October 2010
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Yahoo starts embedding Groupon code in global... →
From DumbCrunch :
(But don’t bother giving them traffic, the whole thing is copied below)
Groupon is accelerating pretty fast. It’s signed a partnership deal with eBay recently and there continue to be rumours of a Yahoo acquisition.
However, just as little little dumbass confirmed in the above analysis piece, we’ve heard today that Yahoo is in the process of implementing a global...
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WatchVideo : Yahoo CEO on Growth, Buyout Talks
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Geocities websites to be released as a torrent →
Yes indeed I did have a Geocities-made website but quickly moved to Frontpage with a personal host. Well, that was years ago of course…before I discovered…the notepad :) This torrent files is just under a 1TB and considered as web history.
From TechRadar :
The entire contents of Geocities is to be released as a torrent – granting people access to a database of websites and content...
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Yahoo! may embrace full OpenID everywhere →
This would clearly be a big news if Yahoo! adopted OpenID on its whole network. Not sure how things would work out for Yahoo! Mail though. However the media strategy could clearly be boosted if well implemented.
From the official Flickr FAQ :
Can I use my Google account to login to other Y! services?
In the Yahoo! network only Flickr currently supports Google/OpenID login. If you sign-in with...
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Yahoo Names Ross Levinsohn To Run Americas... →
From Barrons.com
Yahoo on Wednesday named Ross Levinsohn as executive VP of the Americas region, reporting to CEO Carol Bartz. He will be responsible for the company’s media group, advertising sales and partnerships for the Americas region.
Levinsohn is a former president of News Corp. unit Fox Interactive Media; he’s also held positions at AltaVista, CBS and HBO.
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Tip : How-to reclaim vertical space in YMail Neo →
Yahoo! Mail beta, aka as Yahoo! Mail Neo was unveiled today, as you certainly know. Here is a smart tip to optimize the layout by using a userscript that will align the logo with the tab bat
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Yahoo! Mail Beta technology update →
Wanna read about all that’s been going on on the Mail platform ? Learn about how the developer made use of Javascript, CSS3 and HTTP requests.
From YDN :
Today we’re thrilled to launch Yahoo! Mail Beta. The site represents one of the most ambitious Web client technology efforts we’ve undertaken at Yahoo!. I’m happy to have the opportunity to give a...
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Get the in Yahoo! Mail beta
Wanna test drive the new Yahoo! Mail beta ? It’s live now !
Go here to activate it on your account
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WatchYahoo! Mail beta teaser…. get prepared for tomorrow :)
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Paid links going on AOL, Yahoo & Ask.com health... →
From USALiveHeadlines :
Healthline Navigator, a product that places sponsored links within editorial health content, is rolling out on sites that include Yahoo Health (NASDAQ:YHOO), AOL Health (NYSE: AOL), Ask.com and Everyday Health, according to MediaPost Communications.
You might remember that just a couple of weeks ago, AHCJ member Mary Knudson sparked discussion about sponsored links in...
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Yahoo Real Estate still No. 1 →
From Inman.com :
Yahoo Real Estate retained its top spot as the most-visited real estate website in September, according to a report released today by Web metrics firm Experian Hitwise. Yahoo Real Estate previously displaced Realtor.com from the No. 1 position for the first time in the report’s three-year history in August.
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WatchYahoo! Answers goes Mobile, hope you got unlimited data access !
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Starbucks Launches Digital Network, in partnership... →
Yahoo! often does content partnerships should it be in Time Square with a dedicated Yahoo! branded homepage for the city WiFi hotspots or in connected planes with SouthWest Airlines for in-flight WiFi. I wish such partnerships also took place abroad…
From The Yodel :
Next time you take your laptop, tablet or smartphone to your neighborhood Starbucks, you are in for a surprise: the new...
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Yahoo's Head of Mobile, North America Leaves →
From AllThingsD :
Today in Yahoo’s third-quarter earnings conference call with Wall Street analysts, Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz said tersely of a flood of exec departures at the Silicon Valley Internet giant: “Some people leave, some get promoted and some good people arrive.” Yes, indeedy, and this afternoon, it was David Katz’s turn to say goodbye. He was Yahoo’s VP for Mobile, North America. (He...
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Yahoo Q3 Cheat Sheet →
All those information that I dont quite fully understand can be retrieved here
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Yahoo Board Committed To Bartz, Says Source →
From smartmoney.com :
Yahoo Inc.’s (YHOO) board firmly supports beleaguered Chief Executive Carol Bartz and remains fully committed to fulfilling her four-year contract, a person familiar with the situation said Monday. The person, who asked not to be identified, also said the board hasn’t discussed bringing in a strong No. 2, such as a chief operating officer, to help Bartz execute...
