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Yahoo Launches Apple iPhone Inquisitor Search Application
Lane_R_Ellis, 9:58 pm on Mar. 5, 2009 (utc 0)
Sunnyvale, California-based Yahoo has released a free Web search application for users of Apple's popular iPhone that is built on technology from Inquisitor, a start-up Yahoo purchased last May specializing in making mobile searches easier.
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Yahoo Blurs The Line Between Display And Search Ads With New Rich Ads Program
Lane_R_Ellis, 8:08 pm on Feb. 19, 2009 (utc 0)
Yahoo has blurred the line between the graphical banner advertisements known as display ads and traditionally text-only ads, with its new Rich Ads in Search test program that shows images, videos and user-input boxes amidst Yahoo search engine results.
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Yahoo Announces New Unified Mobile Site And Services
Lane_R_Ellis, 12:24 am on Feb. 18, 2009 (utc 0)
On Tuesday at the World Mobile Congress trade show in Barcelona Yahoo announced Yahoo Mobile, an initiative targeting mobile device users that included a new mobile Web site and applications to act as a central access point for mobile users, the Sunnyvale, California-based company revealed.
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Yahoo Earnings Report Reveals $303 Million Loss And Weak Outlook
Lane_R_Ellis, 11:26 pm on Jan. 27, 2009 (utc 0)
At the close of the market Tuesday Yahoo released its first quarterly earnings results under recently hired chief executive Carol Bartz, with fourth quarter results showing revenues down 1 percent to $1.80 billion from the same quarter one year earlier.
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Yahoo To Loose Satish Dharmaraj, Co-Founder Of Zimbra E-mail Acquisition
Lane_R_Ellis, 11:45 pm on Jan. 21, 2009 (utc 0)
Yahoo has announced that Satish Dharmaraj, who co-founded the open source e-mail services start-up Zimbra that Yahoo purchased for $350 million in September 2007, will be leaving the Sunnyvale, California-based Web pioneer in March.
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Yahoo Adds More Wikipedia Content To Search Results With SearchMonkey
Lane_R_Ellis, 9:04 pm on Jan. 15, 2009 (utc 0)
Users of Yahoo's search engine will now find more detailed results from Wikipedia, thanks to a new application built on Yahoo's SearchMonkey open development platform that the Web pioneer turned live today on the 8th anniversary of Wikipedia's launch.
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Yahoo Names Carol Bartz As Chief Executive Successor To Jerry Yang
Lane_R_Ellis, 10:21 pm on Jan. 13, 2009 (utc 0)
Web pioneer Yahoo has named former Autodesk Inc. executive chairman Carol Bartz as the new chief executive at the Sunnyvale, California-based company, replacing interim chief executive and company co-founder Jerry Yang immediately, Yahoo announced Tuesday.
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Yahoo Widgets Boost New Samsung Internet HDTVs At CES Tech Show
Lane_R_Ellis, 10:37 pm on Jan. 6, 2009 (utc 0)
Sunnyvale, California-based Yahoo has joined South Korean electronics company Samsung in bringing to market high definition televisions featuring limited Internet connectivity through the Web pioneer's Yahoo Widget Engine.
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Yahoo Drops Global Data Retention Period To Three Months
Lane_R_Ellis, 10:15 pm on Dec. 17, 2008 (utc 0)
Yahoo has lowered the length of time it keeps user data gathered from its search engine from 13 months to 90 days, including information about what users search for and which links and advertisements they click from the Sunnyvale, California-based company's Web site.
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Yahoo Mail Upgrade Blurs Line Between E-mail And Social Networking
Lane_R_Ellis, 11:30 pm on Dec. 16, 2008 (utc 0)
Yahoo has released a major overhaul to the world's most-used Web-based e-mail service it operates, in a limited test of a new Yahoo Mail announced Monday that blurs the line between traditional e-mail and social networking services.
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Yahoo Cuts 1,500 Employees From Workforce With Further Layoffs Likely
Lane_R_Ellis, 10:19 pm on Dec. 10, 2008 (utc 0)
Sunnyvale, California-based Web pioneer Yahoo began laying off 1,500 employees from its workforce of about 15,000 Wednesday, a cut announced in October aimed at trimming expenses by $400 million at the company that operates the second most-used search engine.
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Yahoo Signs Mobile Search Deal With U.K.'s Virgin Mobile
Lane_R_Ellis, 9:58 pm on Dec. 1, 2008 (utc 0)
Sunnyvale, California-based Yahoo announced late Sunday that it had signed a mobile search agreement with Virgin Mobile that will see Virgin's 4.4 million U.K. customers using Yahoo's oneSearch as the default pre-installed search service on their mobile devices.
