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Yahoo! Business & Human Rights Program and Yahoo! Maktoob host “Change Your World! Cairo” Summit on Social/Digital media
Thu, 2012-01-19 08:25 - By
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Yahoo!’s Business & Human Rights Program, and Yahoo! Maktoob, and in partnership with Vital Voices, hosted the first “Change Your World!” summit on women and social and digital media in Cairo on January 18.
Jerry Yang Resigns from Yahoo!
Wed, 2012-01-18 15:27 - By
Yahoo have announced that co-founder Jerry Yang has resigned from its board of directors and is also resigning all other positions within the company including Yahoo Japan and Alibaba. “My time at Yahoo!, from its founding to the present, has encompassed some of the most exciting and rewarding experiences of my life,” Yang wrote in a letter to chairman Roy Bostock.
“However, the time has come for me to pursue other interests outside of Yahoo! As I leave the company I co-founded nearly 17 years ago, I am enthusiastic about the appointment of Scott Thompson as Chief Executive Officer and his ability, along with the entire Yahoo! leadership team, to guide Yahoo! into an exciting and successful future.”
Read the announcement here
India asks popular websites to censor 'offensive' content
Wed, 2011-12-07 11:35 - By
The Indian government has asked popular websites including Google and Facebook to monitor and ban user generated content on their sites. According to Reuters, India's telecom minister Kapil Sibal has met with Google, Facebook and Yahoo officials in order to create monitoring mechanisms that would help in preventing ‘disparaging, inflammatory or defamatory' content from being posted online. As of Tuesday, agreements between the parties involved were not yet reached.
Read More at ItProPortal.com
Google may provide finances to Yahoo! bidders to preserve Yahoo! as a rival and bolster competition
Sun, 2011-10-23 16:38 - By
According to a Bloomberg report, Google, which is under regulatory scrutiny from governments around the world, may be providing financing opportunities for companies bidding on acquiring Yahoo! following the company’s serious consideration of weighing its strategic options. According to Opus Research, Google’s financial support aims at preserving Yahoo! as a rival and bolstering competition in the Internet industry.
Read more on Bloomberg.
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Yahoo! explores strategic options, and not necessarily up for sale
Sun, 2011-10-23 03:29 - By
According to AdAge, Yahoo!’s co-founder Jerry Yang has said that Yahoo’s ‘sale’, which is now valuated at $20 billion, is only an option, and that it is not necessarily up for sale. Speaking at the All Things Digital Asia conference in Hong Kong, Yang stated that the U.S. internet company has plenty of options and its board is excited about the ongoing review.
Read more.
Yahoo! Maktoob Research reveals user behavior in MENA in relation to technology
Wed, 2011-10-12 09:05 - By
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A new survey from Yahoo! Maktoob Research on user behavior in the Middle East and North Africa reveals 41% of respondents think ‘on-the-go’ connectivity frequently helps to solve or avoid disagreements with friends and family. Over 40% of those surveyed use a personal device to avoid an awkward social situation. Findings also show that across all technology platforms, females are significantly less likely to hide behind technology to avoid conflict.
When is texting not acceptable? Depends who you ask.
When it comes to mobile etiquette amongst MENA users, there is a distinction between what is and is not acceptable behavior between the generations. According to the survey, individuals aged 45+ adopt a stricter stance when it comes to public consumption of technology compared to youngsters aged 16-24. Overall, 60% of all respondents stated that texting during a work meeting or in class was unacceptable, however just over half of those aged 16- 24 believed that compared to 69% in the 45+ group.
The gap between attitude to mobile etiquette and that of older generations is further highlighted when it comes to acceptable norms for technology in social settings. Only 17% of youths feel that texting during a movie is unacceptable compared to 31% of the 45+ group, however both view the use of mobiles during weddings and important social gathering as impolite.
Bad spelling – Ok for tweets, but not for emails
Amongst the annoyances of mobile computing, misspelling and grammatical errors are the source of much irritation.. 79% of those surveyed in MENA by Yahoo! Maktoob Research stated that spelling mistakes in work emails annoyed them in some way; with 46% finding this lack of attention to detail ‘very annoying’. The trend prevails across personal emails, with 66% also annoyed by spelling errors.
Surprisingly, spelling errors on social network posts and updates also annoyed a large proportion of respondents, with 24% claiming to be ‘very annoyed’. In contrast, respondents indicated they were more relaxed with spelling when it came to tweets, text and instant messaging with the percentage of those ‘very annoyed’ dropping significantly to around 10%.
Freebies rule in the world of apps
Interest in mobile applications is growing across the MENA region. For smartphone users, 83% surveyed have downloaded a free application, while 25% have paid for apps. For tablet owners, paid for apps seem to be higher, with 34% indicating that they have purchased applications.
In terms of barriers to downloading, battery drain was highlighted by 48% of smartphone and tablet users as a barrier to increasing their demand for application downloads. This was followed by application malfunction on download (22%), security concerns (27%), and difficulty of use (19%).
Communication application downloads such as instant messaging are the most popular, with 57% of the MENA population, particularly amongst male users (61%).
Microsoft considering bid for Yahoo!
Mon, 2011-10-10 10:02 - By
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According to Reuters, Microsoft Corp is considering a bid for Yahoo! Inc., which has a market value of about $20 billion and is readying financial pitch books for potential buyers. One camp inside Microsoft is hot for the deal, believing that it would create a strong Web portal that can offer better products to audiences, advertisers and end users.
Microsoft last tried buying Yahoo in 2008, offering to pay as much as $47.5 billion, or $33 per share.
Any auction process for Yahoo is still in the early stages, and the company's financial advisers, Goldman Sachs and Allen & Co, are preparing to send financial information to potential bidders.
Read more.
Countdown to MEPRA 2011 Awards begins as deadline for entries approaches
Mon, 2011-10-10 09:10 - By
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The countdown has begun to the MEPRA 2011 Awards, the region's leading annual PR industry awards, which will recognise excellence in communications across the Middle East.
Yahoo! partners with ABC News as it reinvents news site
Mon, 2011-10-03 22:48 - By
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Yahoo! has wrapped up a press conference announcing a major partnership deal with ABC News that will see ABC News get a much more prominent presence throughout Yahoo!. As Yahoo! News reinvents its news site, ABC will be bringing its premium content, including several new ‘web-first’ digital series featuring ABC News’s anchors, to Yahoo’s 100 million users.
According to TechCrunch, Yahoo! and ABC say that “creativity is key” in the alliance — they’re looking to create content specifically suited for Yahoo’s web properties, as well as tablet and other mobile form factors. GoodMorningAmerica.com will be launching as a new portal on Yahoo News.
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