All the stories tagged with yahoo
Ubergizmo, now on Yahoo Livestand
02/10/2012, Starting from today, you can follow Ubergizmo as a ”publication” on Yahoo Livestand, a beautifully designed “digital living magazine” from Yahoo (it’s a free app). And we could not be happier with how things came out: the framework of Yahoo [...]
Alibaba casts an eye at Yahoo
02/10/2012, Alibaba of China is reportedly mulling over the possibility of going private with their Hong Kong-listed unit, according to Reuters who got in touch with a couple of sources close to the e-commerce group. This is apparently part of a [...]
Yahoo! closes down 10 mobile apps
01/30/2012, Yahoo! might seem to be a giant that is on the decline, but that does not mean it is now a small fry – far from it. Still, we have received word that they will be shutting down up to [...]
Jerry Yang resigns from Yahoo!
01/17/2012, Yahoo! Inc. has announced that Jerry Yang has stepped down from its Board of Directors as well as the remaining portfolios that Yang held with the company from today onwards. Apart from that, Yang also resigned from the Boards of [...]
Microsoft Bing overtakes Yahoo in search engine wars
01/11/2012, Yahoo seems to be on a downward slide, as Microsoft’s Bing search engine is right now behind Google, overtaking Yahoo in the process. Search is considered by many to be the Internet’s most lucrative market, and Bing managed to garner [...]
Yahoo! introduces Hub
12/02/2011, Free text messaging has become the norm right now, thanks to the advent of services like WhatsApp and Kik Messenger. And it looks like we’ve got one more to add to the table. Yahoo! has just announced the launch of [...]
Yahoo! Messenger for Windows updated
11/30/2011, Great news for fans of Yahoo! Messenger – Yahoo! has just announced the launched of an updated version of its popular instant messaging client for Windows. The latest version features many new improvements that have been requested by its users. [...]
Yahoo! throws in photos to recipe search
11/16/2011, You know what they say – a picture speaks a thousand words, and sometimes, when you are looking for a particular recipe, you might see it in words, but having a photo that shows off what you’re about to eat [...]
Yahoo! Market will be helping Android gain a foothold soon
11/09/2011, While the Apple iPhone has certainly made quite a splash in the sophisticated Japanese phone market, that does not mean Android has no fighting chance at all. Yahoo! Market will be opening up for Android by Yahoo! Japan, at least [...]
Yahoo Product Runway: A Host of New Products
11/02/2011, We’re at the Yahoo Product Runway and the company just announced/presented a host of products today. Most are powered by HTML5, and here’s the list: Livestand, IntoNow, Weather, Mail for iPad, Cocktails, CORE and Social Features. Livestand: this news reader [...]
Carol Bartz quits as director of Yahoo Board
09/11/2011, Days after news of Yahoo! reorganizing the top tier of its management which effectively “fired” former Chief Executive Officer Carol Bartz unceremoniously, whether she liked it or not, Carol decided to live out the adage that hell hath no fury [...]
Yahoo CEO “Fired”
09/06/2011, Yahoo’s board has “fired” its CEO Carol Bartz, and has announced a reorganization of the executive staff. Timothy Morse is now the interim CEO, effective immediately. Yahoo is still looking for a new CEO and it has been rumored that [...]
Android based “Yahoo Phone” coming to SoftBank in Japan
08/18/2011, The Yahoo search engine is apparently Japan’s biggest website, and Japan’s third largest carrier, SoftBank, is Yahoo Japan’s largest shareholder, which is why it is not surprising to find out that SoftBank subscribers will be able to get their hands [...]
