AOL launches OpenRide
p2pnet.net News:- Dreaming up new ways to con you into buying stuff you don’t want, and with failure and/or obsolescence built in, is what it’s all about for the members of the Korporate Kommunity. Now AOL is, “getting a software makeover, its first since deciding to make more of its services available for free in the chase for online advertising dollars,” says the Associated Press.
Today it launches OpenRide, “the name reflecting AOL’s shift away from its traditional closed-door approach of charging for services and features” and it’s, “hoping to keep broadband multitaskers glued to its key free offerings through an all-in-one program,” says the story.
“Unlike traditional Web browsers in which users perform one task at a time, OpenRide splits the main window into four panes – for e-mail, instant messaging, video and general Web browsing. It also has a prominent search box up top – tied to AOL’s search engine.”
Meanwhile, “AOL has created a unit focused on protecting user privacy to prevent the additional release of consumer data by accident,” says The Washington Times.
AOL, “inadvertently posted search data from 658,000 of its users on the Web in August, sparking outrage from consumer-protection groups and leading to the departure of Maureen Govern, the company’s chief technology officer,” observes the story.
Also See:
Associated Press – AOL gives users four windows for free, October 4, 2006
The Washington Times – AOL unit keeps eye on privacy, October 4, 2006
p2pnet newsfeeds for your site.
rss feed: http://p2pnet.net/p2p.rss
Mobile – http://p2pnet.net/index-wml.php
