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[Op-Ed] Why the Internet Giants Have Let SOPA Protestors Down

[Op-Ed] Why the Internet Giants Have Let SOPA Protestors Down

So it has begun. In the coming hours, lights will be switched off at an estimated 7,000 websites across the Internet as the web protests SOPA, an oppressive act that threatens to disfigure the Internet as we ... continue
Jerry Yang calls it quits at Yahoo and Alibaba – we have the press release

Jerry Yang calls it quits at Yahoo and Alibaba – we have the press release

It's been a long drawn out melodrama but word is that it's official - Jerry Yang has called it quits by resigning from Yahoo's Board of Directors and any other positions that he held within the company. ... continue
Bing Beats Out Yahoo, Now Second Place To Google In U.S. Search

Bing Beats Out Yahoo, Now Second Place To Google In U.S. Search

Yahoo continues on the decline and this time it's showing when it comes to search. New search numbers from comScore show that Microsoft's search engine Bing is now in second place for the U.S. search market. Google, ... continue
Tom Hanks Sci-Fi Series ‘Electric City’ To Debut On Yahoo

Tom Hanks Sci-Fi Series ‘Electric City’ To Debut On Yahoo

Tom Hanks' long-awaited and oft-delayed sci-fi animated series Electric City will debut on Yahoo in four minute segments. When all is said and done approximately twenty episodes of the show will debut online and each will premiere in ... continue
Yahoo searching for new, less incompetent board members

Yahoo searching for new, less incompetent board members

According to a report by the Wall Street Journal, Yahoo is on the hunt for new board candidates to replace "possible outgoing directors". Citing sources "familiar with the matter", WSJ says that Yahoo hired a third-party executive search ... continue
Yahoo Hires New CEO, Looks To Make A Comeback

Yahoo Hires New CEO, Looks To Make A Comeback

Over the last several years, Yahoo has had a bit of a rough patch. The problem according to many industry experts was the lack of leadership and vision. While that may be the case, Yahoo announced the ... continue
SOPA-Opposing Web Giants Consider ‘Nuclear Option’ to Thwart Law

SOPA-Opposing Web Giants Consider ‘Nuclear Option’ to Thwart Law

As a person who basically routes their entire life through the internet- professional, personal, lifestyle- one of the things that gets me agitated about the whole SOPA brouhaha is how little the average web user is concerned ... continue
Bill Maher Stand-Up Show to Launch Yahoo Comedy Channel

Bill Maher Stand-Up Show to Launch Yahoo Comedy Channel

The Yahoo Comedy Channel will soon hit the internet and to kick things off, Yahoo has enlisted the help of Bill Maher. A special Bill Maher stand-up special will air live, and free, on Yahoo on February ... continue
Yahoo shutting down four of its entertainment websites

Yahoo shutting down four of its entertainment websites

Yahoo hasn't exactly had the most stellar performance over the past several years, but the company's recently started making a go at setting things straight - like the firing former CEO Carol Bartz back in September, for ... continue
Yahoo unveils new mobile apps

Yahoo unveils new mobile apps

Over the past several years, Yahoo has been struggling to remain relevant after Google walked right over the company, handily taking the top spot for everyone's search engine needs. Couple that with a now vacant CEO position, ... continue
US Supreme Courts says music downloads are not public performances

US Supreme Courts says music downloads are not public performances

When it comes to the online world and music you got to admit the music industry trade groups like RIAA and ASCAP are tenacious, stupid but tenacious. Recently ASCAP has been trying to convince the courts that streaming ... continue
Yahoo! and ABC Create ‘Online News Alliance’

Yahoo! and ABC Create ‘Online News Alliance’

 Yahoo News and ABC will be partnering up to bring more stories to more people. Yahoo! will get ABC's global news coverage and ABC will get Yahoo's online audience in a deal that is said to be ... continue
Alibaba CEO Says He Would Like To Buy Yahoo

Alibaba CEO Says He Would Like To Buy Yahoo

Jack Ma, CEO of Chinese Internet company Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. says he's very interested at the prospect of acquiring internet company Yahoo, Inc. When speaking at Standford University on Friday Alibaba's CEO told the audience that buying ... continue
It’s “Full Count” for Yahoo!

It’s “Full Count” for Yahoo!

Major League Baseball (MLB) and Yahoo! announced the debut of MLB.com Full Count, a new online video offering that would allow fans to follow live MLB action throughout the remainder of the regular season. Starting next year, MLB.com ... continue
Google Slips in New Search Engine Study While Bing and Yahoo! Grow

Google Slips in New Search Engine Study While Bing and Yahoo! Grow

How do you search? If you are like the majority of people in the United States, you probably use Google. Yep, Google is still the number one search engine by a large margin, but new data released ... continue
Yahoo Finally Fires Carol Bartz After Years Of Declines

Yahoo Finally Fires Carol Bartz After Years Of Declines

Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz has been fired and like a bad relationship between two high school kids she was told of the break-up over the phone by Yahoo's Chairman of the Board Roy Bostock. According to Bartz: "I am ... continue
[Rumor Mill] Yahoo Attempting To Purchase Hulu

[Rumor Mill] Yahoo Attempting To Purchase Hulu

An unnamed company is said to be after Hulu for an acquisition and according to the Company Town blog by LA Times that company is none other than Yahoo. According to reports the offer wasn't solicited by Hulu however ... continue
Study says email domain stereotypes really do bear out

Study says email domain stereotypes really do bear out

I'll admit it- I have a strong prejudice against certain email address domains and even occasionally try to convert people still using undesirable domains. I don't know what this says about me (I'm sure it's not entirely positive), ... continue
San Francisco bus shelters get giant touch-screen videogames

San Francisco bus shelters get giant touch-screen videogames

Here's a bunch of students missing their bus somewhere in San Francisco because Yahoo! installed a damn touch-screen videogame in their bus shelter. While giant video displays in bus shelters have been around for a few years ... continue
Facebook Now Beating Yahoo In Worldwide Traffic [ComScore]

Facebook Now Beating Yahoo In Worldwide Traffic [ComScore]

ComScore today updated their Facebook and Yahoo measurements, revealing that Facebook has overtaken Yahoo to become the most trafficked site worldwide. Facebook managed to bring in 648 million unique visitors to the site, while Yahoo fell 18 million ... continue
Delicious Won’t Be Closed, Just Sold To The Highest Bidder

Delicious Won’t Be Closed, Just Sold To The Highest Bidder

Fans of social bookmarking site Delicious can breathe a sigh of relief today with news that owner Yahoo intends to sell the site rather than shut it down. News of the impending decline of Delicious broke last week ... continue
Associated Content Is Now Yahoo Contributor Network

Associated Content Is Now Yahoo Contributor Network

Yahoo has continued its integration of content producer Associated Content (AC) with a name change to the Yahoo Contributor Network. The change of name will also see further integration of Associated Content's algorithm based content production into ... continue