In another effort to compete with Yahoo, Google and MSN, AOL on Wednesday unveiled new ad-based free client software that integrates the view for AOL Instant Messenger, e-mail, media and search in one interface. Called OpenRide, the program is designed for Internet users to be able to aggregate e-mail from outside POP3 e-mail systems, such as Microsoft Outlook and Google’s Gmail. Access to Yahoo Mail and Microsoft Hotmail is not included in the application. Users can pay extra, however, to access those accounts.
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AOL Launches OpenRide Broadband Client
Posted by: Robin Hohman October 4, 2006 11:07 AMIn another effort to compete with Yahoo, Google and MSN, AOL on Wednesday unveiled new ad-based free client software that integrates the view for AOL Instant Messenger, e-mail, media and search in one interface. Called OpenRide, the program is designed for Internet users to be able to aggregate e-mail from outside POP3 e-mail systems, such as Microsoft Outlook and Google’s Gmail. Access to Yahoo Mail and Microsoft Hotmail is not included in the application. Users can pay extra, however, to access those accounts.