It's New Year's Eve, and all that's left to do is to count down to 2010. The iBlog countdown for the Season of Thanks, too, draws to a close with our final charity: the Save the Tiger Fund.

As I've said before, wild tigers everywhere are critically endangered. The most populous subspecies, the Bengal tiger, numbers fewer than 5,000 individuals; the least populous, the South Chinese tiger, is thought to number fewer than 25 members. Tigers in the wild face pressures from climate change, habitat loss, and poaching. The tiger's beautiful coat and the use of its parts in ancient Chinese medicine have made poaching an especially challenging problem, and there is a very real chance that tigers in the wild could disappear in our lifetime. Groups the like the Save the Tiger Fund, a program of the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation focuses on scientific research, education and outreach, habitat management, and securing genetic diversity. They've awarded grants totaling over $17 million since its inception in 1995. 2010 is the Year of the Tiger, and so it seems especially relevant to have them be our final charity for our Season of Thanks. Find out more about the work of the Save the Tiger Fund at its website.

The Season of Thanks is a way to help our teams get some feedback on our iPhone apps while providing support for a variety of causes around the world, and here's how this works. Any comment on this blog post with feedback about our iPhone apps through the end of the year is worth my making a $1 donation to the Save the Tiger Fund, up to $201 for the day. You can also make comments on any of the previous nine days' posts to have your donation count for the organizations named on that day. Your comment can be a compliment or a suggestion for improvement, and you can leave multiple (different) comments if you like each day; just keep them polite and constructive, please.

So, just let us know what you think of our iPhone products, I'll make a donation to the Save the Tiger Fund. Any comments you submit may be used to improve our products without further consideration, but the registration information you submit to this blog will not be used to contact you or for marketing purposes. As a reminder, AOL does not endorse the Save the Tiger Fund, and neither they nor AOL are sponsors of the Season of Thanks (other than AOL's willingness to let me spout off on this blog from time to time).

I hope you'll help make a difference for our apps and for wildlife by leaving your comments here, and thanks for your support of our apps and of the Season of Thanks.

Happy New Year!

The iPhone gives us the freedom to communicate, the freedom to explore, the freedom to live our life on our own terms. But there are many people around the world who don't even enjoy basic freedoms. They live oppressed by their government, persecuted for their beliefs, or without simple human liberties. Amnesty International advocates for them, drawing attention to human rights abuses and mobilizing for compliance with international laws and standards. Throughout its 48 year history, Amnesty International has lobbied on behalf of peoples around the world as an agency independent of any government and irrespective of ideology. Amnesty International was recognized with a Nobel Peace Prize in 1977 and with a United Nations Prize in Human Rights in 1978, and they are today's Season of Thanks charity. You can learn more about Amnesty International at their website.

The Season of Thanks is a way to help our teams get some feedback on our iPhone apps while providing support for a variety of causes around the world, and here's how this works. From midnight today, December 30, through the end of the year, every comment to this blog post with feedback about any of our iPhone apps is worth my making a $1 donation to Amnesty International, up to $201 for the day. You can also make comments on any of the previous eight days' posts to have your donation count for the organizations named on that day. Your comment can be a compliment or a suggestion for improvement, and you can leave multiple (different) comments if you like each day; just keep them polite and constructive, please.

So, just let us know what you think of our iPhone products, I'll make a donation to Amnesty International. Any comments you submit may be used to improve our products without further consideration, but the registration information you submit to this blog will not be used to contact you or for marketing purposes. As a reminder, AOL does not endorse Amnesty International, and neither they nor AOL are sponsors of the Season of Thanks (other than AOL's willingness to let me spout off on this blog from time to time).

I hope you'll help make a difference for our apps and for women everywhere by leaving your comments here, and come back tomorrow for our final charity in the Season of Thanks, the Save the Tigers Fund.

If there is a woman in your life - perhaps a mother, sister, girlfriend, or spouse - she will certainly be familiar with the Susan G. Komen for the Cure (formerly the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation). Since 1982, Susan G. Komen for the Cure has raised over a billion dollars for research, education, and health services, making it the world's largest breast cancer charity. Breast cancer affects millions of women and is the leading cause of cancer deaths among women worldwide, but through early diagnosis and improved treatment, the survival rate has been rising since 1990. Komen provides grants for breast cancer research and for innovative projects in breast health education and breast cancer screening and treatment. You may know them for their Race of the Cure, the Breast Cancer 3 Day, or the numerous projects they fund in conjunction with their worldwide affiliates and corporate partners. Komen also funds fellowships and community-based breast health education and screening and treatment projects. Thousands of women literally owe their lives to the work of Susan G. Komen for the Cure, and it's for them that I've selected Komen as today's Season of Thanks charity. Find out more about Komen's important mission and find out how you can help at their website.

