Neowin News Feed for: Yahoo

Bing US market share in search keeps rising slowly

John Callaham — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 04:12:42 +0100

Data from ComScore shows that Microsoft's Bing search service gained another 0.1 percent market share in U.S. Internet search between April and May 2013, continuing its slow growth. Read more...

Yahoo revamps its search results layout to compete with Google and Bing

John Callaham — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 17:20:18 +0100

Yahoo has announced it has revamped its search results layout for web users, making them look more like the current Yahoo.com front page, along with some performance improvements. Read more...

Flickr revamped, comes with 1TB of free storage

John Callaham — Tue, 21 May 2013 01:12:07 +0100

Yahoo announced today at it's press event that it will be launching a new version of its Flickr online photo service, which will include a new UI and a whopping 1 TB of free photo and video storage. Read more...

Thousands of Tumblr blogs migrate to Wordpress after Yahoo deal

Max Slater-Robins — Mon, 20 May 2013 20:28:35 +0100

Many Tumblr users are not happy that Yahoo have stepped in to buy the company, despite reports that it was finically unsound, and it looks like some users are voting with their feet. Read more...

Yahoo acquires Tumblr for $1.1 billion

Vlad Dudau — Mon, 20 May 2013 13:18:32 +0100

It was just announced that Yahoo has bought Tumblr for approximately $1.1 billion dollars, close to what earlier rumors had predicted. Tumblr is one of the most popular blogging platforms in the world Read more...

Report: Yahoo board approves $1.1 billion Tumblr acquisition

John Callaham — Sun, 19 May 2013 18:36:56 +0100

A new report claims that Yahoo's board of directors has approved its acquisition of Tumblr for a whopping $1.1 billion, with Yahoo expected to officially reveal the deal tomorrow. Read more...

Yahoo holding special event on Monday amid Tumblr acquisition rumours

Ben Buffone — Sat, 18 May 2013 02:17:31 +0100

Yahoo have announced a 'product-focused' event will take place on Monday amid rumours of a possible acquisition of Tumblr. Will the rumours prove to be true or is this unrelated? Read more...

Yahoo reportedly wants to buy Tumblr; is scared of Facebook

Vlad Dudau — Fri, 17 May 2013 10:44:39 +0100

Yahoo supposedly wants the buy the super popular Tumblr to invigorate its user base and get a foothold in mobile marketing. However, they are scared of competing with Facebook for Tumblr's graces. Read more...

Yahoo reportedly wants to kick Microsoft to the curb

John Callaham — Wed, 08 May 2013 06:26:50 +0100

A report claims that Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer would like to cut short the company's ten-year search engine deal with Microsoft, but may not be able to do that until 2015 at the earliest. Read more...

Microsoft and Yahoo extend U.S. search revenue partnership

John Callaham — Tue, 07 May 2013 21:57:52 +0100

Yahoo has revealed it has extended its deal with Microsoft that guarantees Yahoo's revenue per search using Microsoft's Bing engine in the U.S. until March 31, 2014. Read more...

Older versions of Yahoo Mail to shut down June 3rd

John Callaham — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 02:51:57 +0100

Yahoo has announced it will be shutting down the older versions of its Yahoo Mail website the week of June 3rd and will be closing a number of other services on April 30th. Read more...

Bing makes solid gains in yearly U.S. search share; Yahoo keeps dropping

John Callaham — Sun, 14 Apr 2013 19:14:13 +0100

Data from ComScore shows that Microsoft's Bing search service gained a 0.2 percent market share in U.S. search between February and March 2013, and has gained a total of 1.6 percent in the last year. Read more...

Lobbying group representing Microsoft and Google backs CISPA

Max Slater-Robins — Sun, 14 Apr 2013 10:14:59 +0100

TechNet, a lobbying firm representing Microsoft, Google, Yahoo and more, have sent a letter to Congress in support of the controversial Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act. Read more...

Apple and Yahoo discussing partnerships

Max Slater-Robins — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 20:57:07 +0100

A report by the Wall Street Journal has outlined talks between Yahoo! and Apple about a deeper integration of Yahoo! services to combat iOS' reliance on Google. Apple may also be considering Bing. Read more...

Yahoo to acquire app Summly made originally by 15 year old [Update]

John Callaham — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 14:07:24 +0000

Yahoo has announced that it has acquired Summly, a news aggregator app made by UK-based Nick D'Aloisio when he was just 15 years old. Terms of the deal were not announced. Read more...

Yahoo Sports Windows 8 app launched as Lenovo exclusive

John Callaham — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 02:27:13 +0000

Yahoo has quietly launched a new Yahoo Sports news app for Windows 8 and Windows RT, and it's apparently an exclusive, at least for now, for Lenovo Windows 8 PCs. Read more...

Yahoo to buy controlling stake in Dailymotion?

Stephen Robinson — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 01:49:38 +0000

Yahoo may be in talks to to purchase a 75% stake in video site Dailymotion as part of an ownership structure that is currently being considered. The site could be valued at around $300 million. Read more...

US web search share: Bing keeps growing, Yahoo keeps shrinking

John Callaham — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 02:12:27 +0000

New data from ComScore shows that Microsoft's share of the US Internet search market keeps growing, as does Google, but Yahoo's share of the search market keeps shrinking. Read more...

Yahoo Mail app for Windows 8 gets major update

John Callaham — Sun, 10 Mar 2013 21:31:36 +0000

Yahoo has released a major new update of its Yahoo Mail app for Windows 8, adding in a number of new features such as folder management support, a way to search inside the app and more. Read more...

Yahoo Mail accounts continue to be hacked despite 'fixes'

Ben Buffone — Sun, 10 Mar 2013 18:21:29 +0000

Despite Yahoo's efforts to fix 'vulnerabilities', mail users have continued to see their accounts hacked. The company says two isolated security holes have been rectified, but the problems persist. Read more...