OpenID: Now with AOL Support

openidSometimes news come in faster than expected. Just a few hours after my little round up on OpenID and microformats AOL officially announced that it supports OpenID now.

That’s big news as all AOL and AOL Instant Messenger users have an OpenID now, in the form of openid.aol.com/screenname. Admittedly, that’s a great step by the AOL folks. As Fred Stutzman points out that’s more than 63 million new OpenID users. Excellent!

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  • http://www.notsorelevant.com/2007-02-20/another-big-player-will-support-openid/ Another Big Player Will Support OpenID at Not So Relevant

    [...] Microsoft, AOL, workarounds for Yahoo, and now Digg. Within a few weeks – well even days – OpenID has seen a phenomenal boost; even the most enthusiastic advocates of it probably hadn’t dreamt about this at the beginning of the new year. Those companies supporting it now are key players in the internet world and I am sure other bigcos will follow them. OpenID is getting biger each day. Good to see. digg, openidShare This [...]

  • http://www.notsorelevant.com/2007-05-12/aol-what-is-openid/ AOL: What is OpenID? at Not So Relevant

    [...] is AOL and their OpenID’s actually work already. I have not been the only one who has been very enthusiastic about their announcement back in February. Hey, 63 million new users is [...]

  • http://www.notsorelevant.com/2007-08-15/who-supports-openid-at-aol/ Who Supports OpenID at AOL? at Not So Relevant

    [...] haven’t been much news about AOL and OpenID since AOL turned every AOL screenname into an OpenID back in February. Though last night AOL has announced support for OpenID’s from seven more [...]

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