AOL provides a range of tools and services to help improve your online experience and save you time on everyday tasks. You can use AOL to stay in touch with family and friends; store your photos; express yourself and your opinions; download security software to protect your PC; plan a journey with MapQuest; or subscribe to our wide range of newsletters and get the latest Shopping or Travel bargains.
AOL's free web suite offers email, an address book, to-do list and calendar all in one easy-to-use place. Email is integrated with AOL's Instant Messenger service and AOL Pictures, offers unlimited storage - plenty of room for your files and photos, and helps keep spam away with advanced security features.
AOL's free email offers unlimited storage and helps keep spam away with advanced security features.
AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) makes it easy to stay in touch with family and friends wherever they are in the world - even by video. It's completely free to start chatting online and you can share and send photos, videos, files and much more. You can also make instant messaging more fun with smileys, WeeMees, wallpapers and sounds - there are thousands of ways to express yourself.
Stay in touch with family and friends with AOL Instant Messenger (AIM)
Your AOL Instant Messenger whenever you need it. You don't need to download any software to use AIM Express so you can send IMs to your family and friends wherever you are.
Message boards, sometimes known as bulletin boards, are a great way to engage in lively debate, exchange information, or discuss your favourite topic. Message boards are different to Chat Rooms because the conversations are not 'immediate' - messages posted on message boards can remain for others to read and respond to whenever it suits them.
Message boards, or bulletin boards, are a great way to join in lively debate
Access the best of AOL tools and services directly from your web browser. You can search the Web, preview your AOL Email inbox, and have one-click access to your AOL Instant Messenger - letting you share your favourite links and web pages with your online buddies. It's free, easy to use, and takes only a minute to install.
Search the Web, preview your email, and access your Instant Messenger with AOL Toolbar
MapQuest is an online one-stop-shop for maps and driving directions. The service is multi-lingual, includes airport maps, and allows you to save recent searches.
MapQuest is an online one-stop shop for maps and driving directions
AOL's Portfolio tool allows you to check the latest share price and news for thousands of companies listed on stockmarkets in the UK, US and Canada. Enter your favourite shares in a personal portfolio and watch its value rise and fall throughout the day, then compare different stock's performance on charts covering 10 years of data.
Want exclusive music previews? Love finding the best travel deals? Looking for great shopping bargains? Then sign up now to AOL's newsletters and be the first to hear about the latest news, competitions, and beta launches.
Sign up to AOL's newsletters and be the first to hear about great new offers and product launches
Alerts and Reminders help you simplify your life. Set a reminder for a birthday or anniversary, and never forget another important date or event. Both alerts and reminders can be sent to you on email, as an AOL Instant Message, and even to your mobile phone.
Alerts and Reminders help you simplify your life: never forget another important date or event
AOL Pictures is a free one-stop online photo service, providing free unlimited storage with easy photo upload from any device. You can easily post your photos in your Blog or AIM Page, order prints and gifts of your favourite photos, or choose to safely share your favourite pictures with anyone on the internet. Added community features allow you to browse and search other popular photo 'tags' and leave comments - creating a virtual network of people with similar aspirations in photography and photo sharing.
AOL Pictures is a free one-stop online photo service with free unlimited storage
A 'blog', short for web log, is a kind of dynamic online journal. It's a place where you can keep a record of anything you like, and tell the world what's on your mind. Updating your blog is easy, you can add entries directly on the page or you can send them in by AOL Instant Messenger, and you can add photos to your blog from AOL Pictures.
A blog is a dynamic online web log about anything you want to write about
Uncut Video gives you the tools to upload and share your videos publicly from multiple devices in multiple video formats - you can even edit your videos before uploading them. If you want to watch other videos you can search the site by different criteria, create lists of your favourite videos, send videos to family and friends, and comment on and rate other people's videos.
AIM Pages lets you create an online profile, express yourself, and connect and communicate with others. An AIM Page is the place to show and share your personality on the web, and it's fully integrated with AOL's Instant Messenger so it makes it easy to keep in touch with family and friends, you can upload photos from AOL Pictures, and embed video from UnCut.
AIM Pages lets you create an online profile, express yourself, connect and communicate with others
Self-expressions allow you to personalise your AOL Instant Message Buddy Personality. Buddy icons, WeeMees, wallpapers, smileys and sounds can be added and updated at any time. Self-Expressions are a great way to have fun with your online identity and let the world know how you really feel!
Self-expressions lets you to personalise your AOL Instant Message Buddy Personality
Internet Security Suite is an effective and reliable security package that includes industry-leading anti-virus software, and all the safety tools needed to protect your entire PC.
Computer Check-Up is an automatic troubleshooting and maintenance system that fixes problems with the set up of your computer's hardware and software. Although it runs automatically every two weeks, you can change the frequency of the scans or run manual checkups anytime you're concerned about your computer's performance. It's like a car service for your PC to help it run better.
For customers with modem routers we recommend that you install Internet Access Controls because your children will only be able to surf the internet and visit web sites according to the Access Controls protections you set up for them on AOL - even while using a different internet program.
AOL 9.0 Vista Ready is a new version of AOL that has been developed to run on the new Windows Vista operating system.
AOL 9.0 Vista Ready is developed to run on the new Windows Vista operating system
AOL for Mac OS X is a brand new version of AOL that has been designed to take full advantage of the latest Mac operating system.
AOL for Mac OS X has been designed to take full advantage of the latest Mac operating system
AOL Browser's powerful web-browsing tools provide optimised access to the Internet. Its unmatched suite of tools include tabbed browsing, thumbnail navigation, RSS feeds, and pop-up controls.
AOL Browser's includes tabbed browsing, thumbnail navigation, RSS feeds, and pop-up controls
