Yahoo! Messenger launches new chat application for the computer

Yahoo! Messenger is a late attempt by Yahoo with a new interface but limited features.
Shortly after being purchased by Verizon for $ 4.83 billion, Yahoo! has launched Yahoo! software. Messenger (Y! M) for Windows and Mac OS. Users can download the settings at https://messenger.yahoo.com/download.

Y! M new version.

The notice on the Y! M interface states that the old version of Y! M will no longer be supported as of 15.8.2016, so users should migrate to Y! M with this new version with a change logo. The flat, simple and subtle way.
The login process on Y! M for Mac OS is quite secure when Y! M requires the user to correctly declare the phone number and enter the one-time password sent to the phone. However, the interface Y! M proved quite simple with the poor features compared to Skype or iMessage.
However, the new Y! M version also supports the ability to recover messages sent (unsend) and many emoticons (emoji), which allows sending animated chat, ...
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Yahoo Mail New Edition Review: Good but not enough

After seven months of testing, the new version of Yahoo Mail now includes more features from social networks and third-party applications.
This is a very reliable Webmail service similar to the general feeling of the Hotmail 2010 update. If you spend a lot of time using Gmail just like me (Time Machine Editor) it certainly can not give you 100% satisfaction. However, it is time to take the time to learn about the new options that will make a difference.
Here are some new features:
 Yahoo says the new version of Yahoo Mail is twice as fast as its predecessor. It's pretty fast and we will not have to see the words "Loading ...." Appear on the screen like Gmail.
Quick reply (similar to Gmail but easier to see). You can quickly reply to an e-mail and Facebook message without having to click Reply. Yahoo Mail is smart enough to forward your responses to comments on Facebook.
 Like Hotmail, Yahoo Mail allows live streaming of image links as thumbnails and slideshows. This feature is designed to work with both Flickr and Picasa online photo albums (though not in the trial with Picasa).
One feature that was available in the old version of Yahoo Mail is the support for applications coming from third-party add-ons to provide more new features. For example, AutomaticInstall of OtherInbox is similar to Gmail Priority Inbox. All My Receipts sort and categorize non-priority messages such as newsletters, offers, coupons, and applications that allow you to send large files to YouSendIt.
Yahoo Mail has a great feature that Gmail and Hotmail still lack: When you open multiple e-mail, they appear in separate tabs to be able to move to other e-mail more easily in the mailbox. This new version has turned off the e-mail preview window in the inbox (but you can turn it on if you want).
Some limitations:
The appearance of Yahoo Mail caused a bit of unease, especially the color of the application bar along with Yahoo's huge logo at the top. You can choose different themes for Yahoo Mail, but they are mostly different in color.
Another similar note is that you may want to leave the word TRENDING NOW in the upper right corner because it links to your non-e-mail address somewhere on Yahoo.
Just like Hotmail, Yahoo Mail is creating problems by cramming ads into an area on the right hand side. That's causing distraction, which is often distracting and makes performance less effective than Gmail using only text ads. You can remove these ads for $ 20 a year.
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Users wishing Yahoo Mail could mimic Gmail's idea of ​​archiving and instant access to messages contained in mailboxes. You can also accomplish this by creating a directory (Archieve).
This version of Yahoo Mail has had the most improvements over the years, and this could be one of the reasons for the increasing dominance of Gmail users in the United States (both Yahoo Mail and Homail). has a larger number of users than Gmail). But it can not affect all Gmail users because after all, Yahoo Mail does not try to deliver the most special features (especially when compared to the tests in GmailLabs) but the interface is coherent and less cluttered.
Will I have to give up Gmail to use Yahoo Mail? The answer is: "Not now". I'm currently using Google Apps hosting features, so I can create a separate Gmail interface for my domain and integrate email with Google Docs. Another reason is, I really like the mobile version of Gmail on my iPhone, iPad, Android phone and tablet. I also used Gmail's built-in Google Voice smartphone (that's the only way to make and receive Google Voice calls on a computer). And a lot of interesting things in Gmail, such as direct viewing of PDFs.
Although not yet converted, but still impressed with Yahoo Mail. Maybe, I will forward my e-mail account to Yahoo Mail to be able to "tinker" more. It is great to see both Yahoo and Microsoft are making their commitments to consolidating their Webmail service better for the user. Over the years, it seems Google is the only company to recognize the potential of Webmail but this service has also been much better in the past ...

The reason Yahoo is hunting for startups failed: Talent

Yahoo today announced that it has acquired Rockmelt, a startup company that has developed an integrated browser with social networking features. As the browser of the same name has just released, many say it will revolutionize the web browsing experience of users during the current socialization.
But Rockmelt did not do this, and the company stopped developing the product. At the right time, Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer decided to acquire Rockmelt, as well as what she had done with many other technology companies in the past. What motivates the female CEO to make such decisions?
Many of the companies that Yahoo paid for their recent acquisitions are small, little-known companies, or their products are not well-known. Or, as the Yahoo deal bought Summly, in the press release said that Summly's news reader feature is very prominent, but in fact this technology was developed by another company, Summarily licensed only. But Mayer did not buy these companies because of what they did, she actually bought the engineers, the programmers who made them.
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Each time Mayer buys a startup company, "Yahoo is locking up" their engineers by two or four years. " Yahoo to let them freely continue to develop their applications and they can hire more programmers if needed.

