadband Review. AOL’s $15.90 a month BYOA (bring-your-own-access) is exactly the same as the full-fledged $25.90 a month “Broadband” offering. AOL doesn’t let you surf the Web and they don’t own high-speed cable lines. You simply layer AOL’s portal over your cable connection–and pay $25.90 a month while AOL serves you the day old caches they feel are best. This March 04, 2006 article at Detnews.com (”Why the Confusion?”) further explains AOL’s services. Epinions.com: Review of AOL 9.0. AOL’s stale content for narrowband, complete with busy signals, time-outs, email blocks, and the inability to cancel. Download.com: Reader Reviews of America Online version 9.0, updated for 2006. More of the same. Opinions About AOL’s Services: Maroon.uchicago.edu: AOL-speak is destroying the language. r u lissn? roflmao!1!!1!! TechSupportGuy.org: Why You Hate AOL. 26 pages of news and opinions (at last count) about AOL from the best source out there, former subscribers. DavidKnighton.com: AOL Can Bite My Ass. I would’ve put this link here for the title alone but it’s a good article, too. BabeOnHarleyDavidson.com: AOL Sucks. An intelligent article from a Harley Babe. CybersauratSBCGlobal.net: AOL Sucks. An in-depth, well-written overview of AOL. Other Voices on How Hard It Is to Cancel AOL: Hogg’sBlog at RadioWeblogs.com: Cancelling AOL. Click Readers Comments link at the bottom of page for more AOL cancellation stories…including, yes, my own. Ed Foster’s Gripelog at Gripe2Ed.com: It’s Hard to Say Goodbye to AOL. Click “Reader’s Voices: Cancellations” for more true stories. UtterlyBoring.com: Cancelling AOL Isn’t Easy. FrontCourt.com: How To Cancel AOL. Scroll down and read User Comments to Juno’s and NetZero’s perky contention that it’s so “easy” to cancel AOL. Humor About AOL: Urban Dictionary. 136 definitions of AOL. Help! AOL Deleted Our Entire Site! While you’re there see this page for an index of what was deleted. GlossyNews.com: AOL to Remove “AOL” from It’s Own Name. WatleyReview.com: AOL Admits 40% of Customers Don’t Own Computers. Steve Case bans the period (.) from his entire site lol. BikePainter.com: AOL Humor. This site has it all: poetry, graphics, lots of laughs. Attrition.org: Please Cancel Me. Hilarious. [...]

]]> By: » Less than six degrees of social networking and Web 2.0 goodness | Between the Lines | ZDNet.com http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/04/20/more-details-on-aols-myspace-killer/#comment-78808 » Less than six degrees of social networking and Web 2.0 goodness | Between the Lines | ZDNet.com Wed, 21 Jun 2006 01:59:15 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/04/20/more-details-on-aols-myspace-killer/#comment-78808 [...] I was at the Under the Radar event last week, which showcases Web 2.0 companies, meaning they have something to do with consumers, multimedia data types, social networking, RSS, AJAX drag and drop, some Flash, mashups, attitude and fuzzy business models. It is a wave, with some froth and profligate VC investing, of innovation built on top of the previous generation, just as in other industries, with many products and services crowding into the same space.   Every product or service is fewer than six degrees away from other products and a perhaps few more degrees distant from adjacent categories, such as photo and video sharing to social networks. MySpace meets YouTube meets Podomatic meets Flickr meets Facebook meets Google APIs meets Yahoo 360 meets Imeem meets Vox meets the giant Live and MSN Spaces meets Dabble meets Xanga meets TagWorld meets LinkedIn meets Digg meets the new AIM meets X, Y, Z. [...] [...] I was at the Under the Radar event last week, which showcases Web 2.0 companies, meaning they have something to do with consumers, multimedia data types, social networking, RSS, AJAX drag and drop, some Flash, mashups, attitude and fuzzy business models. It is a wave, with some froth and profligate VC investing, of innovation built on top of the previous generation, just as in other industries, with many products and services crowding into the same space.   Every product or service is fewer than six degrees away from other products and a perhaps few more degrees distant from adjacent categories, such as photo and video sharing to social networks. MySpace meets YouTube meets Podomatic meets Flickr meets Facebook meets Google APIs meets Yahoo 360 meets Imeem meets Vox meets the giant Live and MSN Spaces meets Dabble meets Xanga meets TagWorld meets LinkedIn meets Digg meets the new AIM meets X, Y, Z. [...]

