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By Abiel Abuy on 05.22.13Yahoo Redesigns Flickr – Now Offer 1 TB Of Disk SpaceIt looks like the Tumblr acquisition was just a start, since Yahoo clearly intended their New York Press Conference to unveil the changes and improvement that Yahoo did with Flickr. This is the first time that Yahoo has made major changes to Flickr since it was purchased for $35 million last March 2005. In a nutshell, Yahoo revamped the flickr and not just facelift but also improve some of the things that's making the site tick, more space to store your photos, new mobile app and a redesigned UI. Continue Reading...
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By Abiel Abuy on 05.20.13Yahoo made the Tumblr Acquisition OfficialAll this news needs is a statement from Yahoo and Tumblr to make it official and it seems that's what Yahoo did in a press conference that was held in New York. Continue Reading...
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By Abiel Abuy on 05.20.13Yahoo Board Agreed To Acquire Tumblr for $1.1 billionBreaking: The Yahoo board has approved a deal to pay $1.1 billion in cash for the blogging site Tumblr. wsj.com— Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) May 19, 2013 Wall Street Journal is reporting that Yahoo’s board of directors has agreed to acquire the 6 year old social blogging site Tumblr for $1.1 billion cash. The news of an acquisition was first reported by AllThingsD and have been pick-up by top leading tech blog and news site. Continue Reading...
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By Abiel Abuy on 12.13.12Flickr updates iOS App and now offer FiltersIt looks like it's not just twitter who will be offering filters to their users but flickr as well. Yahoo's photo hosting/sharing site Flickr just release the latest updated for their iOS app and it now has a built-in editor, 16 camera filters and it's photo stream on mobile will sport a instagram-esque UI. Continue Reading...
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By Bryan Edner on 11.19.12The ‘Search’ for Google’s match: a Facebook and Yahoo merger?In far numerous ways could we think of a competitor that could best the search giant 'Google', but none has seemed to have come close to what brews in the kitchen pots of Facebook and Yahoo. According to an online source, it says that Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer and Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg have been discussing the possibilities of the 2 companies to work together on building a search partnership. With the amount of data you could get from a simple search, this gives any search engine an advantage in terms of advertising, which of course spells revenue through ads. Continue ...
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By Abiel Abuy on 09.26.12Will this be the new Yahoo Homepage?Just 2 months after being appointed as Yahoo's new CEO and making small but significant changes in the Yahoo culture, it looks like Marissa Mayer is about to make her first bold move as Yahoo's CEO and that's redesigning the Yahoo Homepage - there's no doubt that Yahoo's home page is one of the most important part of property of Yahoo, since it generates a big chunk of ad revenue for the company and it looks Mayer is about to change all that by borrowing a page from her former-employer -- Google. Continue Reading...
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By Fjordan Allego on 09.26.12Tech giants form “The Internet Association”As the US government is getting more focused on online issues such as online privacy and competition (Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and Protect IP Act (PIPA)), US-based tech giants announced a lobby group called “The Internet Association” aiming 'to strengthen and protect a free and innovative Internet.' “The Internet Association,” the first of its kind trade industry representing the companies heavily and primarily involved in the Internet, is initially composed of 14 technology heavyweights namely Amazon.com, AOL, eBay, Expedia, Facebook, Google, IAC, LinkedIn, Monster, Rackspace, Salesforce.com, TripAdvisor, Yahoo and Zynga. Continue Reading...
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By Abiel Abuy on 07.21.12Flickr’s response to “DearMarissaMayer”Here's a clever way to respond to an online petition, ask for their help! Yes, that's exactly what Flickr made when they responded to the "DearMarissaMayer.Com" and #dearmarissamayer hashtag. Continue Reading...
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By Abiel Abuy on 07.18.12Internet to Marissa Mayer: Make Flickr Awesome Again!Today is Marissa Mayer's first day as the new CEO and President of Yahoo and it looks the "Internet" or at least represented by Sean Bonner, the co-founder and global director of the nonprofit Safecast, wants her to prioritize in fixing flickr. Continue Reading...
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By Abiel Abuy on 07.17.12Former Google Exec. Marissa Mayer is now Yahoo’s New CEO!If "talent is what drives technology companies" then Yahoo! is now the home of one of talented woman in the Tech biz. Marissa Mayer the former Google Tech Exec will now be Yahoo's new CEO and President. Marissa is an M.S. in Computer Science from Stanford University and employee no. 20 of Google, she's responsible for Google's white search homepage, Gmail, Google News, Google Images and credited as an inventor on several patents in artificial intelligence and interface design, she will now face a tough job if not the biggest challenge of her career by turning Yahoo's fortune around. Continue ...
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