Google Acquires 5% of AOL

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Tuesday December 20, 2005 @02:27PM from the googleverse dept.

Heembo writes "CNN is reporting that Google just acquired a 5% stake in AOL for $1 Billion, shutting Microsoft out of the deal." Under this new agreement, among many other things, Google Talk will now interface with AOL's instant messenger according to the announcement on Google's site. From the announcement: "Google Chief Executive Officer Eric Schmidt said: 'AOL is one of Google's longest-standing partners, and we are thrilled to strengthen and expand our relationship. Today's agreement leverages technologies from both companies to connect Google users worldwide to a wealth of new content.'"

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Do no evil? by noneloud · 2005-12-20 14:46 · Score: 0, Offtopic

In Google Russia, evil does you.
Graphical Ads by dduardo · 2005-12-20 14:59 · Score: 1, Offtopic

I can't wait for the graphical ads google is going to start placing because of the agreement:

Google's Graphical ADs
Re:Interesting by the_womble · 2005-12-20 19:33 · Score: 0, Offtopic

double-clicking an icon is a stretch for her

Good for her. Double clicking is a stupid idea. I have set everything to work on single clicks, and I really do not see what the point of double clicks is. Their main effect seems to be to make GUIs less responsive by increasing the time taken to respond to a single click.