Kara Swisher in Media on November 2, 2011 at 10:41 am PT
I am here at Yahoo HQ in Sunnyvale, Calif., to check out “Product Runway,” which is the Silicon Valley Internet giant’s attempt to show that it can still innovate.
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on May 26, 2011 at 6:00 am PT
Project Slice has the somewhat obscure idea of helping consumers organize all of their electronic communications with retailers, but is getting a huge boost in confidence today with a new round of funding and a partnership with Yahoo.
Ina Fried in News on May 23, 2011 at 9:00 pm PT
Aiming to regain ground in its battle against Gmail and Hotmail, Yahoo is ready with a final version of its latest mail software.
The new Yahoo mail aims to integrate more kinds of communication, including updates from Facebook, Twitter and more.
Liz Gannes in Social on November 9, 2010 at 6:06 pm PT
Facebook and Google are hardly friends these days, and they’re having more and more trouble containing their dislike.
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Voices in News on October 27, 2010 at 2:02 pm PT
Not content to let its users merely find photo-sharing friends and acquaintances,
Flickr will now start proactively suggesting People You May Know on the service. Suggestions are based on your contacts plus your contacts’ contacts. Not thrilled with some of the suggestions? Dismiss them and the system will offer up a new batch. Users also are now able to import contacts from Facebook in addition to Gmail, Yahoo Mail and Hotmail.
John Paczkowski in News on September 16, 2010 at 10:59 am PT
“The only worse thing than being talked about is not being talked about.” That quip fired off recently by Ironfire Capital founder and former dissident Yahoo investor Eric Jackson pretty much sums up the state of affairs at the company, which seems to be losing relevance almost as quickly as it’s losing talent.
Walt Mossberg in Mossberg’s Mailbox on September 15, 2010 at 3:48 pm PT
Walt answers readers’ questions on Microsoft’s ‘Ribbon;’ the AT&T micro cellular tower and email alternatives to Outlook.
Kara Swisher in News on August 23, 2010 at 12:31 pm PT
In what many sources at Yahoo characterize as a blow, Jason Titus–who heads all communications products for the Silicon Valley Internet portal, including its powerful Yahoo Mail and Messenger–is leaving the company soon.
Titus, who has been at Yahoo since 2004, was reportedly considered a key exec by CEO Carol Bartz in her attempts to revive the company.
Kara Swisher in News on June 25, 2010 at 1:33 pm PT
After what he considered weeks of unfair press coverage and running down of Microsoft, the software giant’s Corporate VP of Corporate Communications, Frank Shaw, posted a pugnacious corporate blog today that trotted out some impressive numbers about Microsoft’s business.
Of course, he also took the opportunity to put up some not-so-much figures about competitors such as Apple, Netflix, Salesforce.com and, of course, Google.
And this comes after a fists-swinging email to staff!
Walt Mossberg in Personal Technology on May 5, 2010 at 6:05 pm PT
One of the most popular phrases in the digital world today is “cloud computing.” Walt explains the concept.
