AOL (then called America Online) originally launched its UK service in 1996. AOL UK sold its broadband and dial-up Internet access business, complete with more than 2 million subscribers, to The Carphone Warehouse Group in 2007 for some $690 million. AOL UK knows that Americans aren't the only ones who think being online is better than AOK. The British subsidiary of American Web portal AOL is focused on providing content and managing online advertising. The site offers communication services such as free email and instant messaging, as well as news, shopping, and entertainment content.

Riding the rapids of wireless communications, SkyRiver Communications provides wireless broadband services with a focus on multiple-user environments such as office buildings, hotels, and restaurants primarily in Southern California. SkyRiver offers such services as Wi-Fi and fixed wireless, as well as other Internet services such as Web hosting, network security, and email. SkyRiver Communications company's customers have included hotel chains such as Pacifica Host Hotels. SkyRiver's service area includes parts of Los Angeles, San Diego, Ventura, Oxnard, and Orange County.

AnchorFree Inc. has created Wi-Fi hot zones in thousands of international locations that enable wireless Internet access indoors or outdoors, all for free*. Free meaning ad-supported, so that as users log onto and browse the Web they are presented with video advertising and banner ads directly through the network.. AnchorFree's hotspots (wireless or otherwise) include airports, hotels, restaurants, and cafe's. The firm was founded in 2003 by CEO David Gorodyansky and Chief Technology Officer Eugene Malobrodsky. AnchorFree offers to free you from your digital tethers.

NetDragon Websoft Inc. was established in 1999. Gamers looking to conjure magic, slay dragons, fight wars, and rule fantasy worlds online might turn to NetDragon Websoft. The company is a leading Chinese Internet game developer and operator with a portfolio of massively multiplayer online role-playing games, or MMORPGs, in which a large number of players interact within a virtual game world. NetDragon's titles include Era of Faith, Eudemons Online, Heroes of Might and Magic Online, and Monster & Me. It also has several interactive, online games under development. To attract more players, its games are free to play online; revenues are generated from selling virtual items, such as performance-enhancing game upgrades.

HSW International, Inc. (NASDAQ: HSWI) develops and operates Internet businesses focused on providing consumers in the world's emerging digital economies with locally relevant, high quality information. HSW International, Inc., which is headquartered in Atlanta and incorporated in Delaware, currently operates businesses in China, Brazil and the United States. HSW International excels at deploying high-quality content tailored to the information needs of consumers in the regions where it operates. It seeks to achieve a consumer following in these fast-growing economies to make its sites compelling platforms for marketers in nearly every business category. Among the Company's advantages are experienced local management teams and strategic business relationships.HSW International's growth strategy is to pursue opportunities in economies where Internet usage and consumer demand are expanding at rates in excess of those in developed markets. HSW International's initial focus is online publishing in China and Brazil. HSW International is the exclusive licensee for the translation and publication in China and Brazil of certain content from HowStuffWorks, Inc., a leading digital publisher whose award-winning website, HowStuffWorks.com, provides in-depth, easy-to-understand explanations, expert product reviews, comprehensive buying guides and informational videos on health, science, travel, automotive, electronics and consumer products, as well as other topics.

Conde Nast Digital is wired in more ways than one. The company manages the sales and editorial operations of more than 25 stand-alone and magazine-branded websites for its parent, Conde Nast (publisher of Wired magazine). Some of these sites produce their own content independent of Conde Nast magazines, such as Epicurious.com, Concierge.com, and STYLE.com, while others, including Wired.com and VanityFair.com, complement print titles. Conde Nast Digital also works to tie in traditional Conde Nast brands with emerging platforms such as Facebook and Apple's iPhone and iPad apps. Conde Nast Digital was formed in early 2009 when the parent company consolidated all of its digital assets into one subsidiary.

Strategic Forecasting, Inc. was founded in 1996 by national security and intelligence expert Dr. George Friedman. Strategic Forecasting, which does business as Stratfor, publishes global intelligence information through its subscription-based Web site, Stratfor.com. The site's content (geopolitical analysis, industry and country forecasts, terrorism intelligence, and real-time situation reports) is designed to help businesses, trade associations, government agencies, and individuals reduce risk and identify business opportunities. Stratfor offerings include online subscriptions to content, as well as custom-tailored consulting projects. It also provides weekly intelligence reports via e-mails based on geopolitics and security.

Friendster, a pioneer and leading global online social network, is focused on helping people stay in touch with friends and discover new people and things that are important to them. Friendster is one of the best sites that allow people to meaningfully participate with others in exciting and fun ways. Friendster prides itself in delivering an easy-to-use, friendly and interactive environment where users can easily connect with anyone around the world via www.friendster.com or m.friendster.com from any Internet-ready mobile device.Friendster was acquired in December 2009 by MOL Global, the parent company of Asia’s leading online payment solutions provider MOL AccessPortal Berhad. Friendster and MOL have been combined to create Asia's largest end-to-end content, distribution and commerce network, pairing MOL's offline retail channel partners and payment platform with Friendster's large online footprint, social network and user community in Asia.

Demand Media knows that Web branding is in demand. Attracting more than 85 million visitors each month, the company operates through a variety of Web-related enterprises that exist to help drive Web traffic to its clients' sites. Subsidiaries include domain-name wholesaler eNom and Pluck, a blog syndicator and provider of social media tools used for integrating websites. Other Demand Media websites include niche Web content provider eHow, humor site Cracked.com, and Trails.com, a site catering to outdoor enthusiasts. It also produces online video and written articles through its Demand Studios business, which employs freelancers to provide content for its websites. Demand Media filed for an IPO in mid-2010.

iPass was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Redwood Shores, California. iPass Inc. provides enterprise mobility services that facilitate network access from mobile devices. Its enterprise mobility services include iPass Mobile Office service, which delivers 3G mobile data, Wi-Fi hotspot, wired broadband, and dial-up access services; and network services that provide customers with a dial-up network coverage and broadband coverage. The company also offers iPass Mobile Connect, a service that collects and transmits usage data and statistics from the mobile device; iPass Mobile Insight to report and analyze mobile usage across networks, connections, and devices; iPass Mobile Control, a policy enforcement service; and iPass Mobile Network, a virtual network that offers broadband access. In addition, it provides site-to-site managed network services to enterprises through its iPass Branch Office that offers a managed wide-area network to connect small offices with corporate data centers; and iPass Retail Office, which provides wide-area networking for distributed retail locations to connect to a corporate data center. Further, the company offers iPass Virtual Office that provides managed fixed broadband for teleworkers, as well as offers professional services. iPass Inc. offers its services worldwide directly through its sales force, as well as through network service providers, telecommunications carriers, systems integrators, and value added resellers.

Inviting Real Estate Agents, Job Placements Agents, Educational Institutes, Software Service Providers, Real Estate Builders, Marriage Bureaus, Travel Agents, Restaurant Owners, Health & Fitness Centers and other Local Businesses to Post a FREE Classified Advertisement on Cootera.com Classifieds Website.