Archive for the ‘Yahoo’ Category
Yahoo Mash Is Shutting Down
Barely an year ago, I reviewed and gave out invitations of Yahoo!’s another attempt in social networks, Yahoo! Mash. And now I’ve got a mail from them saying that it is shutting down.
Yahoo should now learn that they cannot run a social networking site as this was the fourth failed attempt in a row. First they started off with Yahoo 360 which was later shut down, then a failed deal with Facebook and Bebo and now Yahoo! Mash.
Yahoo AU: New Home Page Unveiled
Yahoo is still silent on the exec. departures even with their stock price going down day by day. They haven’t spoke a word about it anywhere. Today, TechCrunch reported about a new Yahoo home page being unveiled at Yahoo Australia. A new Yahoo logo was also spotted in the wild previously, but there were no expectations for a new home page design. You can take the tour of the beta design here. It’s still in beta, so you can expect some changes while the final design releases.
New Yahoo! Mail Domains Go Live
Yahoo announced today of adding two new domains to Yahoo! Mail. Ymail.com and Rocketmail.com were planned to go live at 12PM (Pacific). And users can now create new email accounts using on these domains. I’d prefer you to hurry up before all the good usernames are taken on both the domains. You know how these spammers are!
Yahoo! Mail Gets New Ymail and Rocketmail Domains
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Yahoo still continues its on-going attempt to stop users from moving to other email providers, like Gmail, and is working hard to keep its existing ones loyal to them. To improve their mail service, Yahoo! Mail has added two new email domains, Ymail and Rocketmail. Currently, both ymail.com and rocketmail.com are pointing to Yahoo! Mail, but users will be able to create accounts on these domains after 12PM (Pacific).
Voice Chat Soon Between Google Talk & Yahoo!
You must have read about the latest talks about Yahoo declining Microsoft’s offer, and partnering with Google for an advertising deal. But its not all about advertising. They are also connecting their popular IM clients, Google Talk by Google and Yahoo! Messenger by Yahoo! As part of the deal, you will also be able to enjoy voice-chatting feature between Google Talk Yahoo! Messenger users.
No more third-party hacks will be required to chat with Yahoo Messenger friends using Google Talk. And as Yahoo Messenger is already partnered with Microsoft for Windows Live Messenger, a Yahoo-Google Talk deal is going to add more points to its value.