The Season of Thanks is a way to help our teams get some feedback on our iPhone apps while providing support for a variety of causes around the world, and here's how this works. From midnight to 11:59pm (Pacific time) today, December 29, through the end of the year, every comment to this blog post with feedback about any of our iPhone apps is worth my making a $1 donation to Susan G. Komen for the Cure, up to $201 for the day. You can also make comments on any of the previous six days' posts to have your donation count for the organizations named on that day. Your comment can be a compliment or a suggestion for improvement, and you can leave multiple (different) comments if you like each day; just keep them polite and constructive, please.

So, just let us know what you think of our iPhone products, I'll make a donation to Susan G. Komen for the Cure. Any comments you submit may be used to improve our products without further consideration, but the registration information you submit to this blog will not be used to contact you or for marketing purposes. As a reminder, AOL does not endorse Susan G. Komen for the Cure, and neither they nor AOL are sponsors of the Season of Thanks (other than AOL's willingness to let me spout off on this blog from time to time).

I hope you'll help make a difference for our apps and for women everywhere by leaving your comments here, and come back tomorrow for our penultimate charity in the Season of Thanks, Amnesty International.

When I was much younger, I volunteered - or, to be more accurate, was volunteered - at the Child Advocacy Council of Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties. They put me to work setting up a database for them to keep track of their donors and partners. At the time, I had no real concept of child abuse or the extent of its impact, not only on children, of course, but on their children and on society as a whole. National estimates suggest that 3 million children suffer from abuse each year, and in that time, two to three thousand will die of abuse. A short time spent at the agency made me realize that even a small gesture can make a difference, and I know that the tireless efforts of the people at the Child Advocacy Council have made a huge difference in the lives of thousands of children. That's why I've selected the Child Abuse Prevention Center (formerly the Child Advocacy Council) as today's Season of Thanks charity. Since 1979, the Child Abuse Prevention Center has been dedicated to preventing child abuse and ensuring the emotional and physical safety of children. They work with a variety of local and regional organizations to prevent child abuse through a wide range of community education and prevention programs, providing in service training programs, early childhood intervention and prevention programs, and community education and support for children affected by or at risk of abuse.

The Season of Thanks is a way to help our teams get some feedback on our iPhone apps while providing support for a variety of causes around the world, and here's how this works. From midnight to 11:59pm (Pacific time) today, December 28, through the end of the year, every comment to this blog post with feedback about any of our iPhone apps is worth my making a $1 donation to the Child Abuse Prevention Center, up to $201 for the day. You can also make comments on any of the previous six days' posts to have your donation count for the organizations named on that day. Your comment can be a compliment or a suggestion for improvement, and you can leave multiple (different) comments if you like; just keep them polite and constructive, please.

So just for letting us know what you think of our iPhone products, I'll make a donation to the Child Abuse Prevention Center. Any comments you submit may be used to improve our products without further consideration, but the registration information you submit to this blog will not be used to contact you or for marketing purposes. As a reminder, AOL does not endorse the Child Abuse Prevention Center, and neither AOL nor the organization is a sponsor of the Season of Thanks (other than AOL's willingness to let me spout off on this blog from time to time).

I hope you'll help make a difference for our apps and for children by leaving your comments here. And come back tomorrow for our next charity in the Season of Thanks, the Susan G. Komen for the Cure.

I've spoken before about my love for big cats and the many factors that threaten their survival. Tigers in particular have been a passion of mine, and I'll have more on them on New Year's Eve. But today I want to talk about lions.