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Yahoo Broadens Glue Pages Test To Include United States Users
Lane_R_Ellis, 10:17 pm on Nov. 20, 2008 (utc 0)
Yahoo has broadened a test of its so-called "Glue Pages" search engine format that combines text, images and video information on a single results page, expanding a program first released in May to Yahoo users in India to include United States users.
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Yahoo Co-Founder Jerry Yang To Leave Chief Executive Post And Resume Former Role
Lane_R_Ellis, 10:17 pm on Nov. 18, 2008 (utc 0)
Yahoo, led since June 2007 by co-founder Jerry Yang, has begun the search for his successor as the Sunnyvale, California-based Web pioneer announced Monday that Yang would step down as chief executive and return to his previous role as chief Yahoo.
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Yahoo And Google Make Deal Concessions Ahead Of Regulator Decision
Lane_R_Ellis, 10:02 pm on Nov. 4, 2008 (utc 0)
Both Sunnyvale, California-based Yahoo and Mountain View, California-based Google have offered to revise the terms of their proposed search advertising partnership in order to increase the likelihood that the United States Justice Department will approve the deal.
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Open Strategy Initiative Launch Aims To Expand Yahoo's Embrace Of Web
Lane_R_Ellis, 9:23 pm on Oct. 29, 2008 (utc 0)
Sunnyvale, California-based Yahoo has launched a major initiative to unify its myriad online services and create a new more social network-like environment for consumers, with Tuesday's release of Yahoo Open Strategy for developers.
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Yahoo Chief Executive Jerry Yang Sees Glimpses of Strength Despite Layoffs, Economy
Lane_R_Ellis, 6:09 pm on Nov. 11, 2008 (utc 0)
In the wake of announcing that it will lay off about 1,500 of its workers earlier this week, Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang has expressed optimism that the company can be transformed by the continuing strength of its online advertising business under his leadership even as the economic downturn continues to worsen.
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Yahoo Says It Will Lay Off Some 1,500 Workers As Profit Tumbles
Lane_R_Ellis, 10:11 pm on Oct. 22, 2008 (utc 0)
Yahoo released third quarter financial results Tuesday showing a slight 1 percent rise in revenue but a sizable 64 percent earnings tumble, and said that over the next several months it would lay off 10 percent of its workers, about 1,500 people.
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Yahoo And Google Seek To Stop Antitrust Challenge
Lane_R_Ellis, 2:26 pm on Oct. 14, 2008 (utc 0)
Both Yahoo and Google are holding ongoing talks with the Justice Department seeking to halt an antitrust challenge that could block their proposed search advertising partnership, according to a report citing unnamed lawyers involved in the discussions.
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Yahoo Offers Improved Web Analytics Service
Lane_R_Ellis, 10:04 pm on Oct. 9, 2008 (utc 0)
Sunnyvale, California-based Web pioneer Yahoo has begun rolling out a test version of its new Web traffic analysis utility, Yahoo Web Analytics, that offered Web site owners and advertisers methods for tracking visitor interaction with sites using the service.
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Senator Asks For Continuing Scrutiny Of Proposed Yahoo-Google Advertising Deal
Lane_R_Ellis, 9:24 pm on Oct. 3, 2008 (utc 0)
The chairman of the U.S. Senate antitrust subcommittee, Senator Herb Kohl, has urged the Justice Department to continue scrutinizing possible antitrust ramifications stemming from the proposed search advertising deal between Yahoo and Google even if it receives eventual approval.
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Yahoo President Decker Defends Deal With Google While CEO Yang Touts APT Platform
Lane_R_Ellis, 12:31 am on Sep. 30, 2008 (utc 0)
Yahoo has stepped up efforts to sell its two most important initiatives, with president Susan Decker looking to draw support for the Web pioneer's proposed search ad deal with Google, while chief executive Jerry Yang sought to tout the benefits of Yahoo's new digital ad system.
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Yahoo Rolls Out Transformative APT Web Advertising System
Lane_R_Ellis, 9:38 pm on Sep. 25, 2008 (utc 0)
Sunnyvale, California-based Web pioneer Yahoo has begun rolling out its newly renamed APT platform for buying and selling online display advertising, releasing details of the previously named AMP project at a Wednesday event in New York.
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Yahoo To Form Advertising Council Amidst Growing Opposition To Deal With Google
Lane_R_Ellis, 9:25 pm on Sep. 23, 2008 (utc 0)
Web pioneer Yahoo has begun forming an online advertising and media council called the Digital Advisory Council, to meet beginning later this year and comprised of up to 20 members from digital marketing firms and ad agencies, the Sunnyvale, California-based company announced Monday.
