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Yahoo Go Is a No Go
TechCrunch submits: By Leena Rao Before there was an iPhone, Android and App Store, there was Yahoo! Go. Launched in 2006, Yahoo! Go was an application offered news, mail, weather, traffic, and Yahoo! search from a mobile device.Yahoo YHOO is announcing that Yahoo! Go will be...
Yahoo Meme Extends to Indonesia
TechCrunch submits: By Leena Rao We’ve written a lot about Yahoo Meme, Yahoo’s YHOO new microblogging platform that resembles Twitter. A few weeks ago Yahoo launched an API for Meme and also shed some light on where the social media site is being used; which seems...
Yahoo Responds to Google Music Search by Searching YouTube for Music Videos
TechCrunch submits: By Leena Rao Last week Google GOOG launched the Music Onebox — a special new music search product that lets users stream songs in their entirety for free. Thursday, Yahoo Video is answering by improving its music video search offering. When you search for...
Yahoo Gets a Mobile Search Deal in Germany, Google Shrugs
TechCrunch submits: By Mike Butcher [Germany] Yahoo YHOO is claiming it has “displaced” Google GOOG search in Germany. Let’s just check that again. What has happened is that Yahoo has entered into an exclusive, multi-year, partnership with O2 Germany to become the preferred partner for mobile search...
Yahoo Reaches Settlement in Pay-Per-Click Class Action Lawsuit
TechCrunch submits: By Robin Wauters A class action lawsuit brought in 2006 by several Yahoo! YHOO pay-per-click search advertising customers has been settled, one of the parties involved who received an e-mail about the settlement informs us. In the e-mail, administrator Rust Consulting lets the concerned parties (”all...
Yahoo Obtains U.S. Patent for Human-Aided Search Ranking Method
TechCrunch submits: By Robin Wauters Remember when Yahoo YHOO was nothing more than a directory of the best links on the Web as determined by human editors? The Web is too vast for any humans to keep track of, but what if you could combine the heavy lifting...
Yahoo Brands Flickr, Users Not Happy
TechCrunch submits: By Leena Rao It appears that a few days ago there was a slight change to Flickr’s logo: an addition of a small Yahoo YHOO logo to the right side so it reads “Flickr from Yahoo.” In response, many Flickr users have taken to...
Yahoo Sells $150 Million Worth of Alibaba.com
TechCrunch submits: By Robin Wauters Yahoo YHOO is about to raise approximately $150 million by selling 57.48 million Alibaba.com shares, according to a term sheet obtained by Reuters earlier on Monday. The Internet giant is selling the large chunk of shares at HK$19.80-HK$20.30 each, which represents a 4-6.4%...
Yahoo Expands Its Microblogging Platform to English Language Markets
TechCrunch submits: By Leena Rao A few weeks ago , we reported that Yahoo YHOO quietly launched its microblogging product Yahoo Meme, in Spanish. Yahoo had previously launched a Portuguese language micro-blogging product, Yahoo Meme, that drew similarities to Twitter and Tumblr. And on second glance, it...
Why Did Google Let Yahoo Run Off with Xoopit?
TechCrunch submits: By Robin Wauters Yahoo YHOO has acquired e-mail startup Xoopit for a reported $20 million according to multiple reports. The deal, which was first reported to be in the final stages of closing earlier Wednesday morning by the Wall Street Journal, is expected to be announced...
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Michael Arrington is the founder and editor of TechCrunch.com, one of the premier Web publishing ventures devoted to startups and new Web technologies. Michael got his law degree at Stanford Law School and practiced law before joining a series of startups, including RazorGator (where he was chief operating officer) and Pool.com, a privately-held, Ottawa-based company where he was CEO. He is also the co-founder of a Web service called Edgeio.com. Michael has been quoted and/or featured in the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, Business Week magazine and other leading publications.
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