]]> By: TechCrunch Japanese アーカイブ » AIM Pages－はじめてのスクリーンショット http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/04/20/more-details-on-aols-myspace-killer/#comment-70995 TechCrunch Japanese アーカイブ » AIM Pages－はじめてのスクリーンショット Wed, 14 Jun 2006 03:54:11 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/04/20/more-details-on-aols-myspace-killer/#comment-70995 [...] AOL の AIM Pages （通称「Myspace キラー」）に関して追加情報を入手。Paid Content の Staci Kramer氏はいくつか情報を持っており、下部のスクリーンショットを載せている。以前にリポートしたように、各ユーザーの URL はaim.com/[username] となる。 [...] [...] AOL の AIM Pages （通称「Myspace キラー」）に関して追加情報を入手。Paid Content の Staci Kramer氏はいくつか情報を持っており、下部のスクリーンショットを載せている。以前にリポートしたように、各ユーザーの URL はaim.com/[username] となる。 [...]

]]> By: Steve L. http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/04/20/more-details-on-aols-myspace-killer/#comment-49950 Steve L. Sun, 21 May 2006 17:20:56 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/04/20/more-details-on-aols-myspace-killer/#comment-49950 Were do i find some new MS layouts? Thanks, Steve Were do i find some new MS layouts?

Thanks,
Steve

]]> By: Independent Sources » Blog Archive » If imitation is flattery there should be a lot of flattered tech companies http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/04/20/more-details-on-aols-myspace-killer/#comment-40095 Independent Sources » Blog Archive » If imitation is flattery there should be a lot of flattered tech companies Wed, 10 May 2006 22:28:39 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/04/20/more-details-on-aols-myspace-killer/#comment-40095 [...] Social networking leader MySpace has just launched it’s IM client (let’s call it the “AIM Killer”) meanwhile IM leader AIM has just launched it’s social networking tools (the “MySpace Killer“). [...] [...] Social networking leader MySpace has just launched it’s IM client (let’s call it the “AIM Killer”) meanwhile IM leader AIM has just launched it’s social networking tools (the “MySpace Killer“). [...]

]]> By: Myspace Censorship · LRHB Industries Dept. of Public Records http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/04/20/more-details-on-aols-myspace-killer/#comment-40000 Myspace Censorship · LRHB Industries Dept. of Public Records Wed, 10 May 2006 18:37:37 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/04/20/more-details-on-aols-myspace-killer/#comment-40000 [...] More on AOL’s myspace killer: http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/04/20/more-details-on-aols-myspace-killer/ And AOL’s VoIP services: http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2006-05-04-aim-phone_x.htm?csp=34 If you enjoyed this, you might also be interested in these fine posts: There’s a new buddy in town: BuddytownYet another social networking site, Buddytown, has sprung up, and this time their goal is to beat out myspace. The...WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO: Save FerrisThis, my friends, is the first in a series of articles delving into the forgotten memories of, well, me. I was... [...] [...] More on AOL’s myspace killer: http://www.techcrunch.com/2006.....ce-killer/ And AOL’s VoIP services: http://www.usatoday.com/tech/n.....htm?csp=34 If you enjoyed this, you might also be interested in these fine posts: There’s a new buddy in town: BuddytownYet another social networking site, Buddytown, has sprung up, and this time their goal is to beat out myspace. The…WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO: Save FerrisThis, my friends, is the first in a series of articles delving into the forgotten memories of, well, me. I was… [...]