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Yahoo Open Strategy Plan Pushes Forward With Property Redesigns Featuring More Third Party
Lane_R_Ellis, 8:03 pm on Sep. 12, 2008 (utc 0)
Yahoo pushed forward with plans to offer its 500 million users worldwide redesigned homepage, music and email sites featuring more third party services such as Netflix movie and Apple iTunes music access, executives with the company said on the eve of hosting a Friday conference for outside developers.
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Association of National Advertisers Objects To Yahoo-Google Search Deal
Lane_R_Ellis, 10:05 pm on Sep. 8, 2008 (utc 0)
The Association of National Advertisers has voiced its objection to the proposed Internet search advertising deal Yahoo and Google initiated in June, in a letter sent Sunday to Justice Department regulators.
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Yahoo Brings iPhone Upgraded Mobile Search Experience
Lane_R_Ellis, 9:47 pm on Aug. 21, 2008 (utc 0)
Yahoo has given users of Apple's popular iPhone an improved way to search the Web using its Yahoo Search for iPhone online service, including a feature to cut down on typing time while performing Web searches.
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Yahoo Buzz Leaves The Social News Hive With Web-Wide Expansion
Lane_R_Ellis, 10:12 pm on Aug. 19, 2008 (utc 0)
Yahoo has expanded the social news Web site it debuted in a limited test format in February, with the Monday launch of its Yahoo Buzz public voting effort now able to include popular content from any location on the Web.
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Yahoo Defends Strategy At Annual Meeting, Wins Strong Shareholder Support
Lane_R_Ellis, 9:53 pm on Aug. 1, 2008 (utc 0)
Yahoo defended its strategy in dealing with attempts by Microsoft to take over the company and pointed towards strong future growth prospects during its annual shareholder meeting held Friday.
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Yahoo Adds Carl Icahn To Board In Proxy Truce
Lane_R_Ellis, 9:58 pm on July 21, 2008 (utc 0)
Yahoo has reached a settlement agreement that will expand its board of directors to include billionaire activist investor Carl Icahn and two members of his alternate slate of directors, in a truce announced Monday.
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Yahoo Warns Shareholders Of Dangers In Icahn-led Proxy Battle
Lane_R_Ellis, 11:17 pm on July 17, 2008 (utc 0)
Yahoo warned its shareholders of dangers the Sunnyvale, California-based company would likely face should control of the firm be given to billionaire activist investor Carl Icahn and his slate of alternate directors at its annual meeting on August 1.
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Yahoo Announces Reorganization With Larger Role For President Decker
Lane_R_Ellis, 9:32 pm on June 26, 2008 (utc 0)
Yahoo announced a reorganization Thursday that included a larger role for its president Susan Decker and an expansion of the Sunnyvale, California-based firm's cloud computing services, in moves seeking to stabilize Yahoo after turning down Microsoft's takeover bid.
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Yahoo Loses Executives Amidst Talk Of Major Reorganization
Lane_R_Ellis, 11:22 pm on June 20, 2008 (utc 0)
Yahoo has continued to lose executives after spurning a takeover attempt by Microsoft and embracing top rival Google in an online advertising deal, with three executive vice presidents, two senior vice presidents and a cadre of other key employees leaving the firm since last week.
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Yahoo Makes Mobile Search Moves In Asia Pacific Region
Lane_R_Ellis, 10:09 pm on June 17, 2008 (utc 0)
Yahoo announced Monday that it had signed mobile Internet search agreements with five telecommunications companies in the Asia Pacific region, bringing to 60 the total number of its similar partnerships worldwide.
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Yahoo Signs Advertising Deal With Google As Microsoft Talks Fail
Lane_R_Ellis, 10:35 pm on June 13, 2008 (utc 0)
Yahoo announced Thursday that it had signed a long-term search advertising agreement with Internet giant Google, and that it had rejected a proposal from Microsoft, announcements that combined to essentially signal an end to the software giant's 18-week pursuit of Yahoo.
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August Proxy Fight Expected At Yahoo Annual Meeting
Lane_R_Ellis, 8:07 pm on June 4, 2008 (utc 0)
Yahoo announced Tuesday that it will hold its annual shareholder meeting on August 1, during which billionaire investor Carl Icahn is expected to seek to have his alternate slate of 10 board members elected.
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Yahoo Brings Desktop Powers To Web Browser In BrowserPlus Test
Lane_R_Ellis, 10:10 pm on May 29, 2008 (utc 0)
Yahoo has launched a test version of a platform that brings more computer desktop powers to Web browser programs, with a developer program called BrowserPlus the company announced Tuesday.
