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Yahoo’s CORE makes news hyper personal

Mark Raby, Feb 9th 2012 Discuss [0]

Yahoo is offering a way for users to check out the news that's most relevant to them not based on the category of content or type of publication but based on where they live, what their gender is, and how old they are. It's called the Content Optimization and Relevance Engine, or CORE. The powerful algorithms shed insight not only to what other people like you are watching, but also what kind of information advertisers look at when they target you. Read The Full Story

Alibaba raising $3 billion to buy Yahoo’s 40% stake back

Shane McGlaun, Feb 9th 2012 Discuss [0]

Chinese e-commerce site Alibaba.com is looking to raise $3 billion from six different banks reports the Wall Street Journal. The e-commerce giant wants the money to buy out the 40% stake that Yahoo owns and officially ditch the flailing search engine. The tip comes from people familiar with the situation according to the WSJ. Read The Full Story

Facebook and Google agree to Indian censorship demands

Chris Davies, Feb 6th 2012 Discuss [0]

Facebook and Google have deleted content in India after the Delhi High Court ordered them to remove what's been described as material offensive to Muslims, Hindus and Christians. The contentious religious content spread on Facebook, ZDNet reports, and was discoverable through Google searching, a private complaint alleged back in December, and could "corrupt minds", resulting in higher court justice Suresh Kait threatening China-style blocking if the sites did not comply with take-down requests. Read The Full Story

Yahoo launches search engine for iOS, Android apps

Rue Liu, Feb 3rd 2012 Discuss [0]

Yahoo launched a new category for its search engine this week that makes it easy to browse and find either iOS or Android apps. You'll notice the addition of an "Apps" filter option above Yahoo's search bar and a new portal that makes it easy to sift through apps by various categories and ratings lists. Read The Full Story

DMARC: Facebook, Google, Microsoft & more team on anti-phishing

Chris Davies, Jan 30th 2012 Discuss [0]

Google, Microsoft, PayPal, Facebook and other big names have announced a new anti-spam and phishing project, DMARC.org, creating a new system for email authentication that promises to learn from past attacks. "Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting and Conformance" will use "a feedback loop between legitimate email senders and receivers to make impersonation more difficult" and, the companies hope, will eventually be adopted by the IETF as a standard. Read The Full Story

Yahoo mobile apps taken down, no one notices

Mark Raby, Jan 27th 2012 Discuss [0]

Yahoo! Meme, Yahoo! Mim, Yahoo! AppSpot, Yahoo! Deals, Yahoo! Shopping, and Yahoo! Sketch-a-Search have all been removed from Apple's App Store. And if you're like most people, you never even looked at these apps in the first place. That's exactly the point. It's part of Yahoo's strategy to rebuild its mobile presence from the ground up. Read The Full Story

Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang resigns from board

Rue Liu, Jan 17th 2012 Discuss [1]

Yahoo has announced that co-founder and former CEO Jerry Yang has resigned from its Board of Directors. Yang has also resigned from all other positions with the company, specifically from the boards of Yahoo Japan and Alibaba. The resignation is effective today and sees Yang leaving the company he co-founded nearly 17 years ago. Read The Full Story

Bing buoyant as Google search suffers further investigation

Chris Davies, Jan 12th 2012 Discuss [6]

Microsoft's Bing search engine has overtaken Yahoo! search, digital tracker comScore reports, though the gap between it and Google's increasingly noticeable market dominance continues to grow. Bing had 15.1-percent of the core US search market in December 2011, the stat company says, putting it 0.7-percent ahead of Yahoo!'s falling share. However, Google rose 0.5-points to 65.9-percent, responsible for two thirds of the 18.2bn US searches made, and faces calls for FTC investigation for potential antitrust behavior. Read The Full Story

Ooma HD2 adds Facebook and Google contacts sync to VoIP phone

Chris Davies, Jan 10th 2012 Discuss [0]

VoIP company Ooma has launched a new handset for its Telo phone system, the Ooma HD2, with Facebook, Google and Yahoo! integration to sync contacts and show picture caller ID. The new handset has a 2-inch color display and HD Voice for improved in-call audio quality; however it's the fact that you can sign into your social networking or contacts accounts and pull over the addressbook that most people will be keen on. Read The Full Story

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Why Netflix Will Die If Yahoo! Acquires It

Don Reisinger, Jan 7th 2012 Discuss [15]

If you’ve been following the rumors surrounding Netflix lately, you know that the streaming provider might just be well on its way to being acquired by Yahoo. Details on the matter are scant so far, but there are some who say that the deal could make some sense for both sides.

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Yahoo! tipped to buy Netflix

Chris Davies, Jan 5th 2012 Discuss [6]

Speculation that Yahoo! could chase a Netflix acquisition has erupted today, in the aftermath of the web company's new CEO Scott Thompson hinting at changes in content and media yesterday. "I wouldn't be surprised if there were some big moves on the content side, to make Yahoo! a more compelling destination for consumers" Piper Jaffray's Gene Munster told CNBC in a segment you can see after the cut. "In the back of my mind, I wonder if they buy Netflix, that would make a lot of sense." Read The Full Story

Yahoo! makes ex-PayPal chief Scott Thompson new CEO

Chris Davies, Jan 4th 2012 Discuss [1]

Yahoo! has officially made ex-PayPal chief Scott Thompson its new CEO, the company has confirmed, with Thompson taking up the new role - as well as a board position - on January 9 2012. The potential hire was rumored this morning with insiders tipping its announcement as imminent; according to Yahoo!, his "primary focus will be on the core business" and will include decisions on "specific investments or dispositions of assets" as the company attempts to turn around its ailing fortunes. Read The Full Story