We know them as the King of the Beasts, and they are truly a sight to behold with their regal manes and golden coats. They are, in many respects, a symbol of the wild and an emblem of the African continent. But even the mighty lion isn't immune to the pressures of climate change, of a growing human population, widespread poisoning from pesticide use in agriculture, and poaching. Some scientists estimate that there are fewer than 25,000 wild lions in Africa today, a far cry from the 100,000-200,000 there were thought to be just a few years ago. The Kenyan Wildlife Service has stated that if current trends continue, lions will disappear from Kenya in 20 years or less. But there's still time to reverse these trends, and two vital components of doing so are expanding our knowledge of lions in the wild and educating the native populations on how to coexist with lions and other large predators. That's exactly what Living with Lions and the related Lion Guardians aim to do, and why these are our Season of Thanks charities for today. You can find out more about the people, projects, and solutions behind Living with Lions and the Lion Guardians at their website, including fascinating data on radio collaring and alarming news about the mass poisoning of wild lions in Africa.

The Season of Thanks is a way to help our teams get some feedback on our iPhone apps while providing support for a variety of causes around the world, and here's how this works. From midnight to 11:59pm (Pacific time) today, December 27, through the end of the year, every comment to this blog post with feedback about any of our iPhone apps is worth my making a $1 donation to Living with Lions and the Lion Guardians, up to $201 for the day. You can also make comments on any of the previous five days' posts to have your donation count for the organizations named on that day. Your comment can be a compliment or a suggestion for improvement, and you can leave multiple (different) comments if you like; just keep them polite and constructive, please.

So in exchange for letting us know what you think of our iPhone products, I'll make a donation to Living with Lions and the Lion Guardians. Any comments you submit may be used to improve our products without further consideration, but the registration information you submit to this blog will not be used to contact you or for marketing purposes. As a reminder, AOL does not endorse Living with Lions or the Lion Guardians, and neither AOL nor these organizations are sponsors of the Season of Thanks (other than AOL's willingness to let me spout off on this blog from time to time).

I hope you'll help make a difference for our apps and for the African lion by leaving your comments here, and come back tomorrow for our next charity in the Season of Thanks, the Child Abuse Prevention Center of San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties.

Sometimes it's hard to fathom just how far technology has come in a short time. The iPhone (and iPod touch) that you hold in your hand has hundreds of times the computing power that would have required a building to contain just a couple decades ago, and the thought of being able to walk down the street while listening to a virtually limitless catalog of music streamed over AOL Radio or SHOUTcast, or of video found using Truveo would have been science fiction just a few years ago. But every one of us owes a huge debt to the people and technologies that blazed the early path to where we are today, and there's one place where you can see and experience these early machines. That place is the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California, and they are our charity of the day for this fifth day of the Season of Thanks.

25 years ago, The Computer Museum opened to the public in Boston, where it shared some of the artifacts of early computing and educated the public on the history of these new machines that had only recently begun to be pervasive in homes and businesses. As the pace of technology quickened, the museum moved to California, where it currently houses one of the largest international collections of computing artifacts in the world, encompassing physical objects, ephemera, photographs, moving images, documents and software. Through exhibits, lectures, and workshops, the museum's vision is to explore the computing revolution and its impact on the human experience. You can find out more about the museum, including information on visiting (admission is free) and making your own contributions, at the Museum's website.

If you're new to this, here's how this works. From midnight to 11:59pm (Pacific time) today, December 26, through the end of the year, every comment to this blog post with feedback about any of our iPhone apps is worth my making a $1 donation to the Computer History Museum, up to $201 for the day, and/or you can make comments on either of the previous four days' posts to have your donation count for those organizations. Your comment can be a compliment or a suggestion for improvement, and you can leave multiple (different) comments if you like; just keep them polite and constructive, please.

Just let us know what we can do to make our products even better, and in exchange, I'll make a donation to the Computer History Museum.

And once again, the disclaimer: AOL does not endorse the Computer History Museum, and neither AOL nor the Computer History Museum are sponsors of the Season of Thanks (other than AOL's willingness to let me spout off on this blog from time to time). Any comments you submit may be used to improve our products without further consideration. The registration information you submit to this blog will not be used to contact you or for marketing.

Please keep those comments coming, and stay tuned for tomorrow's charity: the Living with Lion and the Lion Guardians.

For those of you that celebrate Christmas today, Merry Christmas to you! But regardless of your faith, the holidays are always special times for children, which is why I've selected the Save the Children Foundation for today's Season of Thanks charity. Save the Children's mission is to create lasting, positive change in the lives of children in need. Save the Children works to ensure that children in need grow up safe, educated, healthy and better able to attain their rights. What better gift this holiday season than to help a child. In their 75 year history, Save the Children (through its international affiliates) has helped over 37 million children and 24 million adults through its multiple programs. Find out more about Save the Children or make a contribution of your own at their website.

