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AOL Inc.
Subsidiary
Industry Media
Web search engine
Computer software
Technology
Founded 1983; 41 years ago (1983) (as Control Video Corporation)
1985; 39 years ago (1985) (as Quantum Computer Services)
1991; 33 years ago (1991) (as America Online)
2009; 15 years ago (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 Increase $2.3 billion (FY 2013)
Operating income
 Increase $190.3 million (FY 2013)
Increase $92.4 million (FY 2013)
Total assets Decrease $2.797 billion (FY 2013)
Total equity Decrease $2.137 billion (FY 2013)
Number of employees
 5,600
Parent Independent (1983–2000, 2009-2015)
Time Warner (2000–2009)
Verizon Communications (2015-)

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 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.

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.

Images for kids

  • Nostalgia (7539894906)

    America Online 2.0 software for Microsoft Windows (1994)

  • Aol subscribers Q201-Q407

    Decline in AOL U.S. subscribers Q2 2001 – Q2 2009, with a significant drop from Q2 2006 onward.

  • AOLmobile

    An AOL Mobile sign at GSMA Barcelona, Spain, 2008

  • AOL Silicon Valley office

    AOL's Silicon Valley branch office.

  • NoMoreAolCDs in Aachen

    AOL CDs sent to a student dormitory in Germany, 2002

  • AOL promotional CDs in Canada

    Some promotional CD-ROMs distributed in Canada.

  • AOL 9.0 CD

    CD in original mailer

See also

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