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New Yahoo! Messenger app for Android leaked →
From PhoneArena :
We recently reported that a Yahoo Messenger app had been released for the Apple iPhone equipped with video chat. Unlike Face Time, Yahoo’s video chat service works just as well over 3G as it does over Wi-Fi. Although Yahoo’s intentions as to when a version for Google’s open source OS would be launched was not revealed, those willing to download a couple of...
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Yahoo to Offer Log-In Links to Media Sites →
From the WSJ :
The Sunnyvale, Calif., company soon will roll out a feature called Y Connect to allow media publishers, web developers and other websites to integrate elements of their services with Yahoo—an approach Facebook has used in allowing sites to forge links to the popular social network, these people said.
Such efforts can help Internet companies track the activities of users around...
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So you thought those people were tech experts ?
Seriously, Yahoo! has been down for a few minutes and everybody is making a huge deal out of it ! Just to quote the most stupid posts I’ve seen :
“dannysullivan Danny Sullivan RT @rafatali: Looks like everyone left Yahoo, and Bartz fired herself.”
“Maybe the traffic behemoth couldn’t take all the“merging with AOL” speculation and just decided to take the day off?...
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Yahoo has been Down →
From Forbes:
The site, which doesn’t often have outages like this, had recently gone through a search interface makeover, which may or may not have anything to do with the current site problems. The Yahoo sub-channel sites - mail.yahoo.com, finance.yahoo.com, etc. – seem to be working for us. The main page, yahoo.com, currently returns a blank white page with only one line of text that says...
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Yahoo Said to Hire Goldman to Handle Takeover... →
From Bloomberg :
Yahoo! Inc., which spurned an unsolicited offer from Microsoft Corp. in 2008, is working with Goldman Sachs Group Inc. to help defend against possible takeover approaches, said three people familiar with the matter.
While the Sunnyvale, California-based company hasn’t received an offer, Yahoo has been working with advisers for about two weeks to field any approach, said the...
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YHOO shares up on NASDAQ
From SFGates.com
Investors are running up the price of Yahoo Inc. shares after a report saying AOL Inc. and a group of private equity firms may bid for the Web company.
The stock climbed 70 cents, or 4.6 percent, to $15.95 in midday trading after rising as high as $16.76 earlier in the session.
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AOL, Private-Equity Firms Explore Bid for Yahoo →
I don’t get it. Should it not be the other way round ?Can AOL really buy Yahoo! ? As far as I am concernend I would be surprised if the deal only concerns Associated Content.
From WSJ :
AOL Inc. and several private-equity firms are exploring making an offer to buy Yahoo Inc., according to people familiar with the matter, devising a bold plan to marry two big Internet brands...
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Switching back the Mail Group
At first quite excited to test out the new Yahoo! Groups interface, it seems the release was actually a sort of pre-alpha, untested product. Given how the group members seem to really hate it I have decided to switch back to the classic interface.
I have upgraded very small groups of mine in order to see how this new interface evolve and might consider it in the future… probably next year...
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Bing + Alibaba = Yahoo shares get lift of 6% →
From Marketwatch :
Yahoo shares rose 94 cents, or 6.4%, to $15.36 in late trading Wednesday. Yahoo was getting a lift as Microsoft and China’s Alibaba Group began testing a new search service in China that combines a Chinese-language version of Microsoft’s Bing search engine and Alibaba’s e-commerce search service. Yahoo owns about a 40% stake in Alibaba, which is...
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My Yahoo! Introduces Mail Aggregator module
In addition to reintroducing a big graphic advert, the My Yahoo team has updated the Mail module. Instead of having a block for Yahoo! Mail and another one for your external mail account, the team has been working on a new one titled Mail Aggregator.
Basically it combines the features of the two mentioned above but lets the users switch from one to the other with tabs at the top.
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The plot against Carol Bartz thickens →
Isn’t it weird to read such a piece of news right when people have spred rumors about a potential new CEO replacing her last week. I would not be surprised if Glass Lewis & Co was hired by a bunch of unhappy shareholders.
And right from the first sentence you know that Bloomberg has been completely manipulated
Yahoo! Inc. Chief Executive Officer Carol Bartz topped a list of...
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Yahoo! Awarded Patent for Abbreviation Handling in... →
From ismashphone :
Yahoo! has been awarded a patent for handling abbreviations in web queries. The idea is to build a dictionary or abbreviations related to query terms. Below is a description of the patent’s functions:
A method for handling abbreviations in web queries includes building a dictionary of a plurality of possible word expansions for a plurality of potential abbreviations...
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Organized spammers targeting Yahoo! Groups
Seriously, how could sites like that stay opened and be tolerated by Yahoo! ?
From myyahoomailer.com :
With My Yahoo Mailer you will be able to login, join the groups,
and automatically mail to all the groups daily.
