This week AOL celebrates the company’s 25 year anniversary. Throughout the internet service provider turned online advertising company’s history, they’ve been the force behind some of the most epic web-related fails known to man. While it would be impossible to document the company’s endless list of shortcomings, there are some that distinguish themselves from the pack. Here are 18 of the AOL’s biggest fails throughout the years, in no particular order. 1. Customer Service Fail In June of 2006, Vincent Ferrari called AOL in an attempt to cancel his account. After waiting 15 minutes to speak…

Some of the great ideas are just right there, waiting to be plucked from the tree of genius. UK designer Elaine McLuskey has an answer to the problem of holding a conversation in a noisy bar. We’ve all been there. You settle down in a booth with that special someone, hoping to get some quality time in, and just then the awful bar band fires up their rendition of Sweet Home Alabama. The answer? You both don goldfish bowls and speak directly into the holes on the sides. 23 year old McLuskey says this is the result of research into hearing impairment, although I’d recommend a little additional R & D time…

As celebs became aware of the great power that the almighty Twitter social networking platform encompasses, they jumped on it like Tiger Woods on a waitress. After Ashton Kutcher (love him or hate him) defeated CNN in his challenge to see who could reach one million Twitter followers first, tweeting became an integral part of celebrity life. Gaining new fans and connecting with existing followers on a personal basis, it would soon come to light that all was not well in Hollywood. In 2009, we got a taste of what celebrities were really thinking when the cameras were off, and were treated to some epic…