The Yahoo Bing Network is no more, and Microsoft has now introduced simply The Bing Network. As you may recall, last year, Microsoft and Yahoo announced some major changes to their search and advertising partnership. This is a result of…
Yahoo Search Boss Is About To Go Away
Yahoo announced that it is shutting down Search Boss, the set of tools it has offered since 2009 to help developers and others build their own search engines. In 2010, following the Microsoft/Yahoo search and advertising partnership announcement, Yahoo addressed…
Yahoo Reveals Agenda For Mobile Developer Conference
About a year ago, Yahoo held its first ever developer conference in San Francisco. In December, the company announced the next one. The Yahoo Mobile Developer Conference will be held on February 18 at The Masonic in San Francisco. Today,…
Yahoo Reports Earnings, Will Reduce Staff by 15%
Yahoo just announced its Q4 and year-end 2015 financials and provided an update on the company’s business strategy going forward. It also it will reduce its workforce by 15% and exit five of its offices ( Dubai, Mexico City, Buenos…
Yahoo Gets Some Search Updates
Yahoo has been making a lot of product announcements this week. First it announced a new homepage and mobile app, then some enhancements to Yahoo Mail. Now, the company is announcing some search updates in time for some big events…
Yahoo Mail Mobile Apps Get New Features
Yahoo just made a couple of Yahoo Mail announcements. The iOS app is getting new customizable swipes and a recent attachments feature. The Android app is getting the swipes and new actionable notifications. Here’s what Yahoo says about new swipes…
Yahoo Updates App, Homepage
Yahoo announced some updates to its mobile app and homepage in the U.S. making it easier to get to news and content and follow developing news stories. The company says it looked at the latest mobile trends to guide its…
Yahoo Launches Programmatic Native Ads on BrightRoll Exchange
Yahoo announced the availability of programmatic native ads on the BrightRoll Exchange. Advertisers and publishers have access to bid on native mobile inventory. “The BrightRoll Exchange is integrated with more than 100 DSPs and enables access to thousands of sites…
Tumblr Updates iOS App With GIF Button
Last summer, Tumblr launched the GIF button for its web version. The feature finally hit the Android app just last month. At the time, Tumblr said the function would come to iOS soon, and soon is now. As SocialTimes reports,…
Flurry Looks At Mobile Trends in 2015
Yahoo’s Flurry put out a new report looking at mobile trends in 2015 finding that media, productivity, and emojis contributed to “another stunning growth year.” According to Flurry, overall app usage grew by 58%. They year-over-year saw growth across all…