Flickr founders leave Yahoo
The high-profile departures at Yahoo continue with the news that Flickr founders Caterina Fake and Stewart Butterfield are leaving.read more
View ArticleYahoo bolsters mail app
Yahoo is pushing forward its Open Strategy initiative with improvements to Yahoo Mail and other services.read more
View ArticleResearchers can ID anonymous Twitterers
Researchers have found a way to ID social network users from sets of scrubbed, anonymous data, often shared with partners and advertisers.read more
View ArticleYahoo CEO comes under fire for Flickr engineering cuts
Last week, Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz made the decision to cut staff at Flickr, the widely used photo-sharing site. GigaOm editor Om Malik listed five Flickr engineers who had left the company. Some, he...
View ArticleFlickr, Beware: Facebook Photos Go High-Res
Facebook is challenging Flickr by adding support for unlimited high-resolution photos, plus a new photo viewer and uploader, which are rolling out throughout October to all users. Facebook images can...
View ArticleGreenpeace campaign makes online trouble
If you believe Greenpeace, Barbie and Ken are the latest couple to air their differences online.read more
View ArticleTeen's website uses plain English to explain complex software licenses
Let's face it -- the complexity of the average software license agreement has gotten way out of hand. EULAs for major applications and terms of service for popular Web services, all too often, are...
View ArticleA brief history of the White House on social media
By joining Tumblr, the Obama White House is continuing its own tradition of participating in social media networksread more
View ArticleYahoo recruiting iOS developers to 'radically improve' Flickr
Yahoo's Flickr mobile app may be getting a completely new look in the months to come, as the company seeks to hire multiple iOS engineers to "radically improve" the photo-sharing site's app and attract...
View ArticleDonald Trump gets into the crowdfunding business
The Donald wants FundAnything to be like Kickstarter, only gaudierread more
View ArticleDoes Yahoo's 1TB of Flickr storage signal bigger cloud plans?
With Flickr now offering users 1TB of free photo storage, Yahoo may just be getting started when it comes to cloud storage.read more
View ArticleThe Senate may be interested in how Tim Cook likes his coffee
The Apple CEO insists that his company doesn’t dodge taxes, but instructions to his personal assistant may suggest otherwiseread more
View ArticleFemale software engineers may be even scarcer than thought
Crowdsourced data sheds new light on the gender gap in software developmentread more
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