AOLLatino.com Relaunches to Expand Customization of User Experience and Incorporate Enhanced Community and Social Networking Elements.Offerings Include Interactive Community Features, Bilingual Blogs, Games, Traffic Updates, Lottery Results and More NEW YORK New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of -- AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. Latino (http://www.aollatino.com) today unveils a redesign of its award-winning Web site offering new easy-to-use features with a focus on expanding the community experience, providing more programming and adding extensive upgrades to current services. The site now offers users the ability to completely customize their homepage - from changing the colors and page size to getting stock quotes, traffic updates and "snag-able" content. Adding on to the core Spanish language Spanish language, member of the Romance group of the Italic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages (see Romance languages). The official language of Spain and 19 Latin American nations, Spanish is spoken as a first language by about 330 million persons programming of news, personal finance, music, entertainment and lifestyle, the site has added Juegos (for casual Games) and Comunidad de Blogs (Blogs Community). The newly retooled site also includes access to more than 200 radio stations both in Spanish and English and customized lottery results for all major cities. "The relaunch of AOLLatino.com reinforces our ongoing commitment to providing the Hispanic community with the best online experience possible," said David Liu David Liu is a Taiwanese figure skater. He represented Taiwan at three Olympic Games: the 1998 Winter Olympics, where he placed 27th; 1992 Winter Olympics where he placed 17th; and the 1988 Winter Olympics, where he placed and 25th. , Senior Vice President, AOL. "Our new elements and services are specially designed to provide more bilingual tools, quicker and easier navigation, and a more engaging overall experience for our 1.4 million monthly visitors." With the burst in popularity of social networking See social networking site. social networking - social network and blogs within the Hispanic market, AOL[R] Latino now allows users the ability to create personalized Web pages, chat live with other users, "snag" their favorite video content and more as part of the revamped community area. Additionally, AOLLatino.com has both photo and video upload capabilities where users can post user-generated content The production of content by the general public rather than by paid professionals and experts in the field. Mostly available on the Web via blogs and wikis, user-generated content refers to material such as the daily news, encyclopedias and other references, movie and product reviews as for friends and family to see. New AOLLatino.com features include: * Customization: users will be able to completely customize their homepage, from the colors and page size to adding personalized weather reports, horoscope horoscope: see astrology. horoscope Astrological chart showing the positions of the sun, moon, and planets in relation to the signs of the zodiac at a specific time. , fotos, videos, sports scores and more. * AOL Latino Toolbar A row or column of on-screen buttons used to activate functions in the application. Many toolbars are customizable, letting you add and delete buttons as required. Toolbars may be fixed in position or may float, which means they can be dragged to a more convenient location in the : with just a quick download, this easily customizable toolbar allows users to search the web and access their email, AIM[R] and AOL Latino content anywhere they browse. * Email with Spanish AIM integration: free email will now let users interact with their AIM[R] Buddy List [R] feature as they write and send email. * Enhanced Interactive English Lessons: users taking AOL Latino's free English lessons, powered by Berlitz, are able to follow along through new interactive audio quizzes for level placement, basic vocabulary, phrase of the day and cultural tips. * Comunidad: AOL Latino now offers dozens of bilingual blogs and chats ranging in topics from music, entertainment, gossip, news, relationships, sports, cooking and more. * Video: Easy access to user-generated video upload site which allows users to share content with friends and family across the globe. Additionally, users also have access to AOL's extensive video offering in English and Spanish. About AOL[R] Latino AOL[R] Latino (http://www.aollatino.com) is the award-winning bilingual portal for U.S. Hispanics that provides comprehensive Spanish language products and services including free email, instant messaging, photo sharing, and English classes. The service also offers U.S. and Latin American news, financial tools, the latest in music and entertainment, personal finance, sports, fashion and beauty, as well as access to all the existing content available on AOL (http://www.aol.com). About AOL[R] AOL[R] is a global Web services company that operates some of the most popular Web destinations, offers a comprehensive suite of free software and services, runs one of the largest Internet access businesses in the U.S., and provides a full set of advertising solutions. A majority-owned subsidiary majority-owned subsidiary A firm in which more than 50% of outstanding voting stock is owned by the parent company. of Time Warner Inc., AOL LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control is based in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. . AOL and its subsidiaries also have operations in Europe, Canada and Asia. Learn more at AOL.com. |
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