Word: yahoo
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...struggling artists receive the money they say they deserve, and argue that the rules that were set up for a fledgling industry five years ago are no longer appropriate in an era when at least some of the stations are now owned by large corporations such as Yahoo!, AOL or RealNetworks...
...messages to hear the one they need (an inconvenience the iPhone is said to solve). And they are frustrated that carriers erase old messages and tightly cap your inbox. With data storage costs dropping, why can't you keep your messages, or download them to your computer? Imagine if Yahoo! let you keep just 30 or 40 email messages at a time. (Instead they offer unlimited, free email storage). "People treat voice mail like toxic waste," says Craig Walker, CEO and founder of GrandCentral, a startup that offers unlimited voice-mail storage. "They feel like they have to delete every...
...carriers don't step up their service, Google and other Web giants may find alternative routes for getting mobile services into the hands of consumers. Daniel Doutol, co-founder of SpinVox, an innovative voice-messaging startup, says it's just a matter of time before companies like Google and Yahoo! compete more directly with the carriers. Both portals, like Apple, have fiercely loyal fans. About 55% of those asked in a survey by Equs Group, a market research firm, said they would happily buy a Google or Yahoo-branded phone. It's a lucrative market: by 2010, about as many...
...approach Yang may take, alongside Sue Decker, who joins him as second in command, is to push for Yahoo to partner with Microsoft or a leading social networking site like MySpace to help spark some new momentum. "He can be trusted to find Yahoo a great partner or acquirer to help the company get out of its present predicament," says Rohan...
...Unable to acquire Facebook last year for a billion dollars, the company may look to a deal with Microsoft as a way of gaining access to a new array of partners, including both cell phone and PC manufacturers and wireless carriers. "Microsoft and Yahoo have a long history of being partners and they're likely to get closer," says Smith. "We wouldn't be surprised to see a joint venture emerge...