Posts filed under 'Yahoo!'

After weeks for speculation and discussion on the Microsoft bid to buy Yahoo! and the resistance from Yahoo!, Microsoft has finally withdrawn its bid to buy Yahoo! and the battle of the internet giants seems to have paused for the meantime, till either gets more money…. (more…)

Yahoo! Search has launched a new developer platform called SearchMonkey that uses data web standards and structured data to enhance the functionality, appearance and usefulness of search results. They are inviting a limited number of developers in for a preview. (more…)

Its Earth Day 2008 today and Yahoo! Free is Good campaign urges you that instead of throwing out things like furniture, dishes, and electronics, you can join a reuse group to give these items away for free to other people in their community who can use them. (more…)

Yahoo! owned Flickr has started competing with Google YouTube to get a piece of the popular video sharing market and advertising segment. Now you can upload and share videos on Flickr, or 90 second long photos as they call it. (more…)

What happens when your blog story gets featured on the front page of Yahoo! Get prepared for the highest site traffic ever. As Yahoo! Buzz is getting a revamp (after Yahoo! Picks closed), some lucky publishers are getting an opportunity to join as Yahoo! Buzz Publishers and drive huge unbelievable traffic to their sites with pageviews being limited by how much load the web hosting server can handle… (more…)

Yahoo! Messenger will officially retire older versions 5.5 and 5.6 of the popular IM software. This means that users of these outdated versions will not be able to login into Yahoo Messenger after April 2, 2008. (more…)

Fire Eagle is the secure and stylish way to share your location with sites and services online while giving you unprecedented control over your data and privacy. They are sending invitations to interested developers. (more…)

Do you need a free Flickr Pro Account? Some lucky Non-profit Organizations can get a free Flickr Pro account. Flickr has partnered with TechSoup, a US-based non-profit technology training service, to donate 10000 1-year Flickr pro accounts for good causes. (more…)

Flickr, the most popular photo sharing service, is getting 4 years old and celebrating by creating a large collage of up to 5,000 5 x 7″ photos to deck the walls of their 4th birthday party. Your photo has a chance to get posted for the world to see. (more…)

On February 1, 2008, Microsoft announced a proposal to acquire all the outstanding shares of Yahoo! common stock for per share consideration of $31 representing a total equity value of approximately $44.6 billion!… the tussle among the internet giants has revived again. (more…)