Yahoo To Shut Down Mail And Contacts On Old Apple Devices

Yahoo is also determined to pull down Maps and Pipes feature as well.

Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) has announced that for those who operate their Yahoo Mail on devices, such as iOS 4 or earlier, will no longer have access to those accounts through their iOS’s native Mail app. Simultaneously, the web search engine will also pull the plug on Macs and OS X Lion.

A Yahoo spokesperson has said that the changes are necessary, as they try to streamline the speed, security, and the functionality of Yahoo services. However, those who possess unsupported operating systems can still access their Mail and Contacts on the web via mail.yahoo.com. It is not going to eliminate its maps product though, since Flicker and Search, as well as other properties, still needs it.

These are part of Yahoo’s theme, which has made it clear, as it published its second quarterly progress report for the year 2015. It is time to kill off antiquated features and products that have slowed down the performance of Yahoo!’s apps. These changes will come into effect from June 15.

In addition, by the end of the month, Yahoo will also shutter its Yahoo TV in countries, ranging from France, Germany, Canada, and the UK, along with Yahoo Autos, though it will keep that product in Canada for the time being. By the mid of this month, Yahoo Movies will vanish in Spain, and pull the final curtain for much of Yahoo Philippines, where most of the traffic will be redirected to Singapore home page. Even the smallest country in Southeast Asia will also face the disappearance of its Yahoo entertainment page sometime early next month.

As for ‘Pipes’, which is an app that gives people an easy platform to develop their own apps and also aggregate the web feeds, it will not allow any new creation to be entertained, effective from the end of August, after which, developers will have a month to scoop up any essential data that may be permanently eliminated, once the service comes to an end eventually after a month long deadline.

The shutting down of these websites is the clearest indication of Yahoo struggling to cope up with Google and other web search engines, and is putting pressure on the CEO, Marissa Mayer, to be shown the door, following the departure of several executives in recent months that are putting the company at discourse and flowing through uncharted waters without a lack of strategy.

Yahoo stock price ended the day at $42.88, down 0.77% from the previous day.

Yahoo Inc. to bring changes to the way user log-in

As passwords remain vulnerable to the hackers, Yahoo has announced inventive ways to sign in--but it had got some mixed reviews.

Majority of the users find it really hard to remember different passwords for each of their account or feels nervous of using single password for all of their accounts. Tech specialists believe that conventional passwords are too outmoded and can be hacked easily.

Earlier this week, Microsoft and Yahoo had offered some alternatives to the problem; Yahoo came up with the plan that it can send a text to the users every time they try to open their accounts. On the other hand, Microsoft is coming up with the facial recognition and bit-metrics technology in upcoming operating system windows 10, which will allow the users to log on to the computer by using face or fingertip recognition. Although the two methods had diverse reviews

Yahoo Inc. is promising security and convenience to its users choosing to get password each time they want to login to the account. Once a user opted for this service, there will no need for them to remember their password for email and other services of Yahoo.

However some of the expert believes that this is not a god move by the company. A Cyber security firm Tripwire risk strategist, Tim Erlin said, "Yahoo just made it easier for attackers to compromise an account,” Temporary passwords can get to anyone if a phone got stolen. While majority of phones have password to unlock the screen but mostly people don’t do that. He also said that phone can get malware virus that captures or replicates text messages.

However Erlin said, it may be more convenient if the company offers a two factor authentication, by using that a user will be required to enter a conventional password as well as the password sent to their phones. This will have a stronger impact on making the security better as the hacker will need both the password to crack the account.

Security chief of Yahoo groups, Alex Stamos supported the 2 factor authentication is better. But some people do not use it. However, users choose to have a short password which is easy to type but it is also vulnerable to hackers.

Stamos said, almost every online accounts offer user to reset their passwords through e-mail or text messages, users are exposed in the case of losing their gadget.

Stamos tweeted, "The truth is that passwords are so incredibly, ridiculously broken that it is almost impossible to keep users safe as long as we have any,” He also said Yahoo has been finding solution to the problems.

Yahoo stock stood at $44.20 on Wednesday after a decline of 0.50%.

What are the odds of Yahoo Inc. and AOL Inc. merger?

AOL Inc. is a mass media company whereas YHOO! Inc. is a search engine company. Both of these companies are American multinational internet and media corporations. Despite that these companies are not under the massive spotlight these days when compared to companies like Google, Yahoo and AOL were the powerhouses of Information Technology world in the past. In recent times, both of these companies have been going through rough phases therefore in order to revive its business; rumors are growing about a possible merger of Yahoo and AOL.

Many sources say that “Speculation is brewing about whether Yahoo! might use some or the entire $5 billion windfall it will get from the Alibaba IPO to purchase AOL.” Analysts believe that this is a very interesting proposition but the question here arises if this is the best option for Yahoo to purchase or merge with AOL? Is it worth the money or all this hard work will go in vain? In most people’s minds, Yahoo! and AOL is essentially the same thing. They are buffets of content. ETFdailynews.com reported that “The fortunes of these two businesses, however, rest mostly on advertising. And there’s plenty of competition for advertising dollars from the likes of Google and Facebook. Both companies need to evolve, and on that count, Yahoo has the upper hand, having invested more into buying intriguing start-ups.”

