February 6, 2019
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Once upon a time, Flickr was a popular photo-sharing site with a remarkably generous free terabyte of storage. Well, all good things must come to an end. After SmugMug bought Flickr in 2018 in the post-Yahoo firesale, it’s new owner soon realized there was … Continue reading
July 3, 2013
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We knew this day was coming. It was clear years ago that Yahoo was going to close down its Alta Vista search engine. On July 8, Yahoo will shut this once mighty search engine’s doors for good. Alta Vista expired with … Continue reading
May 19, 2013
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The rumors appear to have been correct. The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) is reporting that on Sunday Yahoo’s board will approve buying Tumblr, the blogging and social networking platform, for $1.1 billion. Yahoo pulls trigger on $1 billion-plus Tumblr buy. More >
December 21, 2012
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Some people believe that Facebook’s Instagram recently changed terms of service policy change is nothing-less than an attempt to steal the rights to their photos.. Facebook claims they’re just clarifying their rights and that “It is not our intention to … Continue reading
July 23, 2012
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For years patent troll Eolas has gotten away with intellectual property lawsuit murder. Stick a fork in them. They’re done. After a jury ruled against Eolas in the U.S. District Court of East Texas in its latest lawsuit against Amazon, … Continue reading
July 16, 2012
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You could have knocked me over with a feather. Marissa Mayer, Google’s employee #20, one of Google’s public faces, and VP in charge of Google’s Maps, among other projects,, is now Yahoo’s CEO. Good for her and good for Yahoo! … Continue reading