Tag: yahoo
Yahoo! to offer unlimited mail storage
In a first for a web-based email service (unless you know different), Yahoo! is to offer unlimited email storage to all of its users. It comes as Yahoo! reaches the ripe old age of 10. That's a long time online….
Wiki service to rival Google and Yahoo?
The founder of online user-edited encyclopaedia Wikipedia claims that his company is ready to take on the might of Google and Yahoo, and grab as much as 5% of the search engine market. Speaking in Tokyo, Jimmy Wales said that…
Yell launches new mobile search service
Yell has launched a new mobile application and mobile internet site, putting it head to head with services offered by Google and Yahoo. The application provides full access to Yell's listings, while also keeping track of regular requests, providing an…
Google, Yahoo, Microsoft and Vodafone team up for human rights initiative
Following criticism over censorship and other human rights restrictions in China and other countries, four of the biggest tech companies have sat down with human rights groups and internet freedom activists to hammer out a set of principles on how…
Google and Yahoo! overshadow Microsoft in search
New web audience measurements from comScore have revealed that in December 2006 both Google and Yahoo increased their share of the US search market. Google rose to 47.4%, gaining 0.4% in December, whilst Yahoo came in second, rising 0.3% to…
CES 2007: Yahoo unveils Yahoo Go for Mobile 2.0 application
Yahoo has launched a beta version of Yahoo Go for Mobile 2.0, the second-generation version of its flagship mobile application. Although only available on 70 phones at launch, more will be on the way – and for the first time,…
CES 2007: Yahoo talks about its new oneSearch mobile search technology
It's been a busy day at CES for Yahoo, with announcements coming thick and fast. Among them is news of a new mobile search service called oneSearch, which is currently part of Yahoo's beta Go for Mobile 2.0 application, but…
CES 2007: Yahoo working on next-gen Messenger app
Yahoo! have announced that they'll be previewing the next generation of their Messenger service at CES this year. Apparently it's designed specifically with Windows Vista in mind, and uses the Windows Presentation Foundation framework to build in dynamic features on…
Yahoo! services come to Nokia S40 range of mobile phones
Yahoo! have announced that they're extending their relationship with Nokia by bringing a range of their services, including Mail and Messenger, to the S40 series of devices. Yahoo! services will initially be available on the new Nokia 6300 handset, the…
Media Tech Live blog – Is there any other option for start ups than being bought by Google?
The day’s highlight so far was undoubtedly a panel discussion featuring reps from Google (Anil Hansjee, head of European Corporate Development), Yahoo (Jonathan Wolf, Director of Corporate Development) and VCs from Acacia Capital (Ajay Chowdhury) and Index Ventures (Ben Holmes)….
