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Yahoo Mail rolls out 1 TB storage space: Takes aim at Gmail

Yahoo Mail introduced 1 TB storage space, new limit of 200 filters and new themed UI which stays consistent across platforms.

Yahoo Answers gets a redesign and new features

Yahoo Answers after being neglected for years gets a new design and also new features. The new features include better compatibility with mobile platforms and also support for images and video in answers.

Yahoo gets a new logo after 18 years

Yahoo has changed its 18 year old logo to a new one. The new logo marks another change among several for Yahoo to reinvent itself.

AltaVista the oldest search engine is no more!

Alta Vista, one of the oldest search engines on the internet is now slated to be closed on 8th July 2013. This marks the end of a iconic name of internet history.

Yahoo’s Big Day: Buys Tumblr and offers 1 TB space with Flickr

Yahoo has just capped off a very significant day for themselves. Firstly they have announced the acquisition of the blogging platform Tumblr. In the second announcement, Flickr has now rolled out 1 Terabyte free storage for all users. This is a big deal for Yahoo which has recently struggled to keep its users and more importantly find […]

Yahoo kills off Upcoming, SMS Alerts and Mail Classic

Yahoo has announced the closure of upcoming.org, Yahoo SMS Alerts, Yahoo Deals, Yahoo Kids and also older versions of Yahoo Mail which includes Yahoo Mail Classic.

Yahoo Mail integrates with Dropbox!

Yahoo Mail integrated with Dropbox, allowing users to save their attachments to their Dropbox accounts. Yahoo does not have a cloud storage service while Dropbox does not have a email offering. So working together seems natural.

Geocities is Still Not Completely Dead!

Apparently Geocities survives or atleast 97,100 URLs on Geocities are still active. Carry out a search “site:Geocities.com” on Google and you will get thousands of results.

None of these links seem to return “Page not Found 404” errors and the actual Geocities websites are still alive and kicking.

Yahoo launches ‘Search Browser’ Axis which is actually a browser add-on!

Yahoo has launched Axis which is it calls a new search browser. I was a little surprised on why Yahoo was launching a new browser, as I would imagine its best talent would be employed in improving search and other services. Well Yahoo Axis is not exactly a browser but a set of browser extensions […]