Google Acquires 5% of AOL

Google Acquires 5% of AOL |
| from the googleverse dept. |
| posted by ScuttleMonkey on Tuesday December 20, @21:27 (Google) |
| http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/12/21/0111214 |
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[0]Heembo writes "CNN is reporting that Google just [1]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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Links:
0. mailto:jim@codemagi.com
1. http://money.cnn.com/2005/12/20/technology/aol_google.reut/index.htm?cnn=yes