Tag: yahoo
Yahoo's computers link to pictures of "underage girls", humans intervene
In a gaffe which Yahoo’s computers couldn’t care less about, but which has caused some embarrassment for humans in the company, an automated system linked a news article to Flickr pictures tagged with the keywords “underage girls”.
It’s understandable how an amoral computer could make the association — the article concerned Ashley Dupré — however it turned up some rather dubious images that most people would not have expected to see linked to from a serious news article…
Getty Images to buy your pictures off Flickr as Yahoo! agrees a deal
Yahoo! has signed an agreement with Getty Images so that the commercial picture gallery can bag photos from Flickr at will, but before you go blowing your tops, the good news is that they’ll pay you if they take one of yours.
Typically, Getty Images get between $29 and $200,000 for each shot…
Adobe ushers search in for Flash sites
From this week, Flash-based sites will be accessible to search engines including Yahoo! and Google.
Rumour: Talks back on between Microsoft and Yahoo! – again
Now, I was so hesitant to bring you this news, so very hesitant but there is a serious rumour doing the rounds that the longest courtship since Dickensian days is back on. Yes, it looks as if Microsoft and Yahoo! are round the table again…
Yahoo! investor urges Microsoft to take its partial investment offer directly to shareholders
Even though Yahoo!’s board opted to side with Google in its eagerness to shrug of Microsoft’s advances, the company may not be out of the woods quite yet. Mark Nelson, a partner in Mithras Capital, which owns 1.7 million Yahoo shares has written to Microsoft urging the company to reconsider its partial deal for Yahoo!’s search engine business.
Microsoft denies any further internet purchases
Microsoft CEO Stevie Ballmer is having to wave his arms about a bit to get the world’s attention and explain that Microsoft is not about to take over the internet…
Yahoo! introduces new email domain: ymail.com
Yahoo! has announced the introduction of its ymail.com domain, which will allow a whole new range of email addresses to be registered. From tomorrow, new and existing users can join in the bun fight and try to grab a more memorable email address, as well as still having access to unlimited storage, integrated Instant Messaging, spam protection, and an ID that works across all of Yahoo!’s other services…
Yahoo bides for time to prevent shareholder revolt
Yahoo has postponed its annual shareholder meeting from July 3rd to some point later in the month. This is believed to be designed to give Yahoo’s board the chance to prepare itself in the face of mounting rebellion from shareholders…
Microsoft and Yahoo! try again with takeover talks
And the world’s most expensive game of cat and mouse continues. Like shopping in a Moroccan souk, Microsoft has returned to Yahoo! after pretending to have tendered their final offer and walked away.
Two weeks later – i.e. now – Ballmer and his boys are said to be exploring a deal short of total acquisition of the second largest internet search company in the world but at the same time are still reserving the right to completely buy them out…
Microsoft steps away from Yahoo bid, but the courtship continues
While we at Shiny we’re taking our Bank Holiday Monday, donning flip-flops and sipping cocktails in the balmy May weather, Microsoft and Yahoo had a bit more of a stressful weekend. As promised, Microsoft came to a conclusion about its bid to buy out the company and decided to give up and walk away from the 3 month long negotiations…
