YouTube founders buy social analytics firm Tap11
What are they up to? YouTube founders Chad Hurley and Steve Chen have added onto Del.icio.us by buying Twitter- and Facebook-analytics firm Tap11.
Yahoo: Teens don’t know who bin Laden is
Yahoo says many teenagers don't know why Osama bin Laden is significant...and, by the way, Yahoo knows which of its searchers are teens.
WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange: Facebook an ‘appalling spying machine’
Every Facebook post is directly helping the US intelligence agencies spy on American citizens, says WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.
Klausner inks visual voicemail settlements with Yahoo, others
More dominos fall: Klausner Technologies has reached settlements with Yahoo, Panasonic, Avaya, and Qwest over visual voicemail.
Delicious has a new home: YouTube founders scoop up the forsaken site
At long last, Delicious has found a buyer. YouTube's founders will acquire the bookmarking site.
Yahoo buys IntoNow to boost social TV
Yahoo is buying IntoNow in a bid to boost social and advertising integration with what a user is watching on TV...in real time.
Greenpeace puts Apple, Twitter, Facebook, and others on trial
The environmental organization Greenpeace puts the spotlight on some of Silicon Valley's biggest energy-dependent companies.
Yahoo to retain search data for 18 months
Backtracking from previous commitments, Yahoo now says it will retain users' Internet search records for 18 months - a dramatic increase from 90 days.
Bing makes up ground on Google, accounts for 30 percent of all searches during March
According to a new report Bing may be steadily closing the gap on Google. But can Microsoft's search engine continue to make inroads without making innovations?
Yahoo! Search Direct offers real-time ‘as you type’ search updates
Yahoo! unveils real-time "as you type" web search enhancement with Search Direct, which offers a twist on the competing Google Instant service.
Flickr exec bails, renews concern for the site
One of Yahoo's most popular properties continues to draw concern over its future as its day to day leader quits.
Study: Gmail users younger, better-educated than AOL, Yahoo! users
Do you judge people by what email address they use? If so, a study by Hunch.com may be able to back up your stereotyping with actual statistics.
Groupon gripes: Are daily deals headed for disaster?
Companies continue to pile into the daily deals space in pursuit of Groupon, but the pioneer’s formula still has a lot of kinks to work out.
Bing launches Groupon competitor with Bing Deals
Microsoft joins the likes of Yahoo, AOL, and Google with its own deals feature: Bing Deals.
Bing takes over number-two search engine rank worldwide
Microsoft's Bing has finally unseated Yahoo from StatCounter's number-two search engine ranking worldwide...with a whopping 4.37 percent.
MyBlogLog is the latest Yahoo casualty
Yahoo has informed users that it will be shutting down MyBlogLog on May 24.
Best of Quora: Social media insiders spilling secrets
From explaining Mark Zuckerberg's mysterious trips to China to the sudden death of UberTwitter, the best Quora topics highlight social media insiders spilling the secrets outsiders were never meant to know.
Google asks users to help combat content farms with new Chrome extension
Google asks users to help combat content farms, which are beginning to saturate search results, with a new Chrome extension
Google cuts search attacks in half while Bing hacks double
Google has done its homework. According to a new study, the search engine is returning half the number of malicious software links that it did six months ago, while its rivals have seen the opposite trend.
Reinventing Yahoo: Four ways to save the former king of search
Yahoo is looking more and more like a dinosaur stuck in a prehistoric mud pit, and every labored step is digging it deeper. Here’s how to winch out the once-proud Web titan.
Facebook launches new photo-viewing functionality
Facebook gives its photo-viewing user interface an upgrade.
Yahoo to launch Livestand, a Flipboard-style tablet magazine
Yahoo is launching its own Flipboard-style visual news app on tablets called Livestand. The publication will deliver customized content and social features based on ever-changing user preferences.
Flickr accidentally “permanently” deletes user’s 3,400 photos
Flickr initially said that it had permanently deleted Mirco Wilhelm's five-year old account, but a day later said that it has fully restored the photo collection.
Leaked ‘AOL Way’ documents expose AOL’s cash-driven content strategies
AOL plans to combat falling ad revenue with a comprehensive system for generating thousands of search-engine-optimized articles every week, but some see it as the blueprint for a content farm.
Yahoo blames Microsoft for Windows Phone 7 ‘phantom data’ glitch
Microsoft and Yahoo have engaged in a blame game over the mysterious data usage affecting some Windows Phone 7 users.
Yahoo claims it won’t be ditching Flickr
Flagging numbers raise concerns that Yahoo will let Flickr go the way of Delicious, but the company insists the photo sharing client is here to stay.
Yahoo confirms more, less drastic, layoffs
Although less severe than its December layoffs, Yahoo will once again prune back its global workforce.
Foursquare grew over 3,000 percent in 2010
Apparently no amount of over-saturation could keep Foursquare down, as the geo-social site announces its massive growth.
Search engine news: Google rules, Yahoo struggles, Bing improves
ComScore's latest search engine research shows Yahoo's sliver of the market continuing to shrink while Microsoft gains ground in its place.
AOL buys billboard to recruit Silicon Valley talent
AOL is looking for new blood, and where better to advertise than Silicon Valley?
Who’s going to buy Delicious? No one, yet
The saga continues as Delicious continues to try and find itself a new home, and some close to the situation say it's not going to be easy.
Paul Allen revises mega patent suit against everyone
Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has revised his epic lawsuit against everyone with more specifics, though he still declines to discuss the suit.
Facebook more valuable than Yahoo, eBay
Social networking sites are on the rise and investors are taking notes. And this year, some of the Internet's good old boys were outdone by Facebook.
Delicious won’t be shut down, says Yahoo
After initially appearing to plan on cutting Delicious, Yahoo now says it will find the site a new home.