Posts Tagged ‘Yahoo’

2005 – Yahoo acquires Ludicorp and the popular photo sharing site Flickr. No details were released on this purchase. On Yahoo’s blog they outline that Flickr will continue to run as-is, while Yahoo Photos will incorporate some of the ideals into it’s site. The biggest issue from the deal was that Ludicorp was based in Vancouver, therefore when the data transfered to Yahoo servers the week of June 25th, it became subject to US federal law.

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Other Technology History Facts

• Google Chome adds RSS support
• 3-COM exit strategy of high-end data networking
• Apple 20th Anniversary Macintosh (TAM)

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1997 – US Senator Orrin Hatch holds a hearing on the Antitrust activities of Microsoft. Scott McNealy of Sun Microsystems and Jim Barksdale of Netscape Communications were present to question if Microsoft is intentionally pushing out the Netscape web browser for Internet Explorer. Of course, this would become a long drawn out investigation which almost splits Microsoft into separate companies.

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Other Historical Events in Technology

• Delphi is first released by Borland
• Yahoo! is incorporated
• Napster begins blocking access to one million MP3

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I have missed meetings before. It’s not pretty when you get the “Call of shame” wondering if you were going to join the group. Well, this might be the solution. PoketyPoke!

Poketypoke is a free beta of a conference call manager notification service. Just copy Poketypoke on the email that announces your meeting, and and it automatically calls you with a last minute reminder a minute before the call begins. Skype, WebEx, FreeConferenceCall.com and many other services are supported. It seamlessly integrates with Gmail, Outlook, Yahoo and almost any email system.

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Well the big news from Google today was Google Buzz. Not to be confused with Yahoo Buzz – which might cause some  friction because they are both social networks. Some even say it’s trying to be Facebook.

Google Buzz is GMail in real time. You can add to email in real time. Kinda like Wave does, except it can be on a personal level. It has some Twitter functionality – @geekazine will be recognized. You can even speak in your comments and they will be transcribed.

Buzz will also be available for the mobile phone. A little Augemented 2D action – Hit the Nearby option on Google Maps in the phone and find out what others are saying. Geotagged Buzz posts will show you what is being said. Another movie premier killer option right there.

Here is where you can see a commercial about Google Buzz. It won’t be available for everyone just yet, But you know you have it when you look under your “Inbox” and it says “Buzz”. Technically it’s in Beta, although they don’t seem to be calling it a Beta.

The iPhone app is simply a link to the page you can place on your Home screen. I instantly saw my Buzz and a comment from someone only a few miles away from me. Moved the Map over to CA and there was a lot of Buzz.

It will be interesting how this application will cultivate. Will it be a Facebook Killa? Will it change the way we use E-Mail? Will the “G” in GMail become GeoTag Mail? Will Yahoo sue Google for “Buzz”? Only time will tell. What do you think of this new innovation from Google?

1998 – Radio Shack said in an interesting move that they partnered with Compaq over IBM in PC sales throughout their 7,000 stores. By May, the Presario 2246 would hit shelves. It is a 233 MHz AMD-K-6 that sold for $999. The Presario 4555 would cost consumers $1399 and the high end Pentium II – 300 would cost $2299.

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Other Historical Events in Technology

• Tim McVey Day
• Yahoo acquires GeoCities
• Ann Marie Linscott uses Craigslist to hire a hitman

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1984 – Two days after the announcement of the 264 and 364 computers, CEO Jack Tramiel resigned from Commodore. There was a lot of battling within the board of directors. 6 months after Tramiel left, he started another company called “Trammel” and hired away a few of the key Commodore employees. The company was one of those that bought – then sold – Atari.

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Other Day in Tech History items:

• Carol Bartz accepts the CEO position at Yahoo
• Iomega acquires SyQuest
• Microsoft SQL Server is announced

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1983 – Instead of naming a person of the year for 1982, Time magazine decides to give the dubious honor to the Personal computer. It was interesting that it happened so early in the computers’ existence. Nonetheless, the computer was praised for it’s symbol to 1982. Now think of how that has changed in the last 28 years.

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Other Day in Tech History items:

• Matsushita acquires MCA
• Yahoo! stock hits $475.00
• Apple introduces iLife

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2001 – Yahoo announces that they will acquire 98.6 percent of the outstanding stock to HotJobs. They bought it for $10.50 / share for $436 million. They overbid Monster.com for the site.

Ironically enough – last month Carol Bartz put HotJobs up for sale.

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Other items in the Day in Tech History

• Charles Darwin embarks on his discovery mission on the HMS Beagle
• Sun Microsystems discontinues SunOS v. 4.1.3 and 4.1.4
• CERNET 2 is launched

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• Bing on iPhone
• Yahoo is loosing out to Bing and Google
• Toyota Hybrid – Two year plan
• RIM goes down. Blackberry outtage
• Consumer Reports says “Wait on Kindle”

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1993 – a Shareware copy was uploaded through a server at the University of Wisconsin (and although I was going to school there at the time, it wasn’t me – HONEST). The end result was the beginning of the first-person shooter. For those who do not want to read the Doom Bible, the story is about a Marine who assaults a senior officer, therefore was incarcerated on Mars at the Union Aerospace Corporation. His job was to overlook the teleportation device.

However, the device goes haywire and a whole bunch of creatures come out of the portal. The player is told to secure until help arrives. Unfortunately, that means heading through the establishment and defending from the monsters that attack.

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Other Historical Events in Technology

• XBOX 360 hits Japan
• Yahoo lays off 1,500 with a controversial severance package
• IBM 7320 drum

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2002 – The trial of Jon Lech Johansen, better known as “DVD Jon,” begins with Johansen pleading not guilty. DVD Jon has been a pioneer in “Reverse engineering”. O.K, so that is a fancy way of saying “Pirating”, but without his efforts, advances might not have been made.

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Other Day in Tech History items:

• Yahoo acquires del.icio.us (delicious.com)
• Microsoft launches Windows 2.01 and Oxite
• Bandai releases WonderSwan

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