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Oath Will Pay $5 Million To Settle Charges Of Violating Children’s Privacy
Oath, the Verizon subsidiary born of the fusion of AOL and Yahoo, has agreed to pay $7 million to settle charges that it violated children privacy. It is the largest penalization ever to come from enforcement of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), according to the New York attorney general’s office.
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The AOL-Yahoo Merger Apparently Smells Like Grapefruit, Cedar And ‘Salty Ozone’
Oath isn’t just Verizon’s cultishly-named agglomeration of Yahoo, AOL, and 12 other legacy web brands of varying relevance — it’s also a fragrance.
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‘You’ve Got Mail’ Dude Is Now An Uber Driver
Well, this is a surprising development. Elwood Edwards, the guy who voiced AOL’s iconic “welcome” and “you’ve got mail” phrases, is now an Uber driver in Ohio.
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Want A Feature That Actually Unsends Email? Talk To AOL
Over the last few days, the internet has gone (slightly alarmingly) crazy for a new Gmail feature that lets you unsend your email, sort of. But really, this is old news — America Online had a better version of the same feature back when people still called it electronic mail.