- Wed Dec 4 1996 AOL buys Switchboard stake
Shares of America Online rise seven percent after the online service took a minority interest in the Switchboard online directory.
- Thu Oct 16 2003 AOL, Switchboard restructure deal
- Fri Jul 18 2003 Google, Switchboard team on ads
- Thu Mar 2 2000 Switchboard jumps in market debut
- Tue Nov 25 1997 Switchboard extends free services
The veteran directory site plans a suite of free personalized services, personalized Web pages, and free email.
- Fri Aug 28 1998 Switchboard to build own brand
The company decides not to renew its white pages contract with AOL, causing shares in its parent, Banyan Systems to fall 40 percent.
- Thu Feb 27 1997 Short Take: Switchboard gets mapped
Users of the people and business directory Switchboard can map their business-listing search results thanks to an alliance with MapQuest. Upcoming MapQuest features on the Switchboard site include TripConnect services, which provide driving directions, and a proximity searching function, which enables users to find businesses in a given location.
- Wed Dec 31 1997 Activerse to ship Ding and Ding Switchboard
The messaging software maker is set to roll out the complete public version of its Java-based collaboration package, a messaging "buddy list" client application that lets users know who is online.
- Fri Mar 26 2004 InfoSpace to bring Switchboard on board
The Internet company plans to pay approximately $160 million for Switchboard in a bid to boost traffic to its online directories and to enter the local search market.
- Mon May 18 1998 Short Take: Switchboard buys Lucent "Maps"
Switchboard, the Internet directory service subsidiary of Banyan Systems, has acquired the assets, technology, and Web site of Maps on Us from Lucent Technologies. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Maps on Us features will be integrated with Switchboard, providing users with advanced mapping and driving directions throughout the United States.


