Topic: Yahoo

Foursquare, the social network that allows members to broadcast their location and activities, has joined forces with MTV in an effort to remove the stigma attached with getting screened for sexually transmitted diseases. Members who "check in" for an STD test during the month of September will receive a spec... More at digg.com
Mike Shields / Mediaweek: Yahoo's Who Knew?  Series Sees Streams Soar  —  Who Knew Yahoo had such a hit on its hands?  —  The five-days-a-week Web show Who Knew? is now Yahoo's most successful original series launch.  According to internal figures, Who Knew?—which rolled ... More at techmeme.com
mewshi_nya writes "A firm run by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen filed suit alleging 11 technology companies are violating patents developed at a Silicon Valley lab that Allen financed more than a decade ago. Named in the lawsuit: Apple, Google, AOL, eBay, Facebook, Netflix, Office Depot, OfficeMax, Staples, Yahoo... More at slashdot.org
Shashi Seth / Yahoo! Search Blog: Yahoo! Transitions Organic Search Back-End to Microsoft Platform  —  First let me say, wow, what a week!  As I hope everyone saw our post from last week, Yahoo! began transitioning certain back-end functions for Yahoo! Search over to Microsoft's search platform.... More at techmeme.com
Another knock for Yahoo...... More at digg.com
Joseph Tartakoff / paidContent: Analyst: Yahoo Should Invest In Hulu  —  Enough with Yahoo's spate of small-scale deal making; Stifel Nicolaus analyst Jordan Rohan suggests in a report today that Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) should either buy Hulu or take a “significant stake” in the big video site, s... More at techmeme.com
Starting this week, searchers on Yahoo will start to see a little "Powered by Bing" message at the bottom of the results page, as the two companies start the public phase of their huge search deal completed last year.... More at digg.com
Highlights of the Barclays Premier League are available on the Yahoo portal from today, with brands such as Adidas, BT and Heineken among the first to run ads alongside the content.... More at digg.com
Chloe Albanesius / PC Magazine: HTML5-Optimized Yahoo Mail Hits the iPad  —  Yahoo on Tuesday unveiled an updated, HTML5-optimized version of Yahoo Mail for the iPad, promising a faster, more organized, and feature-rich experience.  —  “If you've used our recently launched HTML5 mo... More at techmeme.com
Kara Swisher / BoomTown: Exclusive: Yahoo Eyes CafeMom for $100 Million Acquisition  —  According to numerous sources, Yahoo is eager to close a deal to acquire CafeMom, a social networking and community site aimed at mothers, in a move aimed at turbocharging its often meandering strategy in the importa... More at techmeme.com
A new Facebook scam is making the rounds, and it's taking advantage of a non-existent Facebook feature many users crave: the dislike button.... More at mixx.com
American Cancer Society researchers say that cancer is now the world's leading economic killer as well as its likely top cause of death.... More at digg.com
Henry Blodget / Silicon Alley Insider: JULY SEARCH SHARE: Google Loses, Yahoo Gains, Bing Hits Wall  —  Comscore has adjusted its search methodology to mute the impact of automated searches, “hovers,” and other gimmicks.  —  The new numbers only measure “explicit”... More at techmeme.com
Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land: Chitika: Bing Passes Yahoo In Search Market Share  —  Well here's a surprise.  New stats from Chitika show Bing has taken over the second place spot for search market share from Yahoo — and back in January 2010!  —  Chitika is an advertisin... More at techmeme.com
Serkan Toto / Asiajin: Yahoo Japan Buys Location-Based Mobile Advertising Company Cirius  —  Something pretty rare happened today in Japan's web industry: a big Internet company acquired a smaller one.  In this case, Yahoo Japan (the nation's biggest website) snatched up all shares of location-base... More at techmeme.com
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