If you're new to this, here's how this works. From midnight to 11:59pm (Pacific time) today, December 24, through the end of the year, every comment to this blog post with feedback about any of our iPhone apps is worth my making a $1 donation to the Save the Children Foundation, up to $201 for the day, and/or you can make comments on either of the previous three days' posts to have your donation count for those organizations. Your comment can be a compliment or a suggestion for improvement, and you can leave multiple (different) comments if you like; just keep them polite and constructive, please.

So, let us know what we can do to make our products even better, and in exchange, I'll make a donation to Save the Children.

And once again, the disclaimer: AOL does not endorse the Save the Children Foundation, and neither AOL nor Save the Children are sponsors of the Season of Thanks (other than AOL's willingness to let me spout off on this blog from time to time). Any comments you submit may be used to improve our products without further consideration. The registration information you submit to this blog will not be used to contact you or for marketing.

Please keep those comments coming, and stay tuned for tomorrow's charity: the Computer History Museum.

I must admit a certain disappointment with the response to the Season of Thanks so far, but I've very much appreciated those that have taken the time to give a comment, no matter how small, both to assist our iPhone developers and to help out charity. Perhaps you've already left your computers behind to go travel and be with friends and family, but you've got your iPhones with you, right? And that's a perfect time to tell us what you think and to do some good in the meantime.

Today's Season of Thanks charity is the Make a Wish Foundation. No doubt you've already heard of Make a Wish - they've been granting wishes to children with life-threatening conditions for nearly 30 years. To date, they've granted nearly 187,000 wishes, about one every 40 minutes and have made a huge impact on the lives not only of children but their families and communities. As the holidays are a time when young and old alike make their wishes, it seems only appropriate to sponsor the Make a Wish Foundation's mission on this third day of the Season of Thanks. You can find out more about the Make a Wish Foundation or make a contribution of your own at their website.

I've made a small change to the way that this works in that the comments for all of our charities will remain open through the end of the year. So from midnight to 11:59pm (Pacific time) today, December 24, every comment to this blog post with feedback about any of our iPhone apps is worth my making a $1 donation to the Make a Wish Foundation, up to $201 for the day, and/or you can make comments on either of the previous two days' posts to have your donation count for those organizations. Your comment can be a compliment or a suggestion for improvement, and you can leave multiple (different) comments if you like; just keep them polite and constructive, please.

So, let us know what we can do to make our products even better, and in exchange, I'll make a donation to Make a Wish.

And once again, the disclaimer: AOL does not endorse the Make a Wish Foundation, and neither AOL nor Make a Wish are sponsors of the Season of Thanks (other than AOL's willingness to let me spout off on this blog from time to time). Any comments you submit may be used to improve our products without further consideration. The registration information you submit to this blog will not be used to contact you or for marketing.

Please keep those comments coming, and stay tuned for tomorrow's charity: Save the Children Foundation.

Those of you who know me at all know of my love for Big Cats. It's a passion that goes back many years and one I've been lucky enough to pursue, getting close to and helping to look after a few of these magnificent animals.

But big cats everywhere are under threat. One subspecies of tiger numbers fewer than two dozen individuals in the wild; all are highly endangered. Snow leopards populations are shrinking as habitat loss and climate change take their toll. Even the mighty lion is threatened by poaching; some estimate that Kenya will lose its last wild lion in our lifetime.

There are a number of organizations dedicated to helping big cats, and you'll hear about a couple more of them in the days ahead. Today's charity us Big Cat Rescue, based in Florida. As their name implies, Big Cat Rescue is an advocate and caretaker for Big Cats, many of whom grow up in harsh or abused conditions in the name of entertainment, profit, or as a misguided idea of a pet. I personally believe there's a role for animals as educators, and that for some children, an animal park or circus is be the only way they can be exposed to the wonders of wildlife. But everyone, including our feline friends, deserves to be cared for and live dignified lives, and that's why I've selected BCR as today's charity. You can find out more about Big Cat Rescue, subscribe to their feed which aggregates news stories from around the world, or make a contribution of your own at their website.

