Archive for July, 2009

Yahoo! Rolls Out Travel Image Search Refiner (Search Engine Journal)

Friday, July 24th, 2009

Yahoo is also responding to the challenges posed by search refinements being carried out by its competitors. So, it just introduced a refinement to its Image Search service by way of what it calls as travel image refiner. This sort of acts as a virtual navigator to travel spots if you search for them on Yahoo Image Search. The Yahoo Travel? Check out the SEO Tools guide at Search Engine Journal …

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In Hindsight: Tech earnings cavalcade: Apple, Yahoo, eBay, Microsoft, Netflix (San Jose Mercury News)

Friday, July 24th, 2009

Apple sells 5.2 million iPhones in its latest quarter. Plus: Yahoo’s profit jumps 8 percent. Microsoft has its first yearly revenue drop as a public company. Netflix is doing well in a poor economy. Intel appeals $1.45 billion European Union antitrust fine.

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Privacy concerns over Google book project (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Friday, July 24th, 2009

Google’s ambitious book scanning project, already facing anti-trust scrutiny and awaiting court approval, is also raising concerns among privacy advocates and civil liberties groups.

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Advocates Ask Google For Privacy Guarantees In Online Library (New York Times)

Friday, July 24th, 2009

Three advocacy groups have asked Google to commit to protect the privacy of readers in its book search service, which is poised for a major expansion under a pending class action settlement.

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Google Latitude for iPhone available to some (CNET)

Thursday, July 23rd, 2009

Some CNET employees have been able to access Google Latitude on the iPhone, ahead of an official announcement.

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CORRECTED: Yahoo outlook misses (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

Thursday, July 23rd, 2009

Yahoo Inc’s third-quarter forecasts fell short of Wall Street expectations, sending shares 3.2 percent lower, as the Internet company announced plans to step up spending despite persistent weakness in the advertising market.

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Google to open Wave for public beta (ZDNet)

Thursday, July 23rd, 2009

Around 100,000 people will be given access to Google’s browser-based communications and collaboration platform in two months’ time. Google plans to open its Wave project up to the public in beta form at the end of September. According to a blog post published on Monday by…

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Yahoo buys photo organization tech company Xoopit (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

Thursday, July 23rd, 2009

Yahoo Inc said on Wednesday it has bought Xoopit, a privately-held company that provides technology to organize photograph collections in Yahoo’s e-mail system.

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Yahoo! profits rise on cost-cutting as revenues slide (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009

Yahoo! on Tuesday reported second-quarter profit rose eight percent as cost-trimming enabled the struggling Internet firm to offset sliding revenues.

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Yahoo: “Most Significant” Change Fails to Wow (PC World via Yahoo! News)

Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009

Yahoo boss Carol Bartz calls its redesign the “most significant change in our home page since the company’s inception.” It’s also a big step backward for web design.

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