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Yahoo cancels some of their mobile apps, plans to keep moving and keep innovating

By Chris Parsons, Friday, Jan 27, 2012 a 6:55 pm

Yahoo has been in the mobile space for quite some time and as such, they've managed amass a good amount of apps, but now -- Yahoo is looking to cut some of their weight and move on.

Livestand from Yahoo! now available for iPad

By Leanna Lofte, Wednesday, Nov 2, 2011 a 6:13 pm

Yahoo! released their new personalized living magazine Lifestand, today. It includes stories from ABC News, Forbes, Source Interlink, Yahoo's global media network, and more. From these sources, you can create a "Personal Mix" of the topics that interest you. Additionally, Lifestand supports up to 4 profiles so that each member of the family can have their own Personal Mix.

Daily Tip: How to transfer data from Android, webOS or Blackberry to an iPhone 4S

By Allyson Kazmucha, Wednesday, Oct 12, 2011 a 10:46 pm

Switching to an iPhone 4S from BlackBerry or Android and curious how to transfer your data over? We've already told you how to transfer data from an existing iPhone to the 4S, but crossing platforms can seem like a bigger headache. It isn't. There's lots of services available to help you transfer data from one device to another. Keep reading for some simple suggestions that can make the process of going from BlackBerry or Android to iPhone and iOS 5 just a little easier for you.

Daily Tip: How to change Safari's default search engine

By chrissyboy6969, Wednesday, Mar 23, 2011 a 11:55 pm

New to iPhone, iPod touch or iPad and trying to figure out how to change the default search engine to something other than Google? For many users Google is all but synonymous with search but if you prefer Yahoo! or Microsoft Bing, it's an easy change to make. And we'll show you how after the break!

Livestand from Yahoo! set to take on The Daily

By chrissyboy6969, Friday, Feb 11, 2011 a 8:56 am

Yahoo! has announced that it will be launching an iPad application that could rival the recently launched The Daily. Coming in the first half of 2011, Livestand will be available for the iPad and will deliver news personalized to your interests, location and even time of day.

Livestand will take the form of a highly visual magazine. Yahoo! will use the app to entice advertisers, by offering ads within the digital pages. The ads served will include media rich interactive content that can even be based on location. We assume the ad revenue will enable Yahoo! To deliver the content as a free app without subscription, this has not been confirmed.

How to use MobileMe, Windows Live, Yahoo, and AOL to get more social with Ping

By Leanna Lofte, Monday, Jan 10, 2011 a 9:03 pm

If you use MobileMe, Windows Live, Yahoo!, or AOL for email, then you can have Ping search your contacts for friends who are also using Ping as well as send ~~annoying~~ invites to those friends who are not using ping. Here's how:

Yahoo! Messenger app with 3G video chat now live in App Store

By Staff, Monday, Oct 11, 2010 a 5:15 pm

On Sunday we told you that Yahoo! sent in their update to Apple for the Messenger app to allow for 3G video calling -- well today the update is live in the iTunes App Store.

Yahoo Messenger app to add 3G video chat

By Staff, Sunday, Oct 10, 2010 a 10:10 am

Earlier this week the VP of Yahoo! Mobile in America, David Katz, let slip that Yahoo! will soon be supporting video chat on their mobile apps, including iPhone. A Yahoo Spokesperson has said that he believes:

the iPhone app has already been approved by Apple and that it would be would be available “soon.”

The advantage of Yahoo video calling is that the user will not only be able make video calls with iPhone 4 and iPod touch 4. but with Android devices, Mac and Windows PCs, and anything else Yahoo supports. Yahoo's app will also not be restricted to just Wi-Fi like FaceTime, and will be able to be used via 3G/4G.

Apple stealing ad revenue from Google and Microsoft

By admin#IM, Monday, Sep 27, 2010 a 11:18 am

With the Launch of iAd by Apple many companies are choosing to advertise with them instead of Google or Microsoft. Businessweek.com reported that Apple may control as much as 21% of the market by the end of the year. Google will drop to 21% from last year’s holding of 27% and Microsoft, who was only just getting into ads, will drop to just 7% from last year’s 10%.