Mar
8

The Starting Point: The Oscars, the Iditarod & the Turkey quake (The Newsroom via Yahoo! News)

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The Starting Point is a snapshot of the news stories that occurred overnight. Look for updates throughout the day on Yahoo! News and in the news box on Yahoo.com.
Mar
2

Yahoo News Brings News Commenting Back (paidContent.org via Yahoo! Finance)

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After a three year hiatus, Yahoo News is once again opening up to news commenters. The site, which invariably ranks among the top three sources of online news in the country, quietly added a standard commenting feature late last evening to all of its articles, which allows visitors to post their opinions, respond to specific views left by others, and vote comments up or down.
Feb
27

Yahoo! paves way for online democracy with an election-dedicated microsite (Manila Bulletin via Yahoo! Philippines News)

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Yahoo! has harnessed the power of social media and developed a first-of-its-kind election-dedicated microsite called Purple Thumb (www.yourpurplethumb.com).
Feb
24

Yahoo site to offer ‘Tweet’ changes (Detroit News)

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San Francisco -- Yahoo has something new to yodel about: tweets. In its latest attempt to make its Web site more compelling, Yahoo Inc. is plugging its services into the rapidly growing craze of posting short messages, or "tweets," on Twitter.
Feb
24

Yahoo Competes for Social Web with Twitter Tab (PC World via Yahoo! News)

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Yahoo has joined the fray of integrating social networking with search results. With a bit of dramatic flourish--tweeting out Da Vinci Code-style hints throughout the day and teasing users to break the code and figure out the big news, Yahoo announced a new partnership with Twitter.
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