Archive for: yahoo
- September 8, 2011 9:00 am
My how the mighty have fallen. Fist Nokia. Then Palm/webOS. And now Yahoo. What was once the world’s largest search engine is now nothing more than an after thought. At one point Yahoo had a chance at potential success via a $44 billion buyout from Microsoft but now former CEO Carol Bartz turned down the offer.
Now that the utmost level of Yahoo is free and clear, the “For Sale” signs can finally come out. If you’ve got a couple bucks lying around, Yahoo is looking for your business.
Like it or not, Google’s Gmail service is a seemingly insurmountable giant. With that said, there’s only so many ways to re-invent the wheel — in this case email in general — so many features you can add, and so many UI tweaks you can push out before the supply of creativity runs dry. But naysayers be damned, Yahoo is pushing ahead, and pushing Facebook and Twitter into your inbox…
Yahoo!’s claim that the mysterious “phantom data” issue plaguing Windows Phone 7 devices is Microsoft’s fault (poor API implementation) isn’t ringing so true today. The issue also affects Yahoo! Mail on the iPhone. Developer Rifael Rivera actually revealed the iOS phantom data issue last night. But either way, the belief that blame rests solely on Microsoft’s shoulders is much less likely. It is unknown at this time whether or not the phantom data issue affects Android too, seeing as the simple check that works on both WP7 and iOS doesn’t return the same results on Android.
In the meantime, we’ll be awaiting responses from Apple and Yahoo regarding this new information. And we’re pretty sure Microsoft will have a thing or two to chime in with as well. Ball’s in your court Yahoo.
Windows Phone 7 users have no doubt witnessed the mysterious “phantom data” that is plaguing their beloved handsets. After some hard digging, Microsoft found the culprit — Yahoo! Mail. Yahoo! meanwhile, argues that their service isn’t flawed, and instead claims it is Microsoft’s implementation of IMAP for the erroneous phantom data. They further bolster their claim by saying that every other mobile platform doesn’t have any problem with Yahoo! Mail. On the flipside, no other email service on Windows Phone 7 has any problems with Microsoft’s so called “troubled” IMAP API.
The blame game is in full swing.
If you’ve ever sat and envisioned what the stereotypical “hell” was like, chances are fire, all things red, and horns made up most of it. But little did you know, “Hell” also includes HP and Yahoo. Why you say? Ooooh, only because after a few trial runs, HP and Yahoo have somehow come up with the belief that consumers don’t like and in many cases, actually look forward to ads on their printouts. This new advertising scheme only affects web connected printers and scheduled printouts tied to Yahoo’s ad network for now, but as we all know, once a toe is in the door, it can only get wider.
Hop inside for HP’s rationalization and a few key reasons why this isn’t going to work…
Now before we go any further, I’ll make known that I understand Google isn’t Android and Android isn’t Google. Google just so happens to be one of the biggest OHA members who puts the bulk of marketing dollars behind the mobile OS. With that said however, so far Google has been Android. Any Android device you pick up that’s been labeled a “Google Experience” device as been stuffed full of Gmail, Google Maps, Googlve Voice, etc. A tight knit blend of hardware and software. AT&T is set to start the Android madness this month with their first (and utter POS) attempt at the Android game with the Backflip. Besides being tainted with all kinds of useless, overpriced AT&T crapware and services, a new revelation coming to light affects not only the Backflip, but all Android devices on AT&T — Google won’t be the go to service.
That title will now go to Yahoo. To be clear, it’s only the search provider for now as Google apps are bundled with the Backflip in particular. But could it signal a different stance by AT&T? Will future Android phones not only come riddled with god awful AT&T crap apps and less than stellar (read: half-baked) Yahoo apps? Replacing the default search provider with Yahoo may not seem like a big deal, but to some it’s a huge decision. Besides filling AT&T execs’ pockets with cash, I’d like to know any other reasoning as on the desktop search front, Yahoo has been sucking hard the last several months.
When all is said and done however, the relatively low-end feature set of the Backflip coupled with the boat load of bloatware compliments of AT&T means this phone is a strict “no buy/pass”. Unless you just have to have a cheap Android device on Big Blue, you’re better off unlocking some other Android device for AT&T usage or sucking it up and waiting for 1 of 4 other Android devices set to launch on AT&T this year.
Good, bad, ugly?
Android and Me
- December 17, 2009 9:05 pm
Wireless carriers form partnerships and deals with various 3rd parties all of the time. For sake of the next 35 seconds of your life, we’re going to focus on the software side of things. If you happen to have a BlackBerry running on Verizon, fire up the ‘ol BB Browser running the latest firmware and take a look in the search box. Chances are you’ll see “Bing” in grayed out incognito colors. RIM going Bing only is one possibility. Though so is a Verizon/Microsoft search deal as well. Whichever the case, having to manually select Google or Yahoo as an alternate search provider each time you were doing a search would be enough of a pain. Too bad there isn’t any option to even switch to a new search engine. Not one. Nadda. Not that anyone uses the BB Browser for any hardcore mobile browsing escapades anyway….
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You may recall a particular article we posted yesterday that delt with a potentially disturbing problem affecting Hotmail/MSN/WindowsLive email users. For a quick recap, someone posted the account and password information for over 10,000 Hotmail/MSN/Live email on a forum post in Pastebin.com, a site used for developers to share code snippets.
That problem just became everyone’s problem as BBC is now citing that it wasn’t/isn’t just Microsoft based email services that were hit. Instead, it’s now known that Gmail account/password information was also leaked with strong concerns that Yahoo, AOL, and several others such as Comcast and Earthlink to name a few are just as unfortunate. Currently it is unknown whether this is all part of one big shebang or if the Hotmail incident is separate from the rest. One thing for sure however is that 10,000ish number of affected users is now climbing quickly.
Looks like that bad monday just became a week long ordeal. According to Google, the affected accounts were forced to have their passwords reset aiming to stop this problem from multiplying and keep the pain the affected end users feel to a minimum. Though they aren’t out of the woods yet.
Anyone notice anything fishy on their email accounts the last few days? If I were you, I’d take a couple of minutes and go ahead and reset that password. It could save you a ton of stress in the long run…
Cnet > BBC
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Firefox users and Yahoo frequenters, do you see anything different when mixing the two previously mentioned items? Look a little closer. If you’re using Firefox and navigating Yahoo, take a look at Microsoft’s Yahoo’s new suggestion: “Switch to the new, safer Internet Explorer 8″. Well, there’s a few problems with this suggestion. First, IE 8 is newer, but not brand spanking new. Second, safer is debatable. And third, IE 8 while one of the more recent browsers to be released, is by far the slowest POS currently available that doesn’t come anywhere close to properly following web standards. Does Microsoft’s new deal with Yahoo have anything to do with this? Some individuals are saying this is nothing new and that it has been going on since before the deal. Though remember, just because the deal was recently closed doesn’t mean they haven’t been in talks for months.
My my how times change. Why just one short year ago, the tune Yahoo was singing was a complete 180 of what they’re humming now — advising users to switch to the newer, safer Firefox. Humorous? Yes. Should you follow Yahoo’s advice? Hell no. Have a good laugh, fire up Firefox and head on over to Yahoo.
Source: Tech Crunch
