Protests against SOPA (America’s Stop Online Piracy Act) and PIPA (the Protect Intellectual Property Act) have kicked up a gear today.
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Google renews Firefox search deal
You might recall at the start of the month, we wrote an article about the fact that Firefox’s search deal with Google was up for renewal. This is the agreement whereby Google is the default search engine in Mozilla’s browser, a privilege which the big G pays handsomely for. While this is naturally a whole lot of surfers which are directed to Google, it’s a far more important deal to Mozilla, as the money the search engine stumps up represents the majority of Firefox’s income.
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Yahoo launching an Android phone in Japan
Yahoo is launching an Android based smartphone in Japan on the country’s third biggest mobile operator, SoftBank. Yes, as strange as it sounds, Yahoo is launching a phone running Android, an OS made by Yahoo’s biggest competitor in the search engine space. Having said that, Yahoo is a lot more popular in Japan and in fact it is the biggest site in the country.
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Microsoft + Yahoo?
Found this one on Paul Thurrott’s SuperSite for Windows. Here is a quick quote from that great post: On Friday, February 1, 2008, Microsoft unexpectedly announced a massive $44.6 billion offer to purchase ailing online giant Yahoo. Since that time, I’ve been analyzing how this attempted takeover will affect Microsoft and the consumers who use
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The 16 Greatest Moments in Web History
Better late than never – sorry for my misleading but this article belongs to Dan Tynan, which he wrote to PCWorld. From a blog about a stained blue dress to the day Larry met Sergey, these are the pivotal moments that made the Web what it is today. Depending on how you calculate it, the
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Yahoo! 2.0: Its Reorganization and Future
That is an article by Emre Sokullu, which I found on www.readwriteweb.com. It is quite descriptive, showing where Yahoo 20. is heading to. Read it here: Yahoo is changing. Terry Semel’s resignation and co-founder Jerry Yang’s return to the CEO position is one of the most visible changes. Yahoo! has always been harshly criticized for
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