]]> By: ThatAOLGuy http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/04/20/more-details-on-aols-myspace-killer/#comment-38893 ThatAOLGuy Tue, 09 May 2006 12:55:39 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/04/20/more-details-on-aols-myspace-killer/#comment-38893 I'm an engineer at AOL, which means I'm not supposed to be here. But I'm going to answer some of your questions. Even though I'm doing this anonymously, I'm going to state for the record that I do NOT speak on behalf of AOL. 14. "I added it to my little module thing but it was empty. The description said: > These buddies are currently ineligible for your Buddy Gallery because they do not currently have an AIM Pages profile." This is because the product is not yet available to the public. The only people who have active profiles right now are mostly AOL employees. You also asked, "What is AIM Pages?" AIM Pages is the product being discussed. 15. "Hey, wait a minute… this I Am Alpha playground calls itself an “AIM Pages Profile”." Bingo. iamalpha.com is the precursor to AIM Pages. That's not to say that AIM Pages will look like iamalpha; it looks nothing like it (thankfully). iamalpha was put out as the site to get developers started on modules that will be used in AIM Pages. 35. "Anyone announcing themselves as a “[service] killer” can be wholly dismissed as having little understanding." As far as I know, no one at AOL ever called it that. Someone else called it that, and we (Ted Leonsis) responded, saying that it wasn't that at all. Yes, it's a product like MySpace, but no, we're not looking to kill anything. 36. "AOL will get many many more people if they offer an advanced option for advanced users, maybe even let us use dreamweaver :) but i dont think they will." Better. You can create active page modules using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript (including AJAX functionality through an AOL-supplied proxy that gets you around the JS domain sandbox) that do whatever you want them to do. The documentation at iamalpha.com is all about this, although it's admittedly severely lacking at the moment. Things will become much clearer once the product is out. -TAG I’m an engineer at AOL, which means I’m not supposed to be here. But I’m going to answer some of your questions. Even though I’m doing this anonymously, I’m going to state for the record that I do NOT speak on behalf of AOL.

14. “I added it to my little module thing but it was empty. The description said:

> These buddies are currently ineligible for your Buddy Gallery because they do not currently have an AIM Pages profile.”

This is because the product is not yet available to the public. The only people who have active profiles right now are mostly AOL employees. You also asked, “What is AIM Pages?” AIM Pages is the product being discussed.

15. “Hey, wait a minute… this I Am Alpha playground calls itself an “AIM Pages Profile”.”

Bingo. iamalpha.com is the precursor to AIM Pages. That’s not to say that AIM Pages will look like iamalpha; it looks nothing like it (thankfully). iamalpha was put out as the site to get developers started on modules that will be used in AIM Pages.

35. “Anyone announcing themselves as a “[service] killer” can be wholly dismissed as having little understanding.”

As far as I know, no one at AOL ever called it that. Someone else called it that, and we (Ted Leonsis) responded, saying that it wasn’t that at all. Yes, it’s a product like MySpace, but no, we’re not looking to kill anything.

36. “AOL will get many many more people if they offer an advanced option for advanced users, maybe even let us use dreamweaver :) but i dont think they will.”

Better. You can create active page modules using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript (including AJAX functionality through an AOL-supplied proxy that gets you around the JS domain sandbox) that do whatever you want them to do. The documentation at iamalpha.com is all about this, although it’s admittedly severely lacking at the moment. Things will become much clearer once the product is out.

-TAG

]]> By: TechCrunch » AIM Pages: First Screenshots http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/04/20/more-details-on-aols-myspace-killer/#comment-38488 TechCrunch » AIM Pages: First Screenshots Tue, 09 May 2006 05:23:34 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/04/20/more-details-on-aols-myspace-killer/#comment-38488 [...] More information on AOL’s AIM Pages (the “Myspace Killer“) is out. Staci Kramer has some information and posted a screen shot, below. As we previously reported, the URL for each user will be aim.com/[username]: [...] [...] More information on AOL’s AIM Pages (the “Myspace Killer“) is out. Staci Kramer has some information and posted a screen shot, below. As we previously reported, the URL for each user will be aim.com/[username]: [...]

]]> By: Ryan http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/04/20/more-details-on-aols-myspace-killer/#comment-35387 Ryan Thu, 04 May 2006 19:19:01 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/04/20/more-details-on-aols-myspace-killer/#comment-35387 I will admit that I find myspace kind of a disgrace to my intelligence, because of all the restrictions it has, AOL will get many many more people if they offer an advanced option for advanced users, maybe even let us use dreamweaver :) but i dont think they will. We will see! Hope they make the right move! I will admit that I find myspace kind of a disgrace to my intelligence, because of all the restrictions it has, AOL will get many many more people if they offer an advanced option for advanced users, maybe even let us use dreamweaver :) but i dont think they will. We will see! Hope they make the right move!

