AOL to be acquired by Bending Spoons
Italian tech firm Bending Spoons is set to acquire AOL from Apollo Global Management, marking yet another chapter in the storied journey of the internet pioneer. According to Variety, the $1.5 billion deal will be financed through $2.8 billion in secured debt, signaling the company’s aggressive expansion strategy. Bending Spoons, already known for owning Evernote […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.AOL to keep dial-up alive for Domainers stuck in the ’90s
Despite recent news about abolishing its dial-up internet service, AOL is reportedly eyeing a “Domainer Dial-Up Plan” for old school domain investors who refuse to trade their 56k modems for fiber. These OG veterans, often looking up domain names from remote luxury hideaways near a golf course in the boonies, claim that AOL dial-up’s slow load […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.AOL & Yahoo : Once again sold!
AOL and Yahoo, two of the internet’s iconic brands, are being sold once again. Verizon is taking a $4 billion dollar loss, by selling the pair for $5 billion to private equity firm, Apollo Global Management. In a press release, Verizon said the sale allows the company to “aggressively pursue growth areas and stands to […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.#SmugMug acquires former #Yahoo property, #Flickr
SmugMug, the photo-sharing and storage company based out of California, has acquired Flickr. As a former Yahoo! property, Flickr.com was acquired for approximately $25 million dollars in 2005, and Yahoo! massively neglected the service popular with photography enthusiasts. SmugMug aims at restoring the former glory of Flickr, and although the details of the acquisition were […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.AOL bought “Oath” domain from a NamePros member
A member of NamePros shared an interesting story: AOL bought the domain OurOath.com from him, for a “very beautiful price.” AOL and Yahoo merged, rebranding to Oath, and acquired the domain Oath.com. It seems that the domain OurOath.com is to be used along the same lines, extending the Oath brand. The Chinese seller of OurOath.com […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Domain crime : Get your domains away from AOL, Yahoo and Hotmail accounts fast!
Global alert : Domain hackers are attempting to steal domains, where the registrant uses AOL, Yahoo or Hotmail accounts. There have been numerous instances of such attempts and even successful domain theft incidents that we’re aware of. Changing one’s managing accounts to secure free email providers such as Gmail or ProtonMail is the first step […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.AOL acquires Oath.com and Oath.co domains
Oath is the new face of an AOL/Yahoo merger, and for that matter they acquired the domain Oath.com. Canadian domain investor, George Kirikos, identified the buyers of Oath.com as stealth acquisitions firm, Treadstone Group. Oath.com belonged to the World Media Group, owners of a large generic domain portfolio. AOL also acquired Oath.co which was up […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.AOL : Will America Online be the first Fortune 500 company ditching an LLL .com domain?
AOL – or, America Online – is apparently going through an identity and brand crisis. Its current name as a company was given in 1991, predating the world wide web; AOL.com has become synonymous to a marketing barrage of billions of diskettes and CD’s arriving in the mail. Over the years since, America Online changed […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.You’ve got merger! AOL to be bought by Verizon for $4.4 billion dollars
Can you hear me now? Oh wait, wrong slogan. America Online, the sweetheart of the 1990s and early 2000s, is being sold to Verizon. The acquisition cost: $4.4 billion dollars, or about $50 dollars a share. That’s a fraction of the company’s valuation from a few years back, when it was swallowing up companies. AOL […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.AOL shutting down 15-year old Winamp media player and web site!
America Online – a company that through the years, littered millions of mailboxes with its sign-up floppies and CD’s, can’t be relied upon. After 15 years of existence, AOL is shutting down Winamp.com and the associated media player, Winamp. According to the official announcement: “Winamp.com and associated web services will no longer be available past […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Marissa Mayer gives birth; baby named after Google CEO
Marissa Mayer, the new Yahoo CEO, has given birth to a baby boy, the company confirmed on Monday. Weighing 7 lbs and 8 ounces, the baby will be named Larry – after Google CEO’s name, Lawrence “Larry” Page. “I wanted to show Google that I hold no animosity towards them,” said Marissa Mayer. “I worked […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Inspired by Circumcision.com sale, Yahoo goes after Uncut.com
Yahoo! is investing $250,000 in the domain name Uncut.com and plans to develop it into a web site that is fighting the obsession of Americans with the Abrahamic religions‘ tradition of penis foreskin mutilation. “The new web site, Uncut.com, will feature before and after pictures of a male penis, to deliver the message: America, leave […]
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