Tag: yahoo

Why Did Yahoo Buy Zimbra?

“The real power of Zimbra is its APIs, which together with Zimbra’s open source status makes this a potentially powerful development platform. The APIs enable developers to access messaging functions inside the Zimbra application, meaning external apps can hook into Zimbra’s functionality. The example used in the demo is a travel application using Zimbra’s APIs to “automatically create a calendar event for the person traveling”.”

And that is probably one of the main reasons why Yahoo acquired Zimbra.

so now oddpost gets the axe just as they were finally launching?

Yahoo using Google?

ang said he would be busy making a long-term strategic plan, which would include major changes if need be. “There will be no sacred cows and we need to move quickly”. No sacred cows, indeed. According to rumors circulating around the company, Yang and other executives at Yahoo are even considering something as massive as offloading some of its search monetization business to rival Google. I have suggested this option here in this column many times. Such a move, even if done in part, could instantly add a whole lot of dollars to its bottom line, drastically cut tech costs and remove the focus on its constantly losing fight with Google as a tech leader.

the old use google to monetize better

del.icio.us usability lab

the del.icio.us team is in the midst of building a new platform which will speed up the site and help us grow even faster. We’re also taking a close look at our UI and exploring ways to make it both easier to use and more functional. Over the years we’ve heard a lot of feedback, both positive and negative. Many folks like the simple and terse nature of the site, while others take issue with certain elements of the design. Our challenge is to make del.icio.us better without messing up the stuff that already works.

uh oh. if del.icio.us is yahooized, good night