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Yahoo! Answers: Coffee Break

Bruce — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 20:43:47 +0000

It appears that Yahoo! answers is currently running into some issues. But for all you Yahoo! Answers junkies dont get too worked up. The Answers team are on it and checking in on things. Here is quote from the blog post: Hey, everyone – As you may know from the occasional “we’re taking a breather/coffee break” messages, [...]

Yahoo! Messenger Mac Version Updated

Brandon — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 01:41:03 +0000

Yahoo! has released an update for Messenger for Mac 3.0. It is the latest release and includes several bug fixes. Some of these issues were stealth settings, file transfer, mobile settings, and windows live issues. I have included the original post from the Yahoo! Messenger Team Today we released an update to Yahoo! Messenger for Mac [...]

Yahoo! Music Store Closing

Brandon — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:34:32 +0000

Just as the headline reads folks. The Yahoo! Music store is now shutting the doors. It is urging its customers to burn their purchased music to CD. Which for all of you that have paid for this service, i would suggest doing that pronto!! You wont be able to share music either, from what I [...]

Adobe, Google, Yahoo Team Up for Flash Search

Brandon — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:50:30 +0000

In a move long in the Making, Adobe Systems is teaming up with Search Engine leaders to make Flash content more Searchable. This should have quite the impact on a lot of sites that are now having to clone content in order for them to rank anywhere in the search engines. Although I doubt that [...]

At Yahoo, a Threat from Within

Brandon — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:50:15 +0000

The central complaint revolves around slow decision-making, a long-standing issue. New services still must run a gauntlet of meetings and approvals that can delay them for months. “It was difficult to get things done,” says Greg Yardley, a product manager who left earlier this year. read more

Yahoo! We’re ready to do deal with Microsoft

Brandon — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:50:07 +0000

Yahoo counterpunched later Monday morning, issuing a statement (given here in its entirety) expressing its interest in talking to Microsoft about a buyout of the entire company, if only someone would make an actual offer, and the right kind of offer: read more

Build Your Own Search Service

Brandon — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:49:58 +0000

As Google keeps growing its share of search queries, it’s hard not to wonder if anything’s going to slow it down. Tonight, Yahoo is throwing up a long pass in hopes of changing the game that Google already seems to have won. read more

Microsoft tells Congress Yahoogle will own 90% of ad market

Brandon — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:49:25 +0000

A subcommittee of the Senate Judiciary Committee heard testimony this morning from senior executives of Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo regarding the implications of the Yahoo/Google ad sharing agreement. Their statements reveal diverse views of what constitutes “competition.” read more

Yahoo! Messenger 9.0 Status Menu Update

Brandon — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 18:39:47 +0000

I have previously posted about allowing smileys in the new Yahoo! Messenger 9 status messages. Which in my opinion is pretty damn cool. Yahoo! has come out again with another update regarding status messages. This time they have created a new interface for inputting your status messages along with hyperlinks. All in all I think the [...]

Yahoo! Messenger Update for Vista

Brandon — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 19:57:01 +0000

The Yahoo! messenger team has released an update for Yahoo! Messenger for Windows Vista. The primary focus in this update is bug and crash fixes along with some enhancements to the user interface in hopes to make it a little more intuitive. Changes were made to text formatting, voice improvements and they are still working on webcam support.