So why does not Yahoo hire itself on the free labor market or meet the talented people when they just graduated, so it would not be cheaper? Actually, it's not cheaper. The competition for talent recruiting between tech companies in Silicon Valley is harsh. Take the example of Zynga's online game company, which has recently laid off hundreds of programmers. In the comment section on job cuts, employers from all over the world have been trying to get new employees fired for work. Others go to bars where ex-Zynga employees are "drinking alcohol", inviting them to drink water and scheduling an interview.
The recruitment of staff has become more difficult with Yahoo, which is known as an old dinosaur uncle who is being dominated by other young technology firms. If you hear such reputation, no one will go to Yahoo, people will apply to Google, Apple, Microsoft, Facebook ... What CEO Mayer needs are those who are good at developing mobile applications, And with Yahoo's share of the Alibaba sales page, she has been earning money for Yahoo without going directly to recruit.
Bloomberg recently also revealed that Mayer's pursuit of Yahoo's CEO position was completely secret and while she was doing Google, not many people knew about it.

The "giant" Yahoo! was "dead", but the mark will still be there

Silicon Valley Leadership Group CEO, Mr. Guardino, shared with Mecurynews: "Yahoo! The valley will live longer than the history of Yahoo!. "
Over the years, Yahoo!'s creative culture And the leaders of this company have left an indelible mark on the valley".
Tim Bajarin also remembers: "Yahoo! is a company that creates a lot of jobs in their golden age.
In addition, people who have worked for Yahoo!, according to CNN, have now set up or run many companies that are still influencing the tech world such as Slack, WhatsApp, LinkedIn, etc. that, the "former Yahoo!" Still on behalf of "Giants" to continue to change the world.
Are you sad when Yahoo! in particular and Yahoo! Messenger, a messaging app attached to childhood, will not be available anymore? In your opinion, what should technology companies do to fall victim to a situation like Yahoo!?
Please share your comments in the comment section.

Yahoo CEO 'lose points' with employees

In the first quarter of this year, the percentage of Yahoo employees supporting their CEO, Marissa Mayer, was up to 97 percent, but so far this figure has fallen to 80 percent.
One of Mayer's focus areas is to improve the morale of Yahoo.
She has created for her official employees the same standards in Silicon Valley as free meals as well as free mobile phone offers. She also has a meticulous plan for the Christmas party. A few weeks ago, she gave some 80 Yahoo executives a vacation at the Ritz Carlton - a luxury place in the Half Moon Bay.
Thanks to Mayer, Yahoo's product development has also taken a new leap. After a few short years, the company finally launched a new version of Flickr on the phone earlier this month. In this release, the manufacturer also pushed the new Yahoo Mail and home page on four platforms.
Meanwhile, thanks to the acquisition of a large number of shares, Yahoo stock price rose significantly.
So why may Mrs. Mayer's rate go down? We have three theories that:
97% is too high. This rate has to be reduced a bit. Finally Mayer has not really brought Yahoo back. Mayer knows that Yahoo needs to cut costs, and that means firing employees. But people have been told that she will not lay off too many employees for a while, which will sack one by one. That has a huge impact on employees' morale because they do not know when they will be fired or whether they are the next one to be fired. Mayer is quite tough with the leaders she wants to dismiss from the company, and when they leave, she will not give them any big compensation. Last week, she fired the former CEO of one of the companies that had been bought by Yahoo, just days before he received a big bonus. Maybe this action caused her to lose points in front of many employees. This action has caused much adversity for her.
Looking at the whole picture, 80% of the support staff rate is still a good number that Mayer achieved compared to the previous CEO of Yahoo.
CEO Scott Thompson achieved 48% support when he started. Carol Bartz, 54% and Ross Levinsohn only 76%, close to Mayer's.

Yahoo officially sold themselves, renamed Altaba

One of the greatest technology companies in history has been officially acquired by US telecom operator Verizon.
According to Reuters, Yahoo's entire portfolio of search, email and Yahoo Messenger messaging tools was valued at $ 4.48 billion, down from $ 4.8 billion last year.
The sales deal was announced last year, then delayed due to company scandals, including the leak of user data.
After the deal with Verizon is complete, Yahoo will change its name to Altaba - a company with a majority stake in Alibaba Group and a 35.5% stake in Yahoo Japan.
Yahoo will also be associated with AOL, owned by Verizon, to form a new venture called Oath.
So after 20 years of glory, Yahoo has officially lost its name and no longer autonomy.
At its peak, Yahoo was worth more than $ 100 billion.
The number one operator in the United States is expected to be able to use data from more than 200 million monthly users of Yahoo, combined with 150 million users from AOL and its existing 100 million mobile subscribers, to boost its reach. Severe when negotiating with advertisers.
Verizon is also planning to cut Yahoo's 2,000 employees after the acquisition.
Yahoo's current chief executive, Marissa Mayer, will also leave after the deal ends.

Yahoo! Mail Notifier 0.9.9.6 - Notification of new messages by Firefox browser

Normally, if you use Yahoo! Xtra Chat. Messenger when Yahoo! New, you will be notified it soon. But if you are not chatting and do not use the program but want to know if you have new or not, this can be done with the Firefox browser.
For Firefox to get this feature, run it and go to http://downloads.mozdev.org/ymnotifier/ym_notifier_0.9.9.6.xpi, download an extension called Yahoo Mail Notifier (new version). After installing and reopening Firefox, you will see an envelope icon in the lower right corner of the browser window.

Next, you need to provide the mailbox account you want to use in the Yahoo Login, including your Yahoo! username and password. To keep your account secure without having to re-enter it each time you visit Firefox, check the Remember password box. Finally, click Login.
Each time a new message arrives, you'll see the envelope icon light up, and you'll see the number of new messages appear next to it. To log in and view messages, just double-click the envelope icon.
You will be notified of new mail every 5 minutes. To change this time, right-click the envelope icon, choose Preferences, enter the number of minutes in the Check for mail every box, and then click OK. If you want to check for new mail or change account information, from the context menu, select Check Now or choose Change Username / Password.