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Dear Yahoo, I'm sorry but I'm breaking up with you, and I'm afraid that it's you, not me. We've been together for over ten years, from the early days of Flickr and Yahoo Groups, but you've hurt my feelings twice now and I think you've been cheating on me. It's been fun but it's not going to work out. There's no
In a recent Progress Report, Yahoo announced that it will be retiring a few of their products. The one that is getting the most attention is the Yahoo Directory. Is it strange that I feel nostalgia for a piece of the internet that I haven't actually used in years? Yahoo Directory is something I remember from when I was in
On November 24, 2013, researchers at Trustwave discovered that hackers have obtained up to 2 million passwords for websites like Facebook, Google, Yahoo!, Twitter (and others). Researchers learned this after digging into source code from Pony bonnet. It appears that information about this has only been made public very recently. Here's some quick stats about some of the domains from
Remember AltaVista? I was quite surprised to learn that it was still in existence. Many of us have moved on to other search engines since AltaVista was created. If you are feeling a sense of nostalgia about AltaVista, you should probably go use it soon. Its days are numbered. Yahoo! acquired AltaVista in 2003. Yahoo! has announced several of the
Flickr looks a lot different today than how it used to. Yahoo! (which owns Flickr) has given Flickr a makeover that includes a brand new design. What once showed you small thumbnails of photos, with a lot of white, empty, space surrounding them, now features the photos much more prominently. To me, it seems like Flickr's new look resembles that
Today Yahoo! announced they have purchased Tumblr for $1.1 billion. Of course, Yahoo's track record for buying companies seems to be that of a kid with ADHD at Christmas time - by February they want new toys. Will this be a great deal for Yahoo! or will we they just push aside for another acquisition down the road. Yahoo! Acquires
Flickr is doing a very interesting little promotion right now. They are giving everyone 3 months of unlimited storage for free. You can upload your photos to Flickr for free “all day, everyday” for the next three months. “Unlimited” means “mostly unlimited”. Flickr is basically trying to avoid abuse of the free offer. The fine print reads: During the Flickr