San Francisco — Yahoo last week released phase one dubbed “universal profile,” and now it plans to release phase two of its new application platform this week, when Web developers can begin sinking their teeth into Yahoo’s attempt to replace its present static design with one that is customizable, application-rich, socially connected, and woven into […]

La Vista, Nebraska — In a move that has left many fretting their brains, Yahoo Inc. on Friday unveiled plans to build two new office facilities in Nebraska — just three days after the California-based Internet company reported a whopping 64 percent plunge in third quarter net income and a reduction of at least 1,500 […]

In the run-up to its Professional Developers Conference, Microsoft on Friday has launched yet another hybrid product-research lab — a new initiative to empower the developer community hear about and experience early developer tools that the software giant is working on. The newly formed DevLabs joins Microsoft’s growing list of online portal where Microsoft plans […]

Miami — Software behemoth Microsoft Corp. has chosen Telefonica, the largest telecommunications provider in Latin America, as an exclusive carrier to provide Voice over IP (VoIP) services to Windows Live Messenger customers in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Peru, the United States and Venezuela, the companies jointly said Friday. Telefonica, which has the largest telecommunications network […]

Google, this at its official mobile blog posting announced that it has introduced Gmail for Mobile 2.0 for J2ME-supported devices such as the Nokia N95, as well as BlackBerry phones, making the application more responsive and enabling offline support to inboxes for the first time in case the user moves out of mobile coverage. Gmail […]

Moscow — Russia’s anti-trust regulatory service — Federal Antimonopoly Service, (FAS), on Thursday hampered a $140 million bid by Google Inc. to acquire Begun, Russia’s biggest contextual ad service, claiming that Google had not provided enough information that would allow FAS to properly assess its consequences and thus potentially hurt competition. The FAS fears that […]