India wants search engine and social networking firms to censor the internet, claiming that it is “unacceptable” that offensive content is allowed to remain on their websites.
So the Android operating system is a hit and even Google wants to get in to the game by releasing the occasional 'Google phone' that boasts premium hardware and access to the latest firmware version of Android. But for a smartphone OEM to churn out a “Yahoo Phone”? Don't be surprised, but that is exactly what SoftBank in Japan has done with its new smartphone that is every bit the Yahoo-equivalent of those Google phones we have been reading all about.
How does the idea of being able to "instantly discover what’s popular to a select group of searchers – by age or gender – over the past day, week or even over the past year", or to have "controls at your fingertips that let you slice and dice Yahoo! searchers by criteria such as gender, age group and regional interest, or gain deep insights from comparing search terms" sound like? Well, those are the kind of needs which Yahoo! appears to be extremely keen on solving with the launch of its new Yahoo! Clues online search service.
Read on to find out more about Yahoo! Clues...
Following rumors that Yahoo is trying to offload its popular social bookmarking service, Delicious, many opportunistic parties have taken advantage of the chaos and come up with their own Delicious boomark importers. Google has joined in the fray in a bid to market its own Google bookmarks as a safe haven. Read On.
Web service provider Yahoo! said it will be streamlining its business and plans to shut down some of their services. Among the services that may be affected are social bookmark Delicious; online news aggregator Buzz; and search site AlltheWeb and Altavista.
This afternoon, Yahoo! Singapore treated the local media to a preview of their latest Yahoo! Mail Beta and Yahoo! Messenger Beta. The Yahoo! Mail Beta was recently launched in US, well, you can try it out today (http://features.mail.yahoo.com/). The new Yahoo! Messenger beta isn't available yet, but the company assures us it is coming very soon.
Remember the agreement signed between Microsoft and Yahoo! a long time back (a whole year, to be precise)? It seems that some of the terms and conditions of that agreement has already been implemented: starting today, Yahoo! USA and Canada will have its search engine powered by Microsoft’s Bing.
Read on for more information.
Yahoo! has launched their YOUREKA! online and offline digital treasure hunt designed to connect users with their offerings, and chance to win attractive prizes. Yahoo! users just need to look for colored tickets seeded online in various Yahoo! services like Messenger, Mail or News, and they can redeem it for various giveaways including the grand prize of a Honda Jazz with bodywork designed by funky graffiti artist, Mimi Mashud.
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