webOS 1.3.1 now available
WebOS junkies on Bell and Sprint should set aside some time this morning for an OS update, as webOS 1.3.1 has gone live. Sitting pretty at 126MB, some very useful changes have been made apart from the usual bug fixes.…
Microsoft and Yahoo ink search deal
Microsoft and Yahoo fiiiiiiiiiiinally announced a search partnership this morning, bringing to an end months of endless rumors and speculation. The deal will provide Microsoft with a 10-year license to use Yahoo’s core search technologies and integrate Yahoo’s platform into…
Yahoo US search share sputters, Google rebounds
Following a six-month upward trend for Yahoo’s US search market share, Bartz’s baby hit a brick wall in February according to comScore, sliding slightly from 21 percent in January to 20.6 percent. It’s a very small decline of course, but…
Microsoft drops the Y-bomb, again
Everyone’s favorite star-crossed lovers — the likes of which haven’t been seen since General Hospital — may be coming back to the bargaining table, yet again, in an effort to unite two of the Internet’s biggest powerhouses. Yep, speculation is…
Yahoo’s share of US search market continues to climb while Google actually slides
Wait, what? Is that headline right? Indeed it is folks – if comScore’s January numbers are to be believed at least. The authority on web-watching has just issued its most recent US search engine market share data and jaws around…
SEVEN announces Android support
Don’t get us wrong – Android is great. It’s touch-friendly, functional, logical and shows a lot of promise. Truth be told however, it is still in its infancy and has a whole lot of growing up to do. Don’t believe…
Yahoo President resigns following arrival of new CEO
Well, it looks like board meetings over at Intel are going to be pretty awkward for a while. Following the Wall Street Journal’s scoop earlier today, Yahoo has officially announced that Carol Bartz has joined the company as CEO. In…
Yahoo expected to name Carol Bartz as CEO
Since Yahoo-founder Jerry Yang stepped down from his CEO role back in November, not much has improved with the struggling internet giant. The company underwent a huge round of layoffs in December and since then news has been scarce, which…
Yahoo lowers the bar, in a good way this time
Yahoo might not have named its new CEO yet but that hasn’t stopped higher-ups from announcing a huge executive decision today that will hopefully help set a new standard for other big internet companies. In a press release this morning,…
Yahoo to proceed with layoffs starting Wednesday
In a bit of somber Monday morning news, it appears as if Yahoo is going to proceed with its planned end of the year layoffs which are expected to occur on Wednesday. Originally announced by Jerry Yang on October 21st…
Revived Yahoo search deal for Microsoft is “total fiction” for the time being
As much sense as it would make for Microsoft and Yahoo to come back to the table now that Jerry Yang is out of the way, yesterday’s rush of news may have been a bit premature – if not simply…
Icahn isn’t done with Yahoo just yet, buys another 6.7 million shares
Now that the Jerry Yang problem has finally been dealt with, Icahn looks to be gearing up for battle once again. Over the past few days, Billionaire financier Carl Icahn has been buying up more of Yahoo and likely gearing…
Yahoo OneSearch coming to T-Mobile phones?
According to InfoWorld, Marco Boerries, executive vice president and head of Yahoo’s Connected Life Division, let it slip that T-Mobile and Yahoo will be announcing a partnership to put the Yahoo OneSearch button on T-Mobile phones. If this rumor pans…
