Yahoo! Updates

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Yahoo delays deadline for nominating board members Yahoo continues to struggle to avoid a takeover by Microsoft.The company has now revealed that they are now delaying the deadline for nominating board members as they aim to buy more time. Software giant Microsoft has been working on ways to force Yahoo to accept their acquisition bid. [...]

Yahoo delays deadline for nominating board members

 

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Yahoo establishes a new research centre in IsraelUS based internet media company Yahoo has announced their latest research lab in Israel.This is the Yahooâs first such lab in this part of the world.They have opened up this lab in the northern port city of Haifa. It would be managed by Ronny Lempel who is an [...]

Yahoo establishes a new research centre in Israel

 

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Yahoo! Europe to move to Switzerland from London Internet media giant Yahoo has announced that they are shifting their European headquarters to Switzerland from London over the next year and a half. A company representative said in a statement: “Yahoo! Europe has begun a programme to relocate its European headquarters to Switzerland. This decision is part of [...]

Yahoo! Europe to move to Switzerland from London

 

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Yahoo Messenger beta for Mac now has voice capabilities Internet media giant Yahoo has released a new beta edition of their Yahoo Messenger application for Apple Mac platform. This new beta release features support for voice. It would now allow Yahoo Messenger users on Mac to make free PC-to-PC calls. The company said that the edition also allows [...]

Yahoo Messenger beta for Mac now has voice capabilities

 

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Yahoo now part of OpenSocial Foundation Internet media giant Yahoo has announced that they are now joining Google and MySpace in the OpenSocial Foundation. This entity was created by the search engine giant Google as it aimed to develop open standards for social-networking sites. Wade Chambers, Yahoo vice president for platforms spoke about this new development: “Industry consortiums [...]

Yahoo now part of OpenSocial Foundation

 

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Yahoo! Shine destination for women between ages 25 and 54 Internet media giant Yahoo has announced the launch of their new web based destination named Shine. The company said that this new online portal is targeted at women between ages 25 and 54. This segment of the online market is currently underserved by their existing services and tools. Amy [...]

Yahoo! Shine destination for women between ages 25 and 54

 

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Yahoo web search on mobile devices now support voice commandsInternet media giant Yahoo has announced an updated mobile web search. The company has added a new feature which would enable the users to search using voice commands.Yahoo mobile chief Marco Boerries said in a statement: “This is really a sea change. This is not about [...]

Yahoo web search on mobile devices now support voice commands

 

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Yahoo! India Maps now with walking directions Internet media giant Yahoo has now improved their local maps for India by adding options for local languages. These maps are also now providing walking directions. The company said that the maps are now available in languages including Hindi, Tamil, Kannada, Marathi, Gujarati, Telugu, Malayalam and Punjabi. They would be delivering the [...]

Yahoo! India Maps now with walking directions

 

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Yahoo AMP ad management system announced Internet media giant and advertising solutions provider Yahoo has announced their new online ad management platform named AMP. The company said that this new platform is designed to make it easier for the web publishers to find available ad space on their own sites for advertisers. Yahoo said that the system is [...]

Yahoo AMP ad management system announced

 

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Yahoo acquires IndexToolsYahoo continues to remain under pressure from Microsoft to accept their acquisition bid.However, the internet media giant is also working on enhancing their current offerings to stay competitive in the market.Yahoo has now announced that they are acquiring all of the assets of Tensa Kft. The company is popularly known as IndexTools.They are [...]

Yahoo acquiring IndexTools