Yahoo Opens Up Location with Fire Eagle

Yahoo has launched a new location-based platform for Web users and developers. Fire Eagle lets users either manually enter their location throughout the day or authorize their cell phones or computer applications to do it for them. ... continue

You Can Soon Escape Yahoo’s Customized Ads

Yahoo! Inc. will offer users greater choice in how they manage their privacy online by enabling them to opt-out of customized advertising on Yahoo.com. This move came as Yahoo's response to a letter sent by congressmen from ... continue

HP, Intel, and Yahoo Get Into Cloud Computing

The cat's out of the bag: HP, Intel, and Yahoo are teaming up to create a new testing center for cloud computing research. The three companies announced the news this morning. They're working with the University of ... continue

QLOL: Zimbra challenges Microsoft Outlook

Yahoo has decided to challenge Microsoft on its home turf, with the new version of Zimbra taking the good fight to Microsoft Outlook. Originial image credit: Wikimedia Commons. More on the new Zimbra here at The Inquisitr. continue

Microsoft Announces Facebook Search/Advertising Deal

Microsoft has now officially announced a new search and advertising deal with Facebook. Senior VP Satya Nadella revealed the development at the company's annual financial meeting Thursday. Under the arrangement, first reported by Reuters, Microsoft will ... continue

Yahoo Tries to Outdo Outlook with Zimbra

Yahoo has a new plan to seemingly lure AOL and Gmail users into its service. The company has released the beta version of Zimbra Desktop, an offline mail client marketed specifically to users of Yahoo Mail, AOL Mail, ... continue

Plea to Yahoo: Shut Up and Sell Yourself Already

We interrupt our programming for a brief editorial... Am I the only one who dreads waking up each day to see what silly new banter, war cry, or promise has been put forward in the neverending saga of ... continue

Departed Yahoo Exec Joins Comcast

Former Yahoo executive Karin Gilford has officially joined Comcast as senior vice president of Fancast and online entertainment. Gilford -- whose departure from Yahoo just became known a few days ago -- will be in charge of growing ... continue

Yahoo Rolls Out Open Search, In-Game Ads

You've gotta hand it to 'em: The folks at Yahoo aren't giving up quietly. Amidst endless news of the company's downfall, the struggling search engine has unveiled two new features to try to attract users and ... continue

He Said, She Said: Yahoo Responds

Yahoo has issued its own statement in response to Microsoft's letter explaining it would hold off on further talks until a new board is in place: Yahoo!'s Board of Directors continues to stand ready to enter into negotiations ... continue

Yahoo Talks to Time Warner; Microsoft Meets with Icahn

Yahoo's starting up direct talks with Time Warner, while Microsoft is meeting with Carl Icahn to plan for the future. Yahoo spent time with Time Warner over the holiday weekend, according to London's Times Online. The paper ... continue

Google Learns to Index Flash

Search engines are finally moving past plain text. Google has announced it's now indexing Flash content with the help of a new partnership with Adobe. The company's new Flash indexing algorithm will let the engine find any ... continue