If Google, Apple, Facebook, Microsoft, Yahoo, and Linux made self-driving cars… [Comic]
...What would they be like?
Tag Archives: Yahoo
Yahoo! shutting down Mail Classic, forcing users to switch to new Mail version which scans emails for ads
Starting today, Yahoo! is discontinuing their Mail Classic and is requiring all mail users to switch to the new version of mail and accept a TOS/Privacy Policy update that allows the company to scan your emails to “deliver p...
Yahoo completely redesigns Flickr — now provides 1TB of free storage, has new image-focused UI and sharing options
At an event in New York today, Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer made the expected acquisition of popular microblogging service Tumblr official. But before that, Yahoo also announced a massively redesigned version of Flickr (which was also ...
Six ways to improve Yahoo [Comic]
Suggestion #6: Sell limited edition former-CEO figures, with new models coming every so often.
Yahoo is acquiring Tumblr for $1.1 billion, according to WSJ
Rumors on Yahoo acquiring Tumblr have been swelling over the past couple of days and it’s been widely expected that Yahoo CEO Marissa Meyer would formally announce the deal at a media event scheduled for tomorrow in New York...
Apple and Amazon give your private data to the government without a warrant, says EFF report
The Electronic Frontier Foundation’s (EFF) annual “Who Has Your Back?” report looks at how 18 big tech companies protect their users’ data from the American government. 2013’s report is out, and it is...
How to backup or download emails from Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail (Outlook.com), Outlook, Thunderbird, and more [Guide]
Email is a mainstay in the lives of many people. I’d venture to say many people who feel naked if they ever lost access to their email accounts and/or their emails. So a question often asked is: how do I backup or download m...
Yahoo Mail integrates with Dropbox, allows users to send attachments larger than 25 MB
Last year Google integrated Google Drive with Gmail, allowing users to send attachments as large as 10GB. Microsoft has similar integration of Outlook.com (the new Hotmail) and SkyDrive that allows users to send attachments up to ...
How major tech companies got their names [Infographic]
Do you know why Apple is 'Apple', Google is 'Google', Microsoft is 'Microsoft', etc.?
Yahoo redesigns homepage with cleaner look, personal news feed, and social integration
As part of CEO Marissa Meyer’s ongoing effort to bring Yahoo back to its once dominant ways on the web, the company has unveiled a newly redesigned homepage. It features a new look with cleaner lines along with a host of per...
At $5,000+ per month, interns at Google, Apple, Microsoft, and Facebook probably make more money than you (and me)
A “good salary” in the United States depends on where you live. For example, $40,000 in Kansas might give someone the good life while $80,000 in Manhattan means you are only getting by. (Note: Those aren’t real s...
If tech companies were talk show hosts… [Comic]
Companies, specifically tech companies, may not be people in and of themselves but they do have characteristics (or personalities, if you will). Because of these characteristics, it is often enticing to compare the companies to ot...
Yahoo! Mail quietly adds HTTPS security option
It looks like Yahoo! has learned its lesson when it comes to security. After its mail service was recently hacked by an XSS exploit, the company has not only patched the problem but is also quietly rolling out an HTTPS option for ...
New Year’s resolutions for 2013 by tech companies and CEOs [Comic]
2013 is — quite literally — around the corner. Indeed, a few hours from now the world will slowly start to move from 2012 and rollover to 2013, starting in the East first and then eventually ending with the West. If yo...
Flickr Pro is going free for three months, grab an account now
Yahoo! and CEO Marissa Mayer have been on the right track lately, and they’re looking to continue that straight through this holiday season. It might be the holiday season, or it might be because of a certain other company&#...