Yahoo To Launch A ‘YouTube For Sports’?
Posted on July 14th, 2010 | 0 Comments‘YouTube For Sports‘ – This is plain speculation for the moment. But something of that kind appears to be brewing at the Yahoo Labs. The company has applied for a trademark on the term “Sportstream“. So what’s a SportStream? The application explains – “Entertainment services, namely, the provision of continuing video segments featuring sports and [...]
Yahoo Upshot – Search-Engine Generated News Topics Website
Posted on July 5th, 2010 | 0 CommentsOn Tuesday, July 6, Yahoo will announce the launch of a new news section called Yahoo Upshot. This will be one of the more controversial launches from the company in recent times. The launch follows Yahoo’s acquisition of user generated articles website Associated Content earlier this year. So why is it controversial? Yahoo Upshot is [...]
Ad Supported Printing : HP To Partner With Yahoo Advertising
Posted on June 18th, 2010 | 0 CommentsVery soon, pages you print from the internet using your web-connected HP printer may contain ads. In a pretty controversial move, Hewlett Packard has partnered with Yahoo Advertising for a pilot program that will deliver targeted ads on pages printed using their web connected printers. HP launched the new web connected printers last week that [...]
Yahoo Search Engine Transition Begins – What It Means To You
Posted on June 18th, 2010 | 0 CommentsSearch Engine Cartels – A cartel of search engines who collectively show poor quality results to spike up their ad clicks Yahoo is set to outsource its search engine business to Microsoft by August. Folks at SEORoundTable have noted that the company is already beginning showing the new search engine results to select users. So, [...]
Yahoo Messenger API To Be Released Soon
Posted on June 15th, 2010 | 0 CommentsYahoo has announced on their developers blog that the company will be releasing their Yahoo Messenger IM API shortly. This will allow developers to create a whole new range of applications and tools that will use the Yahoo service to create more value adding products. First thought – the release is a bit too late. [...]
Yahoo Integrating All Properties Under Y.COM?
Posted on April 17th, 2010 | 0 CommentsThere has been a lot of debate in the past few months over the future strategy for Yahoo. There is no doubt that the company has some of the finest products in the web space that includes an email service (Yahoo mail), photo sharing service (Flickr), social bookmarking tool (Delicious) besides offering several commercial and [...]
Yahoo – FourSquare Acquisition
Posted on April 7th, 2010 | 0 CommentsRumors are doing the rounds that Yahoo is eyeing popular location based startup FourSquare. The value of the deal is rumored to be $100 million. According to reports on the Silicon Alley Insider, a source close to Yahoo revealed that the discussions have happened though nothing can be committed since Yahoo talks “to everybody“. True? [...]
Yahoo Search Integration With Flickr Coming Soon
Posted on March 1st, 2010 | 0 CommentsYou may need to take this with a grain of salt, but Yahoo may be working on integrating its search results with links to other Yahoo properties like Flickr and Delicious. An indication towards this was offered by a commenter claiming to be from Yahoo in response to another comment on TechCrunch that emphasized on [...]
Yahoo’s New Social Advertising Technology Reeks Of Spam
Posted on February 26th, 2010 | 0 CommentsTwo patent applications filed by Yahoo at the USPTO describe a new technology where users of a social network could make money by referring products to friends in their network. Firstly, it is not exactly clear where Yahoo intends to use such a technology – the patent discusses an auction marketplace scenario though it also [...]
Yahoo Search Ads To Get More Annoying
Posted on February 16th, 2010 | 0 CommentsA new patent filed by Yahoo at the USPTO wants to make sponsored listings on the search results pages all the more annoying. According to this filing, Yahoo has sought the rights to slide the advertising box down whenever the user scrolls down the page and move it up when the user gets back to [...]