]]> By: Video on the Web » Blog Archive » Will Meebo kill Myspace? http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/04/20/more-details-on-aols-myspace-killer/#comment-34219 Video on the Web » Blog Archive » Will Meebo kill Myspace? Tue, 02 May 2006 14:13:13 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/04/20/more-details-on-aols-myspace-killer/#comment-34219 [...] The problem is, how do you launch a new social network site and actually grab any users? Answer - build on their existing IM buddy lists. This is what AOL plans to do. Given Meembo’s growing base and Ajax cred, they could be in a good position to do this. Who knows, maybe that crazy valuation wasn’t so crazy after all. [...] [...] The problem is, how do you launch a new social network site and actually grab any users? Answer - build on their existing IM buddy lists. This is what AOL plans to do. Given Meembo’s growing base and Ajax cred, they could be in a good position to do this. Who knows, maybe that crazy valuation wasn’t so crazy after all. [...]

]]> By: Supr.c.ilio.us: The Blog » Killer App Killer http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/04/20/more-details-on-aols-myspace-killer/#comment-30838 Supr.c.ilio.us: The Blog » Killer App Killer Wed, 26 Apr 2006 22:45:00 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/04/20/more-details-on-aols-myspace-killer/#comment-30838 [...] If you read TechCrunch you’d know killer new productivity tools {please don’t confuse that with a mere websites} with killer features are being launched exponentially, accelerating at a rate of 9.8 kF per sec^2 {kF = killer features}. [...] [...] If you read TechCrunch you’d know killer new productivity tools {please don’t confuse that with a mere websites} with killer features are being launched exponentially, accelerating at a rate of 9.8 kF per sec^2 {kF = killer features}. [...]

]]> By: » Next generation social networks & unintended consequences | Between the Lines | ZDNet.com http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/04/20/more-details-on-aols-myspace-killer/#comment-30687 » Next generation social networks & unintended consequences | Between the Lines | ZDNet.com Wed, 26 Apr 2006 12:43:42 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/04/20/more-details-on-aols-myspace-killer/#comment-30687 [...] Last weekend, Mark Pincus laid out Hollywood needs to move away from the notion that all P2P is evil. some interesting thoughts on the future direction of social networks.  Although Mark didn’t explicitly say it this way, I interpreted his vision as stating that the next generation of social networking was essentially going to adopt key architectural components of what many would recognize as a P2P network.  We also all found out last week that AOL is about to upgrade its instant messaging platform, AIM, with social networking capabilities into what many are calling a “MySpace killer”. [...] [...] Last weekend, Mark Pincus laid out Hollywood needs to move away from the notion that all P2P is evil. some interesting thoughts on the future direction of social networks.  Although Mark didn’t explicitly say it this way, I interpreted his vision as stating that the next generation of social networking was essentially going to adopt key architectural components of what many would recognize as a P2P network.  We also all found out last week that AOL is about to upgrade its instant messaging platform, AIM, with social networking capabilities into what many are calling a “MySpace killer”. [...]

]]> By: Kopfbremse.com » AOL arbeitet an MySpace Killer http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/04/20/more-details-on-aols-myspace-killer/#comment-29575 Kopfbremse.com » AOL arbeitet an MySpace Killer Sat, 22 Apr 2006 23:39:53 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/04/20/more-details-on-aols-myspace-killer/#comment-29575 [...] Laut TechCrunch arbeitet AOL an einer Social Networking Plattform auf Basis der AIM Nutzerdaten, die das Potenzial hat, MySpace in den Schatten zu stellen, oder gar abzulösen. In der Tat dürften 43 Millionen AIM und Buddy List Benutzer eine gute Ausgangslage für ein solches Unterfangen sein. ICQ hatte ja vor längerer Zeit etwas ähnliches versucht, aber die Umsetzung war halbherzig und meines Wissens nicht besonders erfolgreich. [...] [...] Laut TechCrunch arbeitet AOL an einer Social Networking Plattform auf Basis der AIM Nutzerdaten, die das Potenzial hat, MySpace in den Schatten zu stellen, oder gar abzulösen. In der Tat dürften 43 Millionen AIM und Buddy List Benutzer eine gute Ausgangslage für ein solches Unterfangen sein. ICQ hatte ja vor längerer Zeit etwas ähnliches versucht, aber die Umsetzung war halbherzig und meines Wissens nicht besonders erfolgreich. [...]

