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news.cnet.com - 10/23/2009

AOL: We're working on something big and secret

— news.cnet.com — SAN FRANCISCO--Tim Armstrong is such a tease. The AOL CEO , speaking at the Web 2.0 Summit... on Thursday, didn't have any high-profile announcements like many of the other speakers at the conference . But instead, he hinted that one might be on ... (more) AOL: We're working on something big and secret

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techcrunch.com - 10/26/2009

AOL Loses Its Chief Lifestreamer, David Liu

— techcrunch.com — AOL is losing another longtime executive, David Liu . He is the vice president in charge of... Global Messaging, which includes AIM, ICQ, and AOL’s more recent Lifestreaming products. Liu spearheaded the transformation of AIM into a ... (more) AOL Loses Its Chief Lifestreamer, David Liu

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techcrunch.com - 10/24/2009

Tim Armstrong’s Secret Project Is To Turn AOL Into A Low-Cost Content Machine

— techcrunch.com — A couple days ago at the Web 2.0 Summit, AOL CEO Tim Armstrong caused a little bit... of a stir when he hinted that AOL is working on a “secret” technology project. When pressed for details on what exactly it is, he was vague. But after ... (more) Tim Armstrong’s Secret Project Is To Turn AOL Into A ...

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SOMEWHAT FRANK:  Goodbye Sphere, Hello Surphace

TechCrunch:  AOL Rebrands Sphere As Surphace

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@greggersh thanks for the tweet. what is broken? the Sphere to Surphace rebrand was covered here http://bit.ly/Surphace 11/5/2009

Looks like Sphere has a new name - Surphace. I find this odd since it is a longer domain name & easy to misspell http://bit.ly/Surphace 10/20/2009

We've changed our name! RT @JGut: Goodbye Sphere, Hello Surphace http://bit.ly/Surphace 10/20/2009

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Goodbye Sphere, Hello Surphace
SOMEWHAT FRANK — Goodbye Sphere, Hello Surphace: Sphere re-brands as Surphace Surphace is also a name that weaves incredibly well with our 2010 product roadmap, which includes, among other things: * S4 – our self-serve platform currently in alpha (you can sign up for beta right here) * SurphBoard – a spiffy updated editorial UI for our larger partners * A url shortener in stealth mode – strategic to other products * A real-time conversation thread, showing topical surphing in motion * And a few more that we can’t ...

AOL Rebrands Sphere As Surphace
TechCrunch — ... According to a blog post on the site, Surphace’s name is a better fit with next year’s product roadmap for the content platform. ...