Net portal wars

Published: 15 May 2004 y., Saturday
Yahoo's one-two combination began when the Cable News Network's online arm tapped it to replace Google to power its search results. The switchover, which went live Wednesday, means that Yahoo will provide algorithmic and paid results whenever CNN users conduct a search query on the site. Yahoo will also begin offering "virtually unlimited storage" for its paid e-mail customers and will upgrade free users to 100MB from it current 4MB, in a challenge to Google's Gmail service. The upgrade is part of an overall enhancement for Yahoo Mail that will launch this summer. The announcement comes a month after search rival Google said it would launch a free e-mail service called Gmail that offers 1GB of storage. The company's decision to boost its e-mail storage is not surprising. A day before Gmail details were unveiled, Yahoo sent e-mails to some customers in hopes of gauging their interest in receiving 100MB of storage. Google fired back by beginning testing of a service that lets people create e-mail discussion groups. Called Google Groups 2, