Oct 4, 2006 02:57 PM
AOL launches free desktop software that combines its most popular services into one user interface, the latest move by the Internet service provider to lure former subscribers back to the fold.
OpenRide, which is optimized for broadband, but could also be used on dialup connections, provides access to email, instant messaging, Web browsing, online search and a digital entertainment media center in one application. The latter service lets users watch video, listen to music and view photos.
Each service is delivered in a separate window on a four-pane screen that lets people, for example, check email while watching a video, or send an IM while listening to music. AOL, a unit of Time Warner, plans to eventually allow users to add other said in August that the services it offers in a proprietary Internet community for narrowband users would be made available at no charge to broadband subscribers.
AOL's customer base has been declining for several years, as people switch to broadband. The number of U.S. consumers with high-speed connections at home grew 30 percent to 102.5 million in May from 78.6 million a year ago, according to Nielsen/NetRatings. The number of narrowband users, meanwhile, fell by 31 percent to 40.3 million from 58.8 million.
Other AOL services released so far include security tools, online storage, owns 5 percent of AOL and also has an ad-partnership with the company.
AOL launches free desktop software that combines its most popular services into one user interface, the latest move by the Internet service provider to lure former subscribers back to the fold.
OpenRide, which is optimized for broadband, but could also be used on dialup connections, provides access to email, instant messaging, Web browsing, online search and a digital entertainment media center in one application. The latter service lets users watch video, listen to music and view photos.
Each service is delivered in a separate window on a four-pane screen that lets people, for example, check email while watching a video, or send an IM while listening to music. AOL, a unit of Time Warner, plans to eventually allow users to add other said in August that the services it offers in a proprietary Internet community for narrowband users would be made available at no charge to broadband subscribers.
AOL's customer base has been declining for several years, as people switch to broadband. The number of U.S. consumers with high-speed connections at home grew 30 percent to 102.5 million in May from 78.6 million a year ago, according to Nielsen/NetRatings. The number of narrowband users, meanwhile, fell by 31 percent to 40.3 million from 58.8 million.
Other AOL services released so far include security tools, online storage, owns 5 percent of AOL and also has an ad-partnership with the company.
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