Yahoo was once the most visited web portal on the internet, but it has had a rough last couple of years. In an industry where companies are transitioning into the mobile arena at breakneck speeds, Yahoo has struggled to stay relevant.
But that doesn't mean it's not trying. Yahoo recently unveiled several new mobile applications at its Product Runway event. There were a couple of notable titles, but the star of the show had to be the Flipboard-like app for the iPad, Livestand...
If you've spent any time with Siri, you may have noticed that you can actually ask it to search the web for pretty much anything. At this point, Siri fires up a Google search and populates the search field with whatever it thinks you asked. The degree of accuracy here very much depends on your accent and whether it's a full moon or not, but on the whole, it does the job fairly well.
But did you know that you can also have Siri work its magic with both the Microsoft Bing and Yahoo search engines? Well, you can...
Something really unexpected happened yesterday. I was doing a Google search on my new iPhone 4S when a popup appeared asking me if I'd like to change my search engine to Yahoo!
Needless to say, I was really confused. Is Google telling me that it's too good for me and I should switch to Yahoo? Or is Apple trying to tell me something?
Although Apple's App Store is decidedly the most successful mobile software hub in the business, it's certainly not perfect. Sifting through the App Store's 400,000+ applications to discover new titles can be quite a cumbersome task.
In what appears to be a desperate attempt to stay relevant in the mobile software arena, Yahoo! has taken it upon themselves to remedy this issue by making their own application sorting service, dubbed-Â Yahoo! App Search...
I am a devoted Gmail user, and have been for a long time. I had a Yahoo! Mail account years ago. I switched over to Gmail because at that time, I couldn't sync my Yahoo! Calendar to my newly purchased iPhone. Even though the calendar issue has since been remedied, they keep giving me good reasons to stay away.
Earlier this year, a report claimed that Yahoo! Mail was the cause of false data usage by smartphone users. In the land where the unlimited plan is becoming more extinct, this could possibly amount to hundreds of dollars in overage fees. The study noted that Apple iPhone and Windows Phone users were among the most affected...
Many of you like to see new packages in Cydia as soon as they're available. If you're put off by the time it takes Cydia to load, then here's an alternative method to view changes, updates, and newly posted apps.
To do this, you will need an RSS reader app, or at the very least a Google Reader account. I recommend using the free version of MobileRSS, but any will do. Once you have a way to view RSS feeds on your iPhone, add the feed listed below.
A couple months ago, I wrote an article on how to sync Google calendar with your iPhone calendar. Until now there was no way to sync Yahoo calendar with your iPhone calendar but Yahoo wrote a blog post about how to do that over the air.
It's very simple but it does require you to run the latest 3.0 firmware. It is also important to note that "once you start syncing your Calendar with your iPhone you will be upgraded to Yahoo! Calendar Beta automatically. You will not be able to go back to the old calendar product once this is complete".
How to sync Yahoo calendar with the iPhone:
1. Go to Settings > Mails, Contacts, Calendars >Add Account > Other
2. Tap "Add CalDAV Account"
3 . For the Server settings, simply type "yahoo"
4. Type in your Yahoo! username and password you use to signin to your calendar.
5. Click "Next" and it should verify your information.
6. You're done :)
Next time you open the calendar app on your iPhone, you will be able to choose to view your Yahoo calendar. Every time you will load the yahoo calendar, it will sync over the air.