Verizon just bought one of the last big tech veterans from the pre-dotcom era. Here's a timeline of its history stretching back to... 1983??
Verizon announced today that it is buying AOL for $4.4 billion, probably to help Verizon better stream video online, especially to mobile devices, says The Washington Post. AOL is one of the only other pre-dotcom veterans, alongside Yahoo, to keep chugging along despite being left in the dust by younger tech juggernauts like Google and Facebook. Here's a quick timeline of AOL's fascinating history: