Feb 12
Yahoo has inked a deal with Carnegie Mellon University to test machine-learning research, new mobile interfaces, and natural-language recognition on search and other real-time data. Dubbed Project InMind, the five … Continue reading
Feb 09
![Yahoo Taps Into Yelp To Improve Local Search [Report]](https://i0.wp.com/cdnrss.ubergizmo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/yahoo.jpg?resize=640%2C427 "Yahoo Taps Into Yelp To Improve Local Search [Report]")
Even though Yahoo went through several major changes last year, the company’s recent quarterly earnings report failed to impress investors. Yahoo needs to work on improving its products and ensure that they don’t face downtime after a few weeks. Moreover, the company needs to improve its existing services that are already competing in highly contested niches. Take Yahoo search for example, its up against the likes of Google and Bing. The company knows that, which is why it has reportedly partnered up with Yelp to improve local search. This according to The Wall Street Journal, which claims to have heard from a person who attended the meeting in which CEO Marissa Mayer unveiled the new partnership.
Yahoo Taps Into Yelp To Improve Local Search [Report] original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Feb 07
This article was written on April 10, 2007 by CyberNet.
Yahoo has landed a big advertising deal with Viacom to provide contextual ads for 33 Viacom websites like MTV.com, VH1.com, Comedycentral.com, etc. This is a multi-year deal that could potentially expand to 140 additional Viacom websites all over the World.
Clearly Google wouldn’t have been Viacom’s first choice for an ad service, not after they’re seeking $1 billion in damages for copyright infringement.
According to Beta News, Viacom’s combined traffic numbers for all of their entertainment sites ranked #1 in their category and 11th overall. And during February, they had over 90 million unique visitors which potentially means big $$ for Yahoo (this data came from comScore Media Metrix).
Yahoo’s Panama system will be used to provide the contextual ads because it’s Yahoo’s latest way of providing ads. Panama displays ads based upon both the fee advertisers pay, along with the ad relevancy in the search query. It has done Yahoo well since it was introduced and has increased their click-through rate substantially.
According to Yahoo spokeswoman Gaude Lydia Paez, they’ll be using their typical revenue-sharing deal that’s used with most of their other partners. This is definitely a big deal for Yahoo and their Panama ad program, and should prove to be a good money-maker.
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Feb 06
Back in the day of Windows Phone 7, Yahoo released a Flickr app for the platform but has not bothered to update the app since. Heck, even the design of the Windows Phone button on the Flickr website is that of the old one, and given that we’re approaching the release of Windows Phone 8.1, will Yahoo ever come around to updating its app for the Windows Phone platform? Sadly it appears that the answer is no, at least not anytime soon. This is according to a post by a Yahoo product support admin who responded to a question posed by a user back in 2013 (yes it took them that long to respond).
According to the admin, he replied by saying, “At this point, we are focusing our mobile development efforts on iPhone and Android apps. If this changes, we’ll let you know in the forum here.” Flickr was one of the more popular websites for sharing and hosting photos for websites back in the day. However with social media growing faster than ever, websites such as Facebook and Instagram started to overshadow it, which might explain why Yahoo might not see the app as a priority at the moment. In any case there are probably a handful of third-party alternatives if you really want to use Flickr, such as 2flicka and Flickr Central just to name a few.
No New Flickr App For Windows Phone Anytime Soon original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Feb 04
Several Yahoo Sites Go Down
Posted in: Today's Chili
Yahoo is apparently having yet another service interruption. Users have taken to Twitter to complain about said interruption, with many not being able to access sites such as Yahoo Mail, Yahoo Weather, Flickr and even Yahoo’s homepage. It appears that this outage started around 1:00 pm Eastern Time and since then most users have been experiencing intermittent service.
Several Yahoo Sites Go Down original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Jan 31
While we’re all about watching the technology universe to deliver you news here at SlashGear essentially round-the-clock, we certainly don’t expect you the reader to have eyes-peeled all day and … Continue reading
Jan 30
Yahoo Mail Accounts Breached Again
Posted in: Today's Chili
I don’t think that companies see themselves getting hacked at least once as a badge of honor. No sir, it is actually a testament that a chain is only as strong as its weakest link, and in the case of Yahoo Mail which has just been breached recently (the number of accounts breached were not revealed) after this news came to light today, one ought to wonder whether it is time to settle for different methods of communication if security is of the utmost importance. Those who were affected users have already been notified by Yahoo, where they claim that they are doing all in their power to track down those behind this hack, and to re-secure breached accounts.
Yahoo Mail Accounts Breached Again original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Jan 30
The email systems at Yahoo have been hacked this week and Yahoo has issued a warning to the public on how to make due with the situation. Starting with a … Continue reading
Jan 30
Yahoo certainly had some
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Jan 29
Yahoo pinned its hopes on Marissa Mayer, the longtime Google executive that it hired as CEO. The move was welcomed by investors and analysts, with the company’s stock almost doubling last year, as they were counting on Mayer to return the company to profitability. In 2013, Yahoo made a number of big and small acquisitions, it also revamped few of its services as well as changed its logo. Despite all of that, Yahoo 4Q earnings make it the company’s fourth consecutive quarter with diminishing revenue.
Yahoo 4Q Earnings Fail To Impress Wall Street original content from Ubergizmo. 
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