That’s right all you do is join the groups and then setup your sales ad promoting any program you choose. Then click submit and My Yahoo Mailer will mail your sales ad...
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Big Fail : Ads coming back to My Yahoo!
Here is more bad news for you : Yahoo! has decided to reintroduce ads in My Yahoo! We already knew that the product had no real purpose since the introduction of the Metro Yahoo.com. We knew that developers have better things to do than develop real applications for My Yahoo! Well guess what, now you’ll see a big ad within your modules.
Obviously, Yahoo! had done that just to put off...
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Yahoo may acquire Groupon →
From All Things D :
That would be local commerce, most specifically, innovative companies such as the hot start-up Groupon, which dominates social couponing across cities globally.
Sources said Yahoo (YHOO) has been eyeing it for possible acquisition, which would put it smack dab in the hot space around local purchasing and consumer information.
Such a deal is far from done, and Groupon...
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Yahoo! Search BOSS V2: A Paid Service with Web,... →
From the Yahoo! Search Blog :
The new BOSS V2 platform will initially offer a cost-per-query model. The cost will depend on the type of services used – web, image, news, etc. – and will likely vary from $0.40 to $0.75 CPM (cost per 1000 BOSS queries). Shortly after the BOSS V2 release, developers will also have the option to monetize their search experience through the combined marketplace...
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Image : The Executive Exodus
So who’s next ?
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Video : C.Bartz on Yahoo! Groups
Here is a video of C.Bartz explaining the decision to give Yahoo! Groups a facelift. The Yahoo! Mail group was reverted back to its 1999 interface. Plainly ugly if you want my opinion. Can’t wait to find the option to get the new interface back again.
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Yahoo Japan teams up with 'Mobage Town' in online... →
Yahoo Japan teams up with ‘Mobage Town’ in online game service
Yahoo Japan Corp. has launched a service offering games from the popular mobile phone site “Mobage-Town” for personal computers. The Internet giant launched the service in cooperation with mobile site operator DeNA Co., which operates Mobage-Town.
Mobage-Town members can exchange information and play games...
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Interview : 40 questions to Carol Bartz →
This is probably the longest interview you’ll ever read about Yahoo’s CEO Carol Bartz. Really nice reading.
From USA Today :
Bartz, 62, has spent much of her time cutting costs, and deals, as she tried to sharpen Yahoo’s focus on services that appeal to advertisers. For example, last year she agreed to let Microsoft’s Bing power Yahoo’s search engine. And this...
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Is that the Bartz effect ? →
So why is that ? Is it because Bartz holds a directive type of management which is truly not compatible with their position? Or is it because she tries to energize the team that would have gotten used to being more passive past those years ?
From CNN Fortune :
In her 22 month stint as Yahoo CEO, numerous high-level executives have left Bartz behind, sometimes for greener pastures...
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Yahoo: Our Version of Instant Too Early For its... →
I’m glad to hear that Yahoo haven’t given up on that technology. And yes it’s always good to hear who made this technology first. Google is so over rated sometimes.
From WebProNews :
As you may know, Yahoo has indicated that Google Instant infringes on patents it holds. We asked if Yahoo would consider actually launching an “instant” search feature, showing...
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Yahoo! Movies should be updated
So I have been playing with the new features of Yahoo! Search and I like the fact that I can get users’ ratings right from the search results. Now, if you go to movies.yahoo.com, the site does not look bad at all, however, it you start digging a little more - searching for a movie for example - things are much more different.
Seriously, this page was probably made in 1999 or something and...
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WatchVideo : Yahoo! US VP of Mobile, David Katz discusses CTIA announcements
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Did AOL really buy that? →
Wow it’s actually worse than Gawker and the Sun combined…
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Internet Privacy Suits Filed Against Yahoo, Others →
From Law.com :
A set of potential class actions filed recently in Fulton County, Ga., Superior Court against three Internet powerhouses raises interesting questions about how law enforcement agencies get information about Internet users without their knowledge.
While the suits address the government’s ability to see what people do on the Web, their viability may turn on more...
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WatchFrom Yahoo! Search Blog
Today Yahoo! Search is launching the first in a series of search enhancements that will bring you more news and more entertainment in one place. You saw a preview of some of these features last month – today we are rolling them out with even more updates that build on Yahoo!’s recent contextual search innovations such as the “Infinite Browse” module on Yahoo! News.
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Yahoo! Drops 4 New Apps into Android Market →
Great, just when I want to switch back to BlackBerry…Cursed… I’m telling you
Yahoo! Movies - Find show times, local theaters, and driving directions—even purchase tickets from your phone. Get critics’ and user reviews, view trailers, read up on the plot, then grab a seat and enjoy the show.
omg! - Be the first to know about celebrity news, photos, and actions from the...
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WatchThe Street on the Yahoo and AOL Rumors Rage