Jan 09
Yahoo has been hit with criticism after it has failed to tell people exactly how widely malware that it served to some visitors to its homepage has spread. Reports indicate … Continue reading
Jan 09
Yahoo Smart TV Introduced
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[CES 2014] CES 2014 has been an eventful time for many of us, and this week, there was the introduction of the Yahoo Smart TV, which happens to be the next evolution of Yahoo’s Connected TV platform that is currently being used in millions of households today. Considering that the modern day person has so many choices available on your TV that range from traditional channels, to Video On Demand, to Web video including Yahoo Screen, it can be more challenging than ever before to find out just what to watch. How about a TV that is sensitive and smart enough to be able to automatically suggest what to watch based on your previous viewing tastes and availability?
This is what Yahoo’s Smart TV platform has set out to do, where it will scan thousands of program options as well as learn from your viewing habits. This would allow it to recommend content which is personalized just for you, and the recommendations will also include a combination of shows which are about to kick off, as well as interesting in-progress content such as a football game, Video On Demand content and the Web. How does automatic content recognition sound to you? [Press Release]
Yahoo Smart TV Introduced original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Jan 08
Back in October 2013, after a string of leaks by Edward Snowden pushed major internet companies to do more with regards to user privacy, Yahoo announced that it will add automatic encryption to Yahoo Mail by early 2014. This means that all emails will automatically be encrypted by the email service. The company has formally announced that it has delivered on its promise. It is now automatically encrypting all connections between its users and Yahoo Mail.
What this means is that anytime anyone uses Yahoo Mail, through web or mobile apps, IMAP, POP, SMTP or mobile web, it will be 100 percent encrypted by default with 2,048 bit certificates. Not only that, this encryption also extends to attachments, contacts, calendar and messenger apart from all emails in Yahoo Mail. The company says that security is a key focus for it and that it will continue to enhance its security technology. Yahoo not only pledged to encrypt its mail service, it also promised to encrypt all data flowing to and from its servers by April 2014. Its about time that Yahoo added this security feature to its email service, rivals Gmail and Outlook have offered it since 2010 and 2012 respectively. Not sure who it would protect you against the NSA though, it is allegedly capable of cracking almost all kinds of encryption.
Yahoo Mail Now Encrypts All Connections original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Jan 07
The competition between Yahoo and Google is obvious. Both are search engines at their core (although Yahoo felt more like a portal, if anything) and both share similar services, such as providing free email, stock information, and weather updates, just to name a few. However if there is one area that Google has an edge over Yahoo it would be in mobile. After all Google has Android, which at the moment is the dominating smartphone operating system, but as the saying goes, if you can’t beat them, join them, and that’s exactly what Yahoo appears to be doing when they announced their acquisition of the Android launcher, Aviate.
This announcement was made by Yahoo’s CEO, Marissa Mayer, at the company’s press conference during CES 2014. For those hearing about Aviate for the first time, this is an Android launcher that has managed to raise $1.8 million in a round of funding back in 2013. What makes Aviate different from other Android launchers is that it is contextual, meaning that the information displayed will change depending on your needs and your location, which is also similar to other Android apps we’ve seen in the past, such as the Cover lock screen and the Chameleon launcher. For example the widgets could change to more productivity options while at a workplace, or could change into more social options, such as Foursquare or Twitter, if it detects you are at a restaurant or a local attraction.
Since creating a new smartphone platform and having it compete against the likes of iOS and Android could prove to be an expensive venture with no guarantee of success, invading Android phones with a launcher might be the next best thing. Presumably we will see Yahoo attempt to integrate more of its services into the launcher, with search results and reviews provided by Yahoo, weather updates by Yahoo, and so on. As it stands Aviate is currently in private beta but Yahoo is wasting no time and has announced they will be opening it up to the first 25,000 participants who use the “YAHOO” code.
