Category: Yahoo
Is Yahoo about to ruin Tumblr?
Hold on to your Trigger Warnings, it seems that things could be about to change over at Tumblr. The site was bought in 2013 by Yahoo for a cool billion […]
The Digest: FBI starts probe into Sony hack… and 4 other things people are talking about today
[nextpage title=”Next”] Sony Pictures calls out big guns to investigate hacking | BetaWired “Sony Pictures Entertainment has called out the big guns to investigate the hacking that has locked countless […]
iPhone 6 tops Yahoo tech searches for 2014
Yahoo has released its top searches for 2014 and, perhaps unsurprisingly, the iPhone 6 tops the search queries for tech – and comes in third over all. Here’s the list […]
The Digest: Serial breaks iTunes record… and 4 other things people are talking about today
[nextpage title=”Next”] Murder mystery podcast Serial breaks download records | The Telegraph “A podcast about a real-life murder presented in a format that its creator says is ‘as old as […]
Yahoo develop Maps software that gives the “most beautiful” route
Bored of your commute? Looking for a slightly more interesting journey? Yahoo might soon be able to help. Researchers at the company have come up with an algorithm that will […]
YouTube celebrity PewDiePie apparently makes $4m/year
Warning: If you're over the age of… maybe 30… you might find this intensely depressing. According to the Wall Street Journal (by way of MCV), YouTube's most popular star, a bloke called PewDiePie makes $4m/year. PewDiePie, psuedonym of 24 year…
Flickr removes Google and Facebook sign-in – does this signal a change in Yahoo's strategy?
Veteran photo sharing service Flickr has announced to users that they will soon no longer be able to sign in using their Google or Facebook accounts. Back when Instagram was a meaningless word and a "twitpic" was a polite way…
Yahoo expected to launch personalised mobile content platform to keep up with internet future
As the internet future is looking increasingly mobile, Yahoo is believed to be planning a new service to deliver personalised content to users' mobile phones. Speculation has the new may break as soon as the Mobile World Congress in…
Flickr accidentally deletes user with 4,000 pictures in cloud computing horror story
It might just be a website, but for Flickr afficinados it's the ultimate betrayal. Users of the popular picture sharing site tend to be a bit, shall we say, passionate about their favourite web destination. The thought of it…
Yahoo! launch Yahoo! Mail Beta
Today Yahoo! launch Yahoo! Mail Beta. What they say is a faster, easier, safer, and more social communications experience than their current mail system. As of today you can choose to opt-in to Yahoo! Mail Beta. However, what exactly the…