Tough call for Yahoo! Inc.

Ms. Marisa Mayer is in a crucial situation now where she is left in a dilemma to make a fairly tough call. The extracts of the decision is that will she would give up on her own plans to cater to the stakeholders need. 

According to a report by Bloomberg, Ms. Mayers is in a tough situation where she has to decide if she wants to give the shareholders at YHOO higher value or run the massive business on her own. Whatever decision she makes, she has to let go of one thing or the other. YHOO currently plans to sale out its remaining stakes to the Chinese Ecommerce giant Alibaba. The issue the company is facing currently is that if it chooses to sell out then they would be liable to pay tax deductions which are expected to compound to 35 percent. In general if it agrees to do so them the company will be liable to the government an amount of 15 billion dollars out of their total net worth of 44 billion dollars.

Mayer currently plans to opt for something that can result in a tax free arrangement. One way deduced is that she spins off YHOO holdings in Alibaba to a separate company. This will result in offering the remaining value to the shareholders at Yahoo. This option that does not seem quite possible at this stage since it would require Mayer to lead the company almost a quarter of YHOO’s size.

The issue remains to be a mystery since no such comment has been received from authorities regarding the matter. Although it is expected that Ms. Mayer would soon stand steadfast regarding her plans about the divestiture.  Ms. Mayer is most likely to address other issues regarding the company soon when she addresses the masses.  In a conference call held recently by Mrs. Mayer  stated that, the company has hired  top notch tax experts that would help them to come out of the mess they are currently into. The company needs to come up front and state what they really expect and what they plan to do.

how to import contacts facebook to yahoo

YHOO! Is one of the most popular portals for electronic mails to date that has a strong database of active users.  At times we are stuck in such situations where we need to send a mail to a close one but have difficulty in recalling their email address. The best way to deal with such a situation is to sync FB with YHOO. You can easily import your Facebook contacts to your YHOO mail. This will not just save time in general but would avoid such circumstances in future. This can be easily done while using your personal computer and laptop.

The steps are as follows:

1.       Launch your browser. Once it is launched enter  www DOT Yahoo DOT com This will navigate you to Yahoo’s home page.

2.       Once you are on the home page, click on mail which can be found on the top right of the page. This will navigate you to the page where you would be asked enter your login ID and password.

3.       The moment you login, you will be navigated to the homepage of YHOO mail where five small icons will be present. Skip the first icon which is of default settings whereas the second icon is the address book. Place your cursor and click on it.

4.       Once you select the address book, you would eventually be navigated to another page that would load. This page would have ‘Import Contact’ written. There will be a list of choices from which you can sync your contacts. Among these you would be required to choose Facebook and then click on ‘import’

5.       Once you import contact a small dialogue box would open itself which would ask you to allow access to Facebook. In order to allow the access, click on okay which you can find on the lower right side of the box.

6.       Now  the next step required is to enter your login ID and password. In case you are already logged in then the procedure would start itself otherwise you can add and carry on.

7.       Once you click on Okay then your contacts will be synced to your mailing address.

How to sign up on “Yahoo! Answers”?

Yahoo! Answers is an extremely cool platform that allows people to communicate to each other and share their perspectives through proper questions and answers. People experiencing any issue can use this forum and clear their doubts. The thing that makes it distinct from other places is that the answers obtained are more relatable and not bookish mostly. Plus people engage to help each other out resulting in defined and detailed answers which are comprehendible.

The steps to sign up on “Yahoo! Answers” are pretty simple. Anyone who has internet access can login and enlighten himself as well as other people.

1.       Sign up on Yahoo!: if you already have a Yhoo! ID then you can use it otherwise it would require you to sign in initially on Yahoo! this would not take more than a few minutes to establish.  The company would ask you for your basic details, provided that your ID would set up.

2.       Click on “Answers”: once you have signed up, then you would navigate on the page and find Answers tab on the left side along with a list of other services it offers.

3.       Get started: once you click on the tab, then you would be guided to another page which will have a get started button. Once you click on it, then you would be asked about your preferences. 

4.       Press ok and proceed: once you are done with choosing your preferences, then you can simply start answering questions. Here it is advisable that you browse a bit and understand the mechanism of the website in order to produce content that is relatable and adheres to the quality required.

5.       Go through their community guidelines: the best step to be in compliance to their mechanism is to actually inspect their community guidelines. Those guidelines will make your content worthwhile and according to their demands.

6.       Start answering: once you succeed with the processes, and then start answering. First you would choose your desired category and answer questions. If your answers are good then you would be rewarded with points. If you have many good answers then you might just become their top contributor. 

7.       Ask a question: you can also submit your question.