The AOL logo is shown on a wall of the company’s New York office, on Monday, May 12, 2008. Mark Lennihan/AP hide caption toggle caption Mark Lennihan/AP Beep, bop, boop, boooopp, scrsssshh… Such was the sound of AOL’s dial-up service, a marker of trying to connect to the internet in the 1990s. Now the company has announced it’s getting rid …
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Read More »AOL ends dial-up internet service after more than 30 years
AOL is shutting down the dial-up service that introduced homes across the US to the internet. The firm’s dial-up offering connects to the internet via a phone line and currently only exists in the US and Canada. Launched more than 30 years ago, AOL dial-up was known for its chirpy whirring start-up sound, but it has long since been replaced …
Read More »End of an era: AOL to discontinue its dial-up internet service after 30 years | US news
The hisses, pings and screeches that introduced millions of Americans to the nascent online world are to be formally retired when AOL’s dial-up internet shuts down in late September. AOL, or America Online, said recently it was discontinuing the old school connection option after an evaluation of its products and services and that it would no longer support dial-up software …
Read More »Reddit will block the Internet Archive
Reddit says that it has caught AI companies scraping its data from the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine, so it’s going to start blocking the Internet Archive from indexing the vast majority of Reddit. The Wayback Machine will no longer be able to crawl post detail pages, comments, or profiles; instead, it will only be able to index the Reddit.com homepage, …
Read More »AOL ditching dial-up service, a relic of the internet in the ’90s and early ’00s
In the hazy impressions of memory, some may even recall it fondly: The AOL dial-up internet service that those of a certain age associate with the World Wide Web is coming to a close. The company, also known by its “You’ve got mail” greeting and the CD trial discs — so many CDs — made the announcement on its website. …
Read More »AOL Will Shut Its Dial-Up Internet Service (Yes, It’s Still Operating) – The New York Times
AOL Will Shut Its Dial-Up Internet Service (Yes, It’s Still Operating) The New York Times AOL ditching dial-up service, a relic of the internet in the ’90s and early ’00s NBC News You’ve got mail no more: AOL to shutter dial-up internet service USA Today Goodbye to dial-up: AOL closes a chapter in web history Salon.com AOL discontinues its dial-up internet, and we’re just …
Read More »AOL’s dial-up internet still exists, but not for much longer
It may have been decades since you last heard the crunching screeches of connecting with dial-up Internet, but AOL said it will discontinue its dial-up service on September 30, officially marking the end of an era in Internet history. As first spotted by PC Gamer, AOL made the surprising announcement in a post buried in its AOL Help pages. Along …
Read More »Why I switched from Chrome to Samsung Internet on Android
Google Chrome has been my go-to browser on my Mac and Android phones for years now. It seamlessly syncs everything to my Google account, helping provide a superior cross-device browsing experience. Plus, Google keeps improving Chrome to add useful new features. However, a few weeks ago, I ditched Chrome for Samsung Internet, and despite some drawbacks, I don’t think I …
Read More »End of an E-Era: AOL to End Dial-Up Internet Access – PCMag
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