Here's a quick reminder of how this works: From midnight to 11:59pm (Pacific time) today, December 23, every comment to this blog post with feedback about any of our iPhone apps is worth my making a $1 donation to the Big Cat Rescue, up to $201 for the day. Your comment can be a compliment or a suggestion for improvement, and you can leave multiple (different) comments if you like; just keep them polite and constructive, please.

That's about it. Let us know what we can do to make our products even better, and in exchange, I'll make a donation to BCR.

And once again, the disclaimer: AOL does not endorse Big Cat Rescue, and neither AOL nor BCR are sponsors of the Season of Thanks (other than AOL's willingness to let me spout off on this blog from time to time). Any comments you submit may be used to improve our products without further consideration.

Yesterday's results were a little disappointing, but hopefully we'll make it up today. Please keep the feedback coming, and stay tuned for tomorrow's charity: Make A Wish Foundation.

Welcome to the first day of our Season of Thanks.

Today's charity is the Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties, one of the local food banks here in the Silicon Valley. Especially in today's economy, hunger is a problem for a growing number of families, and SHFB serves an average of over 215,000 people per month, mainly low income families and seniors, through their direct programs and hundreds of partner agencies. You can learn more about SHFB at their website.

Here's a quick reminder of how this works: From midnight to 11:59pm (Pacific time) today, December 22, every comment to this blog post with feedback about any of our iPhone apps is worth my making a $1 donation to the Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties, up to $201 for the day. Your comment can be a compliment or a suggestion for improvement, and you can leave multiple (different) comments if you like; just keep them polite and constructive, please.

That's about it. Let us know what we can do to make our products even better, and in exchange, I'll make a donation to the Second Harvest Food Bank.

Oh, actually, that's not entirely everything. I should add these disclaimer: AOL does not endorse the Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties, and neither AOL nor SHFB are sponsors of the Season of Thanks (other than AOL's willingness to let me spout off on this blog from time to time). Any comments you submit may be used to improve our products without further consideration.

Ok, now that's everything. Please keep that feedback coming, and stay tuned for tomorrow's charity: Big Cat Rescue.

Hi again and happy holidays! It's been a little while since I've updated the blog here, but that's in part because we've been hard at work on a number of new apps. Thanks to you, 2009 has been a great year for iPhone at AOL. We've brought two dozen apps to the App Store - AIM with push notification, MapQuest 4 Mobile, DailyFinance, Moviefone, TUAW, the list goes on and on - and we've appreciated your over 35 million downloads, your recommendations, your tweets, and most of all your feedback.

It's this feedback helps us make our products better, and this holiday season, we wanted to say thank you and also do something to make the world a little better. So I'm pleased to announce that tomorrow, I'll be kicking off what I'm calling our Season of Thanks.

To welcome in 2010, I'm going to donate up to $2,010 to charity: as much as $201 each day to a different deserving organization until the new year. The exact amount that each charity gets will depend on you. Here's how it works.

Each day, I'll put up a new blog post here on the iBlog. Simply comment on that blog post with your thoughts on one of our iPhone apps. As long as it's respectful, we welcome compliments, complaints, feature suggestions, whatever you'd like to tell us. You can leave multiple comments with different feedback on a given day, and you can participate as many of the ten days as you like. Your comments can be about any of the iPhone apps we have in the App Store. At the end of the day (days run midnight to 11:59pm Pacific time) 10 day period, I'll count up the number of comments, and I'll donate that amount of money to the charity of the day (up to $201 for each of the 10 days).

The charities will span a variety of worthy causes, although I should note that this is a personal campaign and not one that's sponsored or endorsed by AOL. That means that the fact that I name a charity as part of the Season of Thanks doesn't necessarily reflect the attitude or the endorsement of AOL, its management, or any of the people who work on our iPhone products. It's just one way to show my appreciation for all of your enthusiasm for our products, your kind words and your helpful critiques, and it's a fun way that we can all get in the spirit of doing something kind for each other as well.

I hope you'll agree, and that together we can do some good in the new year. Your comments will also help give our engineers some things to think about to improve our iPhone apps in the coming year.

If you have any questions or comments on the program, feel free to leave them in the comments below. Otherwise, tomorrow's charity will be the Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties, and I'll put up a post and open up those comments at midnight Pacific time on Dec. 22.