]]> By: pwb http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/04/20/more-details-on-aols-myspace-killer/#comment-29542 pwb Sat, 22 Apr 2006 21:22:10 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/04/20/more-details-on-aols-myspace-killer/#comment-29542 Anyone announcing themselves as a "[service] killer" can be wholly dismissed as having little understanding. Anyone announcing themselves as a “[service] killer” can be wholly dismissed as having little understanding.

]]> By: JD http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/04/20/more-details-on-aols-myspace-killer/#comment-29451 JD Sat, 22 Apr 2006 15:38:15 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/04/20/more-details-on-aols-myspace-killer/#comment-29451 Ed Kopp (Comment #23) - You know how kids are. MySpace doesn't have a secure hold on anything. Haha, and AOL wont have to do much to offer as many features as MySpace. The biggest problem any social networking service is going to have when competing with MySpace is all of MySpace's users have stability. I think that can be easily overcome though. Jason (Comment #25) - Offer features users want and offer them an easy way to migrate to the new service and bring their friends and I think that'll rip a big leak in MySpace's userbase. I honestly don't think MySpace is as unbreakable as most people make them out to be but then again I'm no expert. Ed Kopp (Comment #23) - You know how kids are. MySpace doesn’t have a secure hold on anything. Haha, and AOL wont have to do much to offer as many features as MySpace. The biggest problem any social networking service is going to have when competing with MySpace is all of MySpace’s users have stability. I think that can be easily overcome though.

Jason (Comment #25) - Offer features users want and offer them an easy way to migrate to the new service and bring their friends and I think that’ll rip a big leak in MySpace’s userbase. I honestly don’t think MySpace is as unbreakable as most people make them out to be but then again I’m no expert.

]]> By: Grant Gochnauer - Blog : Technology : Foundation » Weekend Web News http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/04/20/more-details-on-aols-myspace-killer/#comment-29399 Grant Gochnauer - Blog : Technology : Foundation » Weekend Web News Sat, 22 Apr 2006 12:48:54 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/04/20/more-details-on-aols-myspace-killer/#comment-29399 [...] More details on AOL’s MySpace Killer [...] [...] More details on AOL’s MySpace Killer [...]

]]> By: Something about Nothing » Blog Archive » AOL to launch MySpace Killer http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/04/20/more-details-on-aols-myspace-killer/#comment-29322 Something about Nothing » Blog Archive » AOL to launch MySpace Killer Sat, 22 Apr 2006 05:34:46 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/04/20/more-details-on-aols-myspace-killer/#comment-29322 [...] Full Article [...] [...] Full Article [...]

]]> By: Global Advanced Media WeBlog » News of AOL’s so called “Myspace Killer” http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/04/20/more-details-on-aols-myspace-killer/#comment-29295 Global Advanced Media WeBlog » News of AOL’s so called “Myspace Killer” Sat, 22 Apr 2006 04:32:44 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/04/20/more-details-on-aols-myspace-killer/#comment-29295 [...] Read the whole article and comments at TechCrunch. [...] [...] Read the whole article and comments at TechCrunch. [...]

]]> By: Anon http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/04/20/more-details-on-aols-myspace-killer/#comment-29239 Anon Sat, 22 Apr 2006 01:12:21 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/04/20/more-details-on-aols-myspace-killer/#comment-29239 Good idea by AOL. They are finally doing some cool stuff. Did you see the latest version of Opera 9? It "borrowed" a feature from AOL Explorer (according to Betanews.com). AOL is stepping up here, and will be interesting to watch. Good idea by AOL. They are finally doing some cool stuff. Did you see the latest version of Opera 9? It “borrowed” a feature from AOL Explorer (according to Betanews.com). AOL is stepping up here, and will be interesting to watch.

]]> By: idar http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/04/20/more-details-on-aols-myspace-killer/#comment-29223 idar Fri, 21 Apr 2006 23:41:23 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/04/20/more-details-on-aols-myspace-killer/#comment-29223 but dont't forget -- all those teens on myspace are simultaneously chatting on instant messenger. 16-20something is AIM's largest demographic. but dont’t forget — all those teens on myspace are simultaneously chatting on instant messenger. 16-20something is AIM’s largest demographic.

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