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Yahoo Wants to Be Apple’s Default iOS Search Engine
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after this??
Yahoo Hacked
http://www.forbes.com/sites/jameslyne/2014/01/31/yahoo-hacked-and-how-to-protect-your-passwords/
Yahoo Hacked
http://www.forbes.com/sites/jameslyne/2014/01/31/yahoo-hacked-and-how-to-protect-your-passwords/
This is news? Look at it this way, if there was a month in the last eight years during which Yahoo was not actively pursuing and discussing making this change with representatives that Apple, I will eat my hat.
Their search is bad, and they kinda ruined their other services as well. I used to use Yahoo! Answers as a last resort sometimes and have gotten some good answers on it, but they've gone all Google/Facebook on their sites and messed with the layout.
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Not any news. I've been getting emails from hacked Yahoo! (and MSN) accounts since I started using email.
Being someone who used Yahoo Mail since ages ago, their service have actually got worst. Their mail page is slow, buggy, counter intuitive and the search function doesn't work. And they previously tried to charge me for using Yahoo Mail.
Based on this alone, I don't have much faith in their other services.
Those of you badmouthing this really have no clue.
Yahoo is in the middle of the same transformation Apple went through 10-15 years ago.
Speaking of which... if we are going to post a story about Yahoo, could we at least use the current logo?
Yahoo is in the middle of the same transformation Apple went through 10-15 years ago.
Speaking of which... if we are going to post a story about Yahoo, could we at least use the current logo?
I am surprised that Apple hasn't jumped into the search engine business yet. I would have expected them to enter that marketplace long before I would have expected them to enter the mapping marketplace...
Can I hear an Amen to that?! AMEN!
I don't trust Google further than I can throw it, and I don't think that their mobile search is great. I hate searching for images on the iPhone. For these reasons, I am not opposed to switching to Yahoo... But DuckDuckGo would be pretty awesome as an alternative.
Hey anyone remember Yahoo! Axis. A simplified search experience for iOS and Mac. Yeah I didn't think so!
I rather yahoo or bing than google for privacy reasons but they also can't bring enough results like google does for some of my research :/
Do you have any money placed on that bet?
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Why would Yahoo! and Bing protect your privacy any more than Google? Keep in mind that Bing's the site that used to automatically connect to your Facebook account without asking (of course through a deal with Facebook).
How can someone believe in this crap? Google just released their earnings. As we expected, they were bellow expectations. Search is their way to deliver those ads. Without that, there's no Google.
Search is so important and can be so useful if done right. A company like Apple could and would reinvigorate the space, and provide a better experience to their costumers, with better integration between services.
Heck, it is happening with Maps. Search is much more important than Maps. I bet they are still learning, but it will happen.
Don't really care, so long as there is the option to choose a default search engine - for me that's Google, no question.
This is something that would actually get me to switch away from the iPhone if Yahoo became the default and there was no way of switching.
Screw Yahoo. Marissa Mayer is the worst CEO in history. She has single handedly ruined Yahoo Mail, Sports, Finance, Groups and every aspect of the company. Their website is the buggiest I have ever seen, but, hey, they do have dancing icons to make the site even slower