Yahoo could be trying to boost its acquisition value by demanding licensing fees from Facebook for the use of its technology, as the one time Web-pioneer considers strategic M&A options, according to patent experts.
Yahoo has demanded licensing fees from Facebook for use of its technology, the companies said on Monday, potentially engulfing social media in the patent battles and lawsuits raging across much of the tech sector.
Following the success of the promoted tweets revenue model, Twitter is going a step further: They're rolling out the same model onto the iOS and Android version of the platform. The promoted tweets feature--which locks a specific tweet to the top of people's feeds--is already available on the mobile website (mobile.twitter.com). The feature will be rolled out in an update to iPhones and Android-based phones over the next few weeks.
Apple finally announced on Tuesday that it will unveil its next-generation iPad -- the iPad 3 -- on Wednesday, March 7 in San Francisco. To celebrate the announcement, San Francisco-based 3D animation and design firm Aatma Studio conjured up a concept video of what the iPad 3 may look and feel like.
Yahoo doesn't like Facebook anymore. The search engine has defriended the social networking giant and threatened to sue over patents that Facebook has been using without paying the necessary licensing fees. Yahoo set a precedent for internet company patent claims after successfully suing Google in 2004.
Starting today, companies can search tweets of any users back to January 2010. This will help them create better marketing plans, target influential users and predict monumental events. Twitter previously allowed companies to search up to 30 days of tweets. Regular users were only able to search through posts from the past seven days. That all changes today, as the UK-based company DataSift will begin offering a deep archive of Tweets made over the past year.
Think you can hack the Google Chrome browser? You could win $1 million in cold hard cash. Google's Chrome security team has announced it's offering cash rewards totaling up to $1million in exchange for demonstrated exploits of the Google Chrome browser. The rewards will be presented at Google's Pwnium competition at the CanSecWest security conference in Vancouver March 7-9.
Apple will reportedly release a new Apple TV device alongside its next-generation iPad, presumably called the iPad 3. With Bluetooth Smart, the devices will be interconnected to create one tightly integrated and enjoyable HD experience.
Facebook said it could team up with mobile operators on payments, in an offer that would give them back part of the revenue and influence they have lost in recent years to Apple (AAPL.O) and Google (GOOG.O).
For Steven Sinofsky, the stern but creative engineering manager who runs Microsoft Corp's flagship Windows division, February 29 is showtime.
Android Jelly Bean is the latest Google OS. Check out the most-anticipated features of the latest Android OS.
For Steven Sinofsky, the stern but creative engineering manager who runs Microsoft Corp's (MSFT.O) flagship Windows division, February 29 is showtime. Sinofsky will preside over the public test release of the Windows 8 operating system, his biggest test.
Internet giant Yahoo could throw a wrench into Facebook’s planned $5 billion IPO by demanding that the social-networking company enter into patent licensing agreements.
Yahoo has demanded licensing fees from Facebook for use of its technology, the companies said on Monday, potentially engulfing social media in the patent battles and lawsuits raging across much of the tech sector.
Yahoo has threatened Facebook with legal action if the two Silicon Valley giants can't agree on licensing of technologies covered by patents on which Yahoo says Facebook is infringing.
Facebook appears to be gearing up for the launch of new premium ads according to documents that surfaced late last week. The documents reveal that the new Facebook advertisements will be social in that they'll reveal who has liked an advertiser. The ads will pull content from a brand's Facebook Page, rather than requiring separate copy to be written.
A gay Marine's homecoming kiss between Sgt. Brandon Morgan and his partner Dalan Wells has gone viral on the Internet ever since the photo was shared on the Gay Marines Facebook Page on Saturday.
Apple released a new 30-second TV commercial for its iCloud platform, which wirelessly pushes information such as contacts, calendars, photos, and documents to every iOS device that a user owns.
Facebook is accused of accessing text messages of its users but the company has denied the charge by stating that it does not read the content and that the report is misleading.
R.I.P. Rowan Atkinson is the latest Twitter hoax that surfaced hours before the 2012 Oscars.
Advertising on the Web is big business. This puts everyone who browses the Internet on a regular basis at risk of being tracked in hopes that they would click on an advertisement that interests them. One company that is well known for tracking its users, and even rumored to go as far as to deliberately bypass the “do not track me” system in Safari and Internet Explorer, is Google. We are going to share some ways to help you browse the Internet with confidence that Google, or any other advertisi...
Chris Brown has approached Michael Jackson's daughter Paris about appearing in a music video with him, and though the King of Pop's daughter is a huge fan, Katherine Jackson repeatedly put her foot down and rejected the collaboration.
