Photo-sharing site Flickr has severed a major tie to its previous owner by ditching the old Yahoo login system, a move that will let millions of members switch their accounts to new email addresses. It’s been difficult for Flickr’s new owner, SmugMug, to step away from Yahoo. In an effort to improve performance and reliability, …
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Facebook can’t seem to get through a week quietly. This week, Germany’s antitrust regulator ordered the world’s largest social network to stop combining data from the Facebook accounts of its German users with information it collects about them from other sites unless they give their OK. The Federal Cartel Office’s order covers not only Facebook’s site, but Instagram, WhatsApp and …
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Flickr is giving you another month to download your photos if you don’t want to pay $50 a year for a pro subscription to the photo-sharing site. Three months ago, Flickr’s new owners, SmugMug, announced a 1,000-photo limit for free usage. If you had more than that at the site, you had a Feb. 5 deadline to retrieve the photos. But …
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If you’re a paying pro subscriber or are happy with Flickr’s new 1,000-photo limit for free usage, you’re fine. Otherwise, today is the last day to download your archive. Flickr, now under SmugMug ownership after Verizon sold it out of its Yahoo family of brands, made a sharp turn toward a subscription business last year. The move is designed to …
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The Super Bowl is live now, and even after halftime, it’s still anyone’s game. It’s a rematch of 2002’s Super Bowl 36, which started the Tom Brady and Bill Belichick dynasty, when the underdog Patriots knocked off the then-St. Louis Rams to win the first Super Bowl in franchise history. Now, Brady and Belichick are seeking their sixth Super Bowl ring. Led …
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There’s a reason Verizon can’t stop talking about 5G. The next-generation cellular technology promises a massive speed boost, as well as a network that’s smart and responsive enough to connect thousands of different devices around us — so it’s a sexy topic. What’s not sexy? Verizon’s fourth-quarter results. The mixed bag, with slightly better earnings and slightly disappointing revenue amid …
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Verizon has laid off 7 percent of employees in its digital business as the phone company comes to grips with the hard realities of building a major media and advertising business to compete with Facebook and Google. A spokesman for the company confirmed Wednesday that the company laid off about 800 employees in its Verizon Media Group, formerly branded Oath. …
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The NFL Playoffs get underway this weekend with a quartet of games. Only the Kansas City Chiefs and New England Patriots earned a first-round bye in the AFC, and only the New Orleans Saints and Los Angeles Rams earned a bye in the NFC. The rest of the teams that qualified for the playoffs begin their road to the Super …
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Verizon’s plan for Yahoo and AOL doesn’t appear to be going as expected. The wireless carrier merged the former internet giants in 2017 under a media division dubbed Oath, aiming to create an alternative to digital advertising juggernauts Google and Facebook. However, Verizon said Tuesday the integration of Yahoo and AOL has achieved lower-than-expected benefits. As a result, Verizon expects to record a goodwill …
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There was a time when the Yahoo homepage was one of the most important pieces of real estate on the internet. Verizon hopes to relive that prominence. The new Yahoo app’s look is more streamlined, but inspired by the old Yahoo homepage. Yahoo The carrier, now Yahoo’s owner, said Wednesday it’s launching a free new Yahoo app as a one-stop shop for …
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