Yahoo puts instant-messaging inside Web browsers
Yahoo Inc, the world’s second-largest supplier of instant-messaging, has begun offering a new version that works inside a Web browser rather than requiring users to download a separate piece of software.
By dispensing with the need to install and run a separate IM program, Yahoo is looking to reach out to tens of millions of consumers [...]
Yahoo! to Offer Ads to Cellular Customers
Yahoo is set to begin showing ads to cellular customers. We have long felt safe from marketing while using our cellphones to browse pages, but now Yahoo, who has offered free viewing of search pages and other areas, is pushing ads to your phone that will take into account bandwidth and screen size. [...]
Yahoo Takes YouTube Idea and Expands On It
Yahoo might have missed out on buying YouTube as Google sits atop the purchase successfully, but they won’t let that get them down. Yahoo is exploring the amateur video popularity but stepping in with TV-style programming.
After lower than expected third-quarter earnings, a newly introduced program entitled “The 9″ has quietly raised eyebrows in the [...]
Yahoo makes Internet bookmarks ready to share
Bookmarks have become the cluttered closets of Web surfers.
Internet media company Yahoo Inc. is looking to give users an easier way to organize, search for and share favorite sites or Web pages, the company said on Tuesday.
It is also introducing a simplified version of the Yahoo toolbar that features a one-click way to bookmark Web [...]
Yahoo, CBS in local video news deal
Local news video from 16 CBS-owned television stations will be available on online portal Yahoo Inc., the companies said on Monday.
The companies will share revenue from advertising from the video clips. The deal was scheduled to begin Tuesday, the companies said.
The deal comes amid booming interest in watching video clips online and follows rival Google [...]
Is Yahoo! now under the gun after losing YouTube?
It’s Google against Mark Cuban after all, in a rather unique twist on celebrity deathmatch. Well, it’s not that far gone yet, but yesterday afternoon’s announcement that Google would be purchasing #1 video-sharing site YouTube.com in an all-stock transaction was not entirely unexpected. Google will now be the largest provider of online video with its [...]
Yahoo, Current TV unveil new video service
Internet media company Yahoo Inc and Current TV, a television channel founded by former U.S. Vice President Al Gore, on Wednesday said they had teamed up on a Web video service aimed at young adults.
The service, named the Yahoo Current Network, will feature both professionally produced video and material from viewers. No financial terms were [...]
Yahoo China sued by music site for copyright violation
A Chinese music site is suing Yahoo Inc.’s China unit for allegedly violating its copyright, Chinese media reported Friday.
Zhejiang province-based Entertainment Base, which claims to be China’s largest Web site for original music, sued Yahoo China in the Beijing Second Intermediate People’s Court over the copyright of 13 songs, and seeking $314,703 in damages, Shanghai’s [...]
Yahoo Messenger offers free group conference calls
Yahoo Inc. is offering free group conference calling services from Vapps Inc. to the roughly 80 million users of Yahoo’s instant-message and Web telephone-calling service, the companies said on Monday.
The service, called ConFreeCall, will be available for download through Yahoo Messenger with Voice service, allowing friends or families to hold free conference calls to complement [...]
Yahoo Joins MusicMatch, Music Engine
Yahoo released a new version of its online music service Wednesday, merging its Yahoo! Music Engine and MusicMatch applications into a single program called Yahoo! Music Jukebox. which Yahoo acquired MusicMatch in 2004.
Among the enhancements to the software include a new equalizer, as well as improved playlist and usability enhancements. Popular features from MusicMatch Jukebox [...]
