Yahoo – Shamskm.com

Nearly $4 Million in Grants Awarded by Yahoo Employee Foundation (YEF)

By Guest PostOctober 25, 2016Technologyemmy negrin, employee foundation, philanthropy, Yahoo, yef

Largest-Ever YEF Grant Cycle Will Support 110 Organizations Around the World

SUNNYVALE, Calif. — (BUSINESS WIRE) — The Yahoo Employee Foundation (YEF), an employee-funded, philanthropic organization, today announced its largest-ever grant cycle of nearly $4 million. Every year, donations from Yahoo employees, plus interest from investments, are awarded to eligible organizations through YEF grants. YEF is funding 77% of the grant applications it received in 2016, and the funds will benefit 110 nonprofit organizations around the world. (more…)

Where is my Tom & Jerry?

By ShamsJuly 26, 2016Media, Technologyaol, Facebook, Google, huffington post, jerry, marissa mayer, mybloglog, techcrunch, tim armstrong, tom, tumblr, verizon, Yahoo, yahoo geocities

Yahoo is unlucky. Even the smartest and youngest CEO and a Google veteran Marissa Mayer could not save it. She was hired in 2012 with the sole purpose to bring Yahoo to a powerful position to compete with the search giant Google and social media Facebook. But far away from achieving any success, the company is now on its way to ‘non-existence’. The ‘doomsday’ just arrived. Yesterday telephone company Verizon acquired Yahoo’s operating business for approximately $4.83 billion in cash. (more…)

Yahoo Releases the Largest-ever Machine Learning Dataset for Researchers

By Guest PostJanuary 14, 2016Education, Science, Technologyalgorithms, big data, carnegie mellon university, gert lanckriet, machine learning dataset, researchers, Technology, tom mitchell, Yahoo, yahoo labs webscope

13.5TB dataset to help advance innovation in computer science

SUNNYVALE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE) — Yahoo Inc.today announced the public release of the largest-ever machine learning dataset to the academic research community. With this release, the company aims to advance the field of large-scale machine learning and recommender systems, and to help level the playing field between industrial and academic research. (more…)

Yahoo Unveils New Products and Experiences for Smartphones, Web, Tablet and TV at CES 2014

By Guest PostJanuary 8, 2014Technologyalex van buren, ces, ces 2014, consumer electronics show, julia bainbridge, las vegas, managing editor, marissa mayer, new products, rachel tepper, sarah mccoll, smartphones, tablet, tv, web, web editor, Yahoo, yahoo ceo, yahoo smart tv, yahoo tech

LAS VEGAS — Today at the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Yahoo! Inc. unveiled new products and media sites across smartphones, tablets and the web, as well as a new suite of advertising technology to help advertisers, publishers and partners get more return from their online advertising campaigns.

In a keynote address, Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer discussed the company’s vision to make the world’s daily habits inspiring and entertaining. Yahoo executives were joined onstage by Yahoo’s new Global Anchor Katie Couric; Yahoo Tech vice president of editorial David Pogue; celebrity talent including SNL‘s Cecily Strong and Keenan Thompson; as well as John Legend, Grammy-Award-winning artist and a member of Yahoo’s 2013 On the Road tour. (more…)

Twerk, Snap, Shake: Yahoo Unveils 2013 Year In Review

By Guest PostDecember 3, 2013Technology2013, anchorman 2, carolyn clark, christian grey, civil war, duck dynasty, fifty shades, grey, jodi arias, kim kardashian, miley cyrus, minecraft, obamacare, online gaming phenomenon, pope benedict resign, syria, top yahoo searches, white house tumblr, Yahoo, yahoo search queries, year, year in review, zimmerman murder trial

SUNNYVALE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE) — Yahoo today announced the 2013 Year In Review, a look at the daily search habits of millions of Yahoo users. And for the first time,Year In Review takes a peek at the top trends from Tumblr. This year’s top searches on Yahoo include high-profile trials, Obamacare, and the twerk seen ‘round the world.

Election politicking dominated the top 10 searches of 2012, but this year people were a little starry-eyed. Miley Cyrus (No. 1) came into our lives like a wrecking ball and dethroned Kim Kardashian (No. 2) to become Yahoo’s most searched person in 2013. Kardashian’s pregnancy, divorce and engagement guaranteed the reality star a continued place in the top 10. (She’s been a regular since 2009.) Online gaming phenomenon Minecraft came in at No. 4. As with the Casey Anthony trial of 2011, notoriety surrounding a murder trial thrust the defendant Jodi Arias (No. 8) into the top 10. (more…)

comScore MMX Ranks Top 50 U.S. Desktop Web Properties for October 2013

By Guest PostNovember 22, 2013Technologyamericans, Comscore, comscore mmx, data, debt ceiling deadline, desktop web properties, Google, local us market, Microsoft, online buying power, political news sites, Twitter, US, Yahoo

Halloween and October Festivities See Six Retail Subcategories in the Top 10
Political News Sites Continue Growth as Americans Keep Tabs on Government Shutdown

RESTON, VA, November 22, 2013 – comScore, Inc., a leader in measuring the digital world, today released its monthly ranking of U.S. desktop web activity at the top online properties for October 2013 based on data from the comScore MMX service. Several retail subcategories were among the top-gaining in October as Halloween and other festivities took place. Americans also frequented Political News sites as major stories such as the U.S. government shutdown and debt ceiling deadline made headlines. (more…)

Überwachung, Totalkontrolle und tödlicher Irrtum

By Guest PostNovember 20, 2013Politicsard, bagdad, cheftechniker der cia, chilling effects, die brueder grimm, die mensch maschine, evgeny morosov, Facebook, fort meade, Google, google chef schmidt, google field, guantanamo, gus hunt, hauptquartier, internet kritikers, jakob augstein, keith alexander, koenig von hannover, maryland, national security agency, nsa, nsa chef, sascha lobo, silicon valley, spiegel online, toedlicher irrtum, totalkontrolle, ueberwachung, ueli maurer, Yahoo

Staatsmacht oder «digitale» Marktmacht: Mit «Big Data» arbeiten beide an der totalen Kontrolle der Menschen zu ihren Zwecken.

In diesen Tagen sind mir drei aufreizende Texte unter die Augen gekommen. Sie haben einen Zusammenhang.

Der erste stammt von Sascha Lobo. Lobo schreibt viel. Unter anderem eine regelmässige Kolumne in «Spiegel online» unter dem Titel «Die Mensch-Maschine». Jüngst mit dem Vermerk: «Volle Kontrolle». Er schreibt dort: «Eigentlich sollen die Bürger die Machthaber kontrollieren. Doch statt dessen zimmert sich der Staat einen Apparat für vollständige Überwachung zurecht. Plötzlich ist jeder verdächtig, soll alles gespeichert werden.» (more…)

AOL, Microsoft, Yahoo agree to streamline access to premium ad inventory for advertisers

By Guest PostSeptember 24, 2013Technologyadvertiser friendly, advertisers, aol, apis, digital advertising, kooi, Microsoft, microsoft advertising, premium ad inventory, publisher friendly, rik van der, seth demsey, tom shields, tv budgets online, Yahoo

Three leaders in digital advertising converge on technical specifications for programmatic sales, simplifying the purchasing process of premium digital ad inventory.

NEW YORK — Sept. 24, 2013 — AOL Inc., Microsoft Corp. and Yahoo on Tuesday announced that they have each committed to converge around a common set of API specifications for the premium programmatic digital advertising sales channel. The goal is to make it easier for advertisers and agencies to procure premium digital advertising by reducing the friction in discovering, ordering and paying for premium inventory. (more…)

Tag Archives: Yahoo