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 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? [...]
Push Email Problem On iPad
Posted on April 5th, 2010 | 3 CommentsUsers have been noticing several issues with the iPad. Some of the prominent issues are with Wi-Fi connectivity and over-heating. However the iPad seems to be having problems in a few other areas too. Users have been noticing on the Apple support forum that the iPad Wi-Fi model does not seem to be supporting push [...]
Yahoo Planning Ads On “Search Via SMS” Feature?
Posted on February 9th, 2010 | 0 Comments‘Search via SMS‘ has been tried before though it has not really caught on. However, a patent recently filed at the USPTO by Yahoo indicates that the company could still be looking at SMS-search as an option to look at in the future. In the patent, the inventors talk about a system where users may [...]