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Yahoo Postpones Annual Meeting And Loses Board Member Amidst Proxy Battles
Lane_R_Ellis, 9:23 pm on May 23, 2008 (utc 0)
Yahoo has postponed its annual meeting previously scheduled for July 3 to a date later in the same month, and moved to decrease the size of its board from ten to nine after board member Ed Kozel resigned.
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Yahoo Shareholders Face Pressure To Replace Board Of Directors
Lane_R_Ellis, 4:10 pm on May 16, 2008 (utc 0)
Yahoo chairman Roy Bostock has challenged assertions from billionaire investor and activist shareholder Carl Icahn that the firm's board of directors made a flawed move when it refused a $47.5 billion takeover bid from Microsoft.
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Revived Microsoft-Yahoo Merger May Hinge On Billionaire Investor Icahn
Lane_R_Ellis, 11:37 pm on May 14, 2008 (utc 0)
Billionaire investor and activist shareholder Carl Icahn is looking into staging a proxy battle for board member seats at Web pioneer Yahoo, in a move aimed to drive the Sunnyvale, California-based firm back into merger negotiations that would seek to complete a sale to Microsoft.
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Yahoo Bonds Web Searches With Glue Pages India Test
Lane_R_Ellis, 9:44 pm on May 8, 2008 (utc 0)
A new Internet search engine format from Sunnyvale, California-based Web pioneer Yahoo that combines text, images and video information on a single results page has been launched in a test form for Yahoo users in India.
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Yahoo Search Partnership With McAfee Aims To Stop Visits To High-Risk Web Sites
Lane_R_Ellis, 9:35 pm on May 6, 2008 (utc 0)
Yahoo has begun analyzing Web sites listed on its search engine to remove blatantly dangerous sites and warn users before they click on those that might contain spyware, computer viruses or are associated with spam e-mail, in a partnership with security firm McAfee.
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Yahoo Calls On Startup Jajah For Its Messenger VoIP Features
Lane_R_Ellis, 9:17 pm on April 29, 2008 (utc 0)
Yahoo will outsource the Internet telephone portion of its instant messaging system, functions also known as voice over Internet protocol (VoIP), to Mountain View, California-based startup Jajah beginning later this year, the company announced Tuesday.
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Yahoo Touts Open Strategy Plan Unifying Web Services
Lane_R_Ellis, 9:45 pm on April 25, 2008 (utc 0)
Embattled Sunnyvale, California-based Yahoo has begun a major plan to unify its myriad online services and create a new more social network-like environment for both developers and consumers, the Web pioneer announced Thursday at the Web 2.0 Expo conference in San Francisco.
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Yahoo Earnings Rise Yet Fail To Alter Microsoft Bid
Lane_R_Ellis, 3:30 pm on April 22, 2008 (utc 0)
Sunnyvale, California-based Internet pioneer Yahoo on Tuesday announced first quarter earnings that topped analyst expectations but fell short of the type of explosive growth that some felt could cause Microsoft to increase its $44 billion bid for the firm.
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Yahoo Updates Web Search Crawler, Slurp 3.0
Lane_R_Ellis, 9:53 pm on April 15, 2008 (utc 0)
Yahoo has updated its automated Web search engine crawler, called Slurp, with a new version that will be released in phases over the next several weeks, the search engine and online media company announced Monday.
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Yahoo Adds Hungary's IndexTools To Web Analytics Offerings
Lane_R_Ellis, 9:34 pm on April 9, 2008 (utc 0)
Yahoo has acquired the assets of Budapest, Hungary-based Web traffic measurement company Tensa Kft, also known as IndexTools, to boost its Web analytics offerings for online marketers.
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Yahoo Shows Plans For New AMP Web Advertising System
Lane_R_Ellis, 11:06 pm on April 7, 2008 (utc 0)
Yahoo, the top worldwide Web destination and the second-most-used Internet search engine, has revealed information about a future online advertising system called AMP, that it hopes will help make it easier for advertisers, publishers and partners to sell various types of Internet advertisements throughout the Web.
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Yahoo Expands Mobile Phone Software, Adds Voice Search
Lane_R_Ellis, 10:30 pm on April 3, 2008 (utc 0)
Yahoo, the second-most-used Internet search engine, has expanded its OneSearch software with voice and text recognition features to make Web searching easier and more useful for mobile phone users.
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Yahoo Takes a New "Shine" To Women With Specialty Site
Lane_R_Ellis, 10:06 pm on Mar. 31, 2008 (utc 0)
Sunnyvale, California-based Web pioneer Yahoo has launched a new specialty Web site for women between ages 25 and 54 focusing on their everyday lives, the company announced Monday.
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