Pictures having an Olympian view of millions of photos the world’s photographers and camera-phone users have produced over the last day… “Yahoo’s popular photo-sharing site Flickr will release on Monday the two new geography-related features introduced a month ago: Flickr Places and a new world map…” San Francisco — Yahoo Inc.’s online photo-sharing site, said […]

Although the Yahoo Newspaper Consortium is facing growing challenges, local papers are still finding its ad partnership offering attractive… New York — Yahoo Inc. has added 17 more newspapers to its group of online publishing partners, giving the group added heft as it approaches its one-year anniversary. The AP reports that Yahoo has added 17 […]

Just as Apple shook up the phone industry with its advanced iPhone, Google hopes to do the same with the networks that manage mobile devices… “Google may make a solo bid for frequencies to run a wireless network, but analysts say it needs a carrier partner…” San Francisco — Google Inc. is making the necessary […]

A new Word plug-in called “Save as DAISY” will allow users to convert OpenXML documents into a format structured to help the blind navigate text… “A new plug-in will enable Microsoft Word users to save Open XML-based documents into Daisy XML format, designed to make the content accessible to blind or visually impaired users…” Barcelona […]

“Addresses the growing need of largest U.S. consumers’ now owning more than one computer who wishes they could manage the security and performance of all their home computers from a single PC…” Redmond, Wash., — Microsoft on Thursday officially released version 2.0 of their “Windows Live OneCare” security and PC performance suite, enhancing a number […]

It looks like one of the country’s richest bachelors is about to be taken off the market… “Like the recent wedding of Google’s other co-founder, Sergey Brin, to Anne Wojcicki, much is being kept secret…” San Francisco — Google Inc. co-founder and one of the world’s wealthiest men Larry Page is planning to tie the […]

Tata, the tea-to-cars conglomerate comes in at number four in the supercomputing league as America’s dominance fades… “A computer system designed in India has made it into a top ten of the world’s fastest supercomputers…” Washington — India has broken into the top tier of supercomputing race after a new machine built by Tata, the […]

When it comes to mobile search, Yahoo has been making aggressive moves this year in Europe, Asia, and Latin America, and has worked with the Mobile Marketing Association to help develop and establish mobile Web advertising guidelines. “Yahoo is racing to attract subscribers to Internet services delivered via mobile phones rather than computer browsers as […]

Software giant to acquire mobile music service provider Musiwave to boost its consumer mobile offerings… “The Zune maker intends to buy the French company Musiwave SA, a provider of mobile music entertainment services to operators and media companies…” Microsoft Corp. on Monday announced its intention to buy France-based mobile music services provider “Musiwave SA,” in […]

Google will face questions over the state of the online advertising market… “Google and Microsoft squared off as usual Thursday, but this time instead of the competitive battlefield, they met on Capitol Hill, where lawmakers are weighing the question of whether Google’s purchase of DoubleClick will create an unfair online advertising monopoly.”