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...things like last week's $115 billion merger of MCI WorldCom and Sprint. It's a record-size deal befitting record-size egos and has implications for Wall Street, where they're trying to identify tomorrow's survivors--and the targets those companies will swallow today. If you want to play, look for AT&T, MCI WorldCom, Bell Atlantic and SBC to survive; their targets include many small cable and wireless companies, along with such big outfits as Bell South, Global Crossing, Cincinnati Bell, Qwest and Nextel...
Some people might point out that the ability to do signature files is but the smallest part of AOL's latest software upgrade, and I suppose they're right. But it is the little things--giving people what they want--that have made America Online the world's most popular Internet-service provider. The company launched 10 years ago last week; today AOL reaches 18 million households, making it more populated than the city of Shanghai. The company claims its users are its best test bed for new ideas--that's where many of the features in 5.0 originated...
Perhaps the biggest new feature in 5.0 is "You've Got Pictures," a collaboration with Kodak. AOL users can now drop off their 35-mm or APS film at any of the 38,000 participating Kodak service centers in the U.S. After specifying that you want the service, you pick up your paper prints the way you normally would, only now they'll also be digitized and delivered directly to your AOL account. You can then create a "Buddy Gallery," which permits people on your Buddy Lists to view the snapshots. You or your buddies can download those snapshots...
...Fernando Lamas said he drove to parties naked because he didn't want to crease his pants. You think he was really just looking for some attention from...
...accepted as a national labor leader--or at least one with whom you could be seen in public. In fact, it was Clinton, not labor, who pushed hard for the invitation. If there was any loser, it was AL GORE. Hoffa remained firmly in the camp of those who want the AFL-CIO to withhold its early support for Gore, which could hurt the Vice President dearly. Gore needs labor's backing and, most important, its dollars to shore up his flagging fund-raising efforts. Now Gore will have to spend time and money courting the leaders whose support seemed...