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Yahoo buys Flickr
News Yahoo has purchased online photo-sharing service Flickr, less than a week after the Internet giant launched a beta test of a new blogging tool. Joanna Stevens, a spokeswoman for Sunnyvale, California-based Yahoo, confirmed the deal Sunday but did...
[March 21, 2005, 8:25]
Yahoo acquires Kelkoo
Talkback Now Yahoo will find out just how much Kelkoo have to spend to support their business (i.e.sooo much loss-leading) and how many retailers are listed for free. Truth will out! Definitely a hot area though.
[March 26, 2004, 15:43]
Ballmer: Yahoo search pact 'makes great sense'
News Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer on Friday said a search deal with Yahoo would be better if done sooner than later, but noted that any potential deal wasn't a factor in the hiring of former Yahoo search executive Qi Lu, according to a...
[December 8, 2008, 7:06]
Yahoo Q3 profit beats expectations
News Yahoo's cost-cutting moves this year are starting to show up in the bottom line, as the company's third-quarter profit exceeded analyst expectations by a wide margin. Revenue is still declining at Yahoo, which recorded $1.6bn (£967m) in revenue...
[October 21, 2009, 9:48]
eBay, Yahoo among most trusted for privacy
News eBay is the most trusted company in terms of privacy, and Yahoo and Facebook are among the Top 10, according to a new report released on Wednesday. Following eBay is Verizon, the US Postal Service, WebMD, IBM, Procter & Gamble, Nationwide and...
[September 17, 2009, 16:25]
Microsoft, Yahoo in talks with EC about search deal
News Representatives from Microsoft and Yahoo have filed paperwork for regulatory clearance in the US for their proposed search deal, but it remains unclear how to proceed in Europe, a Microsoft spokesman said on Wednesday.
[September 17, 2009, 9:51]
Yahoo begins layoffs
News Yahoo began issuing pink slips on Wednesday to the majority of the employees affected by its previously announced 10 percent job cut, the company confirmed. Most of the approximately 1,500 layoffs affect employees at Yahoo's US-based locations and...
[December 11, 2008, 7:22]
Yahoo switches on its Open Strategy
News Yahoo on Monday launched a massive project to increase activity — and advertising — on its internet sites through social connections and online applications. The company has been working mostly behind the scenes to build what it calls the Yahoo...
[December 16, 2008, 7:30]
High hopes at Intel, Yahoo for web-enabled TV
News Yahoo and Intel built their success upon the widespread use of personal computers, but the two companies hope products to be shown at the Consumer Electronics Show in January will mark the beginning of their internet-fuelled expansion to the world...
[December 30, 2008, 8:20]
Yahoo! may float European businesses
News Internet portal Yahoo! After AOL's record deal to merge with Time Warner last week, speculation has been rife that Yahoo! But Yahoo! Yahoo currently has agreements with hundreds of media companies. Yang said he sees the greatest growth...
[January 17, 2000, 12:28]
Yahoo email storage reaches 1GB
News Yahoo on Tuesday said it plans to once again boost its free email storage limit - this time to 1GB, the same amount offered by archrival Google. Beginning in late April, Yahoo will upgrade free users to the new storage limit of 1GB, up from its...
[March 23, 2005, 11:40]
Yahoo! fills in Messenger hole
Talkback yahoo instant messenger is the best!
[December 14, 2003, 16:21]
Yahoo offers 100MB of email space
Talkback I'm likewise not able to get into my main Yahoo Mail account, so the 100 Mb sounds nice, but this is already teaching me not to put too much faith in a free service, particularly one with such a poor record of resolving problems.
[June 16, 2004, 22:24]
Yahoo! shows tougher line on piracy than child porn
News Internet piracy is given a higher priority, by Yahoo! An undercover anti-piracy operation revealed thirteen user-created chatrooms on the Yahoo.com site to be providing information on how to circumvent encryption techniques adopted by satellite...
[March 7, 2001, 13:27]
Yahoo! strategy to avoid takeover
News Leading Web portal Yahoo! Yahoo! However, Yahoo! said the rights plan was not "adopted in response to any effort to acquire control of Yahoo! The rights plan is designed to deter coercive takeover tactics, including the accumulation of shares in...
[March 2, 2001, 8:34]
Yahoo profit down on slowed display-ad growth
News Yahoo on Tuesday posted second-quarter net profit that was down from a year ago as growth in its historically strong display-advertising business slowed, and moves to better compete with Google on search advertising have yet to pan out.
[July 18, 2007, 7:40]
Yahoo reportedly near decision on new CEO
News Yahoo is said to be wrapping up its search for a new chief executive, and a decision could come as early as next week, according to a report late Thursday in The Wall Street Journal, citing people close to the search pioneer.
[January 9, 2009, 7:53]
Yahoo, Intel preview interactive TV platform
News At the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco, Intel's Eric Kim and Yahoo's Patrick Barry demo a new TV platform designed to bring rich internet applications, featuring sports, weather, and financial information, to the living room.
[August 21, 2008, 14:56]
Yahoo's BrowserPlus made available to all websites
News Yahoo has improved its BrowserPlus technology for more sophisticated web applications and now lets other websites besides its own use it, the company said. Yahoo debuted BrowserPlus in May, but it released a new version on Friday.
[November 11, 2008, 8:38]
Yahoo's Identity crisis!
Talkback "Yahoo's been weighed down by trying to do too many things and not being very good at any of them, [and] not having the commitment to excel at any of them. This is their problem exactly; people have in the past pointed out how yahoo launches...
[January 28, 2008, 20:07]
