(CNN Money) –This is the first in a series of articles leading up to Fortune Brainstorm Tech, which takes place July 22-24 in Aspen, Colo. The articles will look back at the progress of companies that presented at Brainstorm in 2009 as well as look forward to those that will present this year. AOL was coming back with a vengeance, brand-new AOL CEO Tim Armstrong told Fortune’s 2009 Brainstorm Tech conference last year. He was fresh out of the starting gate, and had just done a 100-day “listening tour,” checking in with AOL’s global workforce. He was pumped, and ready to shake up the brand.
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