The New AOL Logo is Not a Logo
November 29, 2009 by Rico Mossesgeld
Filed under Ramblings of a Gadget Geek, Services
Call me a judgmental a-hole, but I think AOL’s new branding will be a LOL. The beleaguered online and media services company will now act independently, spinning off from Time Warner. To mark this change, the familiar blue triangle will disappear—replaced by a totally minimalist logo.
Well, it’s not really a logo, because the new AOL branding involves plastering what’s spelled out as “Aol.” (in Arial) over various objects, apparently to reflect the new company’s dynamic and ever-changing nature. I’m not totally convinced, and maybe you’ll share my sentiments once you see the sample use of this new branding below:
The marketing …read more
Webmail Password Leak More Widespread Than First Thought—Involves Gmail, AOL, and Yahoo Too
October 6, 2009 by Rico Mossesgeld
Filed under Services, Tricks
I did recommend that Hotmail users switch to Gmail ASAP, while reporting on 10,000 Hotmail passwords being made available online, but that’s because Gmail’s functionality is a lot better. That doesn’t change the fact that 20,000 more passwords were also made public. It’s not only Hotmail that’s been affected: Gmail, Yahoo Mail, AOL web mail users were hurt too.
Seems there’s an “industry-wide” attempt to phish passwords from unsuspecting web mail users. As you many know, online email account access is gold for phishers, because they (to paraphrase what I wrote yesterday) the foundation for the online existence of a lot …read more