Does Yahoo’s Android Push Start With Aviate? original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Jan 07
Yahoo has finally revealed what a certain newly purchased, industrious young entrepreneur
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Jan 07
Here we are at the Yahoo CES keynote—hosted by Marissa Mayer—and David Pogue has taken the stage to show off Yahoo’s new tech vertical. Mostly he is VERY ENTHUSIASTIC and YELLING a WHOLE LOT.
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Jan 07
This article was written on July 12, 2007 by CyberNet.
Like Google, Yahoo wants to offer inline search suggestions to you while you’re performing a search. “Google Suggest” as it’s called, was introduced as a lab project while Yahoo’s new addition is called “Search Suggest.” The idea behind both is that your searching experience will be faster and you’ll find what you’re looking for quicker with the help of their suggestions.
By default, Yahoo’s Search Suggest will be enabled. A second or two after you start typing your query, Yahoo will display suggestions. If by chance you don’t like it, you can disable it by clicking “more” and then clicking “disable search suggestions.”
Google Blogoscoped has a nice comparison of what Google returns versus what Yahoo returns. You’d think that the suggestions would be similar, however some of them are actually quite different. By typing “paris,” you get the obvious first suggestion of “paris hilton” from both Google and Yahoo, but the additional results from Google tend to be more relevant while the Yahoo suggestions weren’t. Yahoo’s suggestions always take a bit longer to start appearing as well.
New Poll
Now that both Google and Yahoo offer search suggestions, do/will you use them? Usually if I’m performing a search, I know exactly what I’m wanting to search for, so the suggestions are useless. I remember trying out Google’s Suggest feature when it first launched, and I must admit, I’m not a fan.
So with that, Do you use inline search suggestions?
- Yes, I Use Google’s.
- Yes, I will use Yahoo’s.
- No, they are useless to me!
Let us know! Vote in the right sidebar.
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Jan 05
Malware can be introduced to computers in a number of ways, and sometimes the user does not need to do anything except visit the website in which the malware is hidden. Of course most of the time these malware-ridden websites tend to be of the shady nature and one would never expect a more reputable website to have malware hidden in it, whether intentional or not, which is why safe to say many did not expect to have their computers hit with malware after visiting Yahoo’s website.
According to reports, it seems that researchers, Fox IT, have discovered malware hiding in the ads found on Yahoo’s website which were displayed at an estimated 300,000 times per hour, meaning that there is a very big chance that many users out there might have been infected. “But I don’t click on ads,” you claim? Well the researchers found that these Java-based ads don’t even have to be clicked to trigger the code, and that visiting the page was sufficient enough for an attack!
The good news is that Yahoo has already identified the malware and has since managed to eradicate it, and in a statement released by the company, “We recently identified an ad designed to spread malware to some of our users. We immediately removed it and will continue to monitor and block any ads being used for this activity.” It is unknown how many visitors this might have affected, but if you have been to Yahoo’s website recently, perhaps running a scan on your computer might be a good idea.
Ads On Yahoo’s Website Found To Have Contained Malware original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Jan 04
Security researchers at Fox IT say they’ve detected a malicious exploit kit among Yahoo’s ad network active since December 30th. The malware seems to have hit Romania, Great Britain, and France the hardest, but wherever you are, if you’ve browsed a Yahoo site this week, you may want to run a scan or two.
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Jan 04
This article was written on June 12, 2007 by CyberNet.
Over the last month, a new shiny blue bar has appeared off and on at the top of the Yahoo search results page. I haven’t seen it yet for myself, but there are a handful of screenshots floating around the web. It appears this is something Yahoo is testing, presumably for further implementation.
From the looks of it, you might be able to customize the color. It’s currently blue, but it looks as though it would be easy for Yahoo to offer users a selection of colors that they could choose from, although the blue does look nice. It’s a pretty big change from the way that it currently looks, so what do you think?
(Click image to enlarge)
Source: Jim Boykin’s Blog
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