Archive for the “Yahoo” category

Why I don’t use Yahoo! Mail anymore

by AJ on July 19, 2011

It can all be explained in this screenshot.  

Yahoo! acquires Xoopit. Shuts down its Gmail service.

by AJ on October 2, 2009

Here’s an announcement on their site: Yahoo! acquires Xoopit. Xoopit is joining Yahoo! to make the world’s best email even better. Yahoo! will be integrating both our photo sharing applications and our content indexing and discovery technology into Yahoo! Mail (…)

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Yahoo Canada Now Sports The New (old) Logo

by AJ on September 18, 2008

Yahoo Canada (http://yahoo.ca) now sports the new (old) logo. But still no sign of the new look and feel.

Yahoo! Logo In Argentina Has Now Changed From Red To Purple

by AJ on August 27, 2008

Yahoo! Argentina is now sporting a new (old) logo on it’s homepage. Yahoo! has been using the purple logo ever since on some of their corporate websites and campus but never on any of it’s homepage. Personally, I like it (…)

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ASCII Email SPAM Is Here. We Hate It!

by AJ on August 27, 2008

Yes. ASCII email spam is here and we hate it. This is what I got today (below). There were no links on the email which means people will never have to click on something. But still, it’s annoying. Email providers, (…)

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SURF JACK: Even HTTPS will not save you

by AJ on August 11, 2008

There’s a new security tool that Surf Jack that allows one to hijack HTTP connections to steal cookies – even ones on HTTPS sites. Works on both Wifi (monitor mode) and Ethernet. Here’s a proof of concept to steal session (…)

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More ways for job seekers to find job openings

by AJ on July 2, 2008

We’ve finally completed our partnership with SimplyHired, Indeed, WowJobs and Kapehan for job aggregation and distribution. SimplyHired is also providing a job search engine for LinkedIn Canada and MySpace UK. What does this mean to you as an employer?Aside from (…)

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Yahoo! Alpha Beta: Ok, I’m confused.

by AJ on June 26, 2008

I just saw Alpha Beta today. It’s a search engine at Yahoo! Australia. One of the not-so-good-name branding by a Yahoo! product. What? It’s Alpha? No. It’s Beta. No! It’s Alpha Beta. Whatever dude…

Secret life of Shrek and Fiona [toys]

by AJ on May 15, 2008

Here’s Shrek. The secret Mac zealot. Inspired with the secret life of toys group at Flickr. There’s more here and here. –aj

It’s official. “We don’t want you anymore.” Bad Boy Ballmer to Yahoo!

by AJ on May 3, 2008

It’s official and this one ends the long saga of Microsoft’s acquisition offer to Yahoo! where they rejected. It’s also all over the blogosphere here, here and here.