Thanks in advance for your participation, and again, thank you for helping us become one of the leading developers for the iPhone and iPod touch. Keep those great comments coming.

EDIT: I've changed the rules slightly, you can add comments until New Year's and I'll tabulate everything then so you've got plenty of time.

• Day 1: Second Harvest Food Bank
• Day 2: Big Cat Rescue
• Day 3: Make a Wish Foundation
• Day 4: Save the Children
• Day 5: Computer History Museum
• Day 6: Living with Lions and the Lion Guardian
• Day 7: Child Abuse Prevention Center
• Day 8: Susan G. Komen for the Cure
• Day 9: Amnesty International
• Day 10: Save the Tiger Fund

One of the top Celebrity news and gossip sites can now be found on the iPhone!

The free PopEater iPhone App serves up the top celebrity and entertainment headlines alongside the day's best celebrity photos. See breaking stories as they develop or dive straight into top items on the hottest topics, from celebrity babies and star romance to troublemakers and fashion. Which couples are on the rocks? What viral video is causing a stir? Who is revealing personal secrets on Twitter? What photo is the talk of the entire Web? It's all here, updated throughout the day, every day delivered straight to your iPhone or iPod touch.


KEY FEATURES:

• Flip through high-quality, full screen photos of celebrities -- on the set, in their latest magazine spreads, hitting the town, laughing with their kids -- with a flick of your finger
• Autosave feature allows you to view top entertainment news and photos even when you're offline
• What are the must-see clips of the day? Dive straight into the hottest celebrity and entertainment videos on YouTube directly from the stories about them. Done watching? Click back to the story with one touch.
• Read PopEater's exclusive star interviews
• Get Q&As and inside looks at in-depth interviews and cover stories from our top celebrity magazine and Web partners
• See music video and movie trailer premieres
• Video commentary including the Girls on Pop video podcast
• Be the first to spread the big story to your friends! Send breaking celebrity news directly to Twitter, Facebook and email.

AIM 4.0.2 and AIM (Free Edition) 4.0.2 are both now available in the iPhone App Store. As soon after we shipped AIM 4.0.1, we reviewed customer reviews on the iTunes and went to work on performance issues reported by some of our users.


Use App Store software update and you'll get the newest AIM for iPhone release. Please leave feedback below to let us know how it's working for you. We've gotten some reports of application stability and we're researching those issues as I type!

Thanks!
Lee Givens
AOL iPhone Product Lead

It's Friday, and you know what that means: Time to get out of the office and go have some fun. But how do you find out where your friends are, and what's going on in your city? Why, with your iPhone of course!

Going.com lets you find cool things to do in your city, and they've got a newly updated iPhone app out. In addition to telling you about events to check out, people to see, and places to be seen right in your own city, you can share where you are with your friends by updating your status on Facebook and Twitter, right from the app. Once you're there, you can let your friends know what you think about the event with ratings, comments, and photos.

Browse popular events around town, share them with friends, get on the RSVP list, see who else is going and get all the info on where it's going down. Sign up at going.com (or log in using Facebook Connect), get the Going App, and get Going!

Of course, if you'd rather just spend a quiet evening over a dinner and a movie with a loved one, there's an app for that, too. Grab the Moviefone app to find out what's playing, view trailers, and get showtimes and directions to theaters nearby.

Either way, use your iPhone to check out what's going on near you, and have a great weekend!

Today is the Running Man's birthday.

If you're an iPhone user (and I don't know why you're reading this blog if you're not), then you'll easily recognize the familiar form of the Running Man popping out from your home screen on a field of red or purple. AOL's Running Man has been an icon - both literally and figuratively - in the online world since he was conceived, and now he's a core champion of our mission to inform, entertain, and connect the world.

He's been around the world; he's been on TV, he's even been a super hero, and it was 13 years ago today that he first arrived on the scene. So here's to you, Running Man. Happy birthday, and thanks for pointing the way to a better, more connected Internet.

The Running Man doesn't need gifts, but he could use your vote. He's been nominated (for a third year) for the Madison Avenue Advertising Walk of Fame. It's the highest honor an icon can get. The Advertising Week poll runs until Sept. 18, and he's up against some strong competition. Won't you help him out by clicking over to http://runningman.aol.com to follow his campaign and to vote? You could even win an Acer Aspire One or two tickets to an exclusive AOL Music Event!