by admin at Thursday, January 22, 2009 in Yahoo
Tags: anti-spam team, pcs parts, Yahoo
Yahoo is sparing no effort to curtail spam on its Mail and now the company is signing a deal with Abaca to screen out the spam. The company will also use Return Path technology that will allow the companies to find out why and when their legal e-mails are blocked.
The details about this move can be seen on the Yahoo Mail blog that were posted on Tuesday.
Mark Risher, Yahoo’s anti-spam boss, says in this connection: “We have equipped ourselves with the latest anti-spam technology and by utilizing it we would definitely turn up heat on the spammers.”
Yahoo anti-spam team has also been using supercomputers that were consisted of thousands of individual PCs parts of their open source project Hadoop to detect the spammers. The Internet pioneer has also been teaming up with different top universities for research on this issue and trying to find some more effective ways to block the bad guys quite quickly.
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by admin at Friday, September 26, 2008 in Yahoo
Tags: APT, newspapers, Online, Technology, Yahoo
Today is a welcome good news day for stressed Yahoo boss Jerry Wang, as he is going to launch the new APT advertising platform of the search engine.
This web-based system has been developed to make the process of buying, selling, displaying online ads simple. It has also got two of Silicon Valley newspapers on board including San Jose Mercury News and San Francisco Chronicle.
There is no word about Yahoo’s controversial advertising deal with Google in which Google ads will appear beside Yahoo!’ s search results with the help of new technology unveiled by the Mad Men star Jon Hamm. Click here to read more »
by admin at Monday, September 22, 2008 in Google
Tags: Google, Microsoft, US, Yahoo
According to Comscore monthly figures, in the US search market, Google’s market share has climbed up by a percentage point in the records of the past month and it’s getting even closer to two-thirds mark.
The Comscore released figures for August doesn’t give a nice reading for Google’s major search rivals including Yahoo and Microsoft.
In the US, almost sixty-three percent web searches are made via Google while Yahoo with its 19.6 per cent searches is languishing far behind. In Yahoo searches, there is a fall of almost 1% on data from July. Click here to read more »
by admin at Wednesday, September 17, 2008 in Google
Tags: Google, Internet, Korean, Tatter And Company, Yahoo
Taking aim at another market, Google is going to purchase Korean blogging developer Tatter And Company. It seems that Google wants to continue its goal of breaking into new markets where the company is not considered a dominant force.
However, no word about the figures that Google is going to pay for the blogging developer. The news has been posted on the co-chief executive’s blog.
In Korea, Google is currently is not enjoying success like of Yahoo and this step is being taken by considering that fact. In a blog post, Tatter’s chief executive says, “we are going to be Googled!” Click here to read more »
by admin at Tuesday, August 05, 2008 in Yahoo
Tags: Microsoft, Yahoo
At Yahoo’s annual meeting in California, Chief executive Jerry Yang succeeded to win the support of 85% investors.
However, some investors criticized the firm on not to agreeing a $47.5bn buyout offer from Microsoft.
During the meeting, a shareholder Eric Jackson of Ironfire Capital asked Chairman Roy Bostock to step down from the post.
“Bostock must do an honorable thing and resign from the board,” stated Eric Jackson, an investor from Ironfire Capital.
Eric also accused that Bostock overplaying his hand with Microsoft.
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by admin at Friday, March 07, 2008 in Yahoo
Tags: AOL, Yahoo
Is it possible that Yahoo would merge with AOL to keep Microsoft out of the picture? While this may sound like a silly idea for a company the size of Yahoo, it has been a topic of great discussion this past week. When it comes down to it, Yahoo needs to make some sort of move before Microsoft decides to step things up in an attempt to take over the company via a proxy battle.
This is an interesting rumor to keep an eye on for several reasons. First and foremost, AOL offers a lot of content through a number of services. This would fit in well with Yahoo’s goal of increasing their performance in the online advertising world. While Google is the king of this world right now, a Yahoo-AOL merger could definitely mean bad news for the company.
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by admin at Friday, February 22, 2008 in Breaking News,Internet,Yahoo
Tags: Microsoft, Yahoo
Yahoo had already informally rejected Microsoft’s initial bid. However, the giant software company is still waiting for Yahoo’s formal letter of rejection before moving forward towards its next plan. Microsoft’s next step is most likely to appoint a new set of directors which should be done by March 14.
Microsoft could not see a possible reason for increasing its bid for Yahoo. A reliable source had stated that Microsoft is not up to bidding against itself until Yahoo shows up and become willing to cooperate in the bargaining table. New York Times Deal Book had stated that Microsoft is willing to move forward with proxy battle with Yahoo.
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by admin at Thursday, February 21, 2008 in Microsoft,Yahoo
Tags: Internet, Microsoft, search engines, Technology, Yahoo
As of late, the biggest news in the tech and internet industries is the possible takeover of Yahoo by Microsoft. While it is obvious that Microsoft is all for this deal, it is safe to say that Yahoo is trying to avoid it at all costs. Not only did they turn down Microsoft’s first offer, but company officials have not led on that they are thinking of changing their mind.
While both companies are sure to be effected if this deal goes down, there are two other groups that are sure to see some changes as well. They include those who own stock in either company, as well as those who use Yahoo and/or Microsoft web based services. With that being said, are you for or against a Microsoft takeover?
It seems that there is a split decision on this matter. If you own Yahoo stock, you are well aware that it has been under performing as of late. Many feel that a takeover by Microsoft will help to steady the ship, and in turn increase the overall performance of the stock. Is this a guarantee? Of course not. But it is definitely something that could happen if a deal takes place.
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by admin at Friday, November 09, 2007 in Internet,Microsoft,Yahoo
Tags: Iran, Microsoft, webmail, webmail services, Yahoo
It is a sad day for the people of Iran as Yahoo and Microsoft have removed Iran from the country lists of their webmail services, claiming that they had to comply with the US policy that prevents them from doing business with Iran. Fortunately, Google mail is still available to the people of the country, and it seems that they are playing with the law by staying at the edge – claiming that they are still complying with the US export controls and sanction programs.
Since these services are free, there is the question of whether this course of action was even necessary. Skype’s removal of their paying Iranian members made more sense, since it dealt with the exchange of currency and would be more appropriately be considered as ‘conducting business’. Perhaps the lawyers of the giants, Yahoo and Microsoft were over-zealous, especially with Microsoft taking a few hits from huge law suits recently. If it is in compliance with the law, what the US is doing may be questionable. What justifies the action of taking away free international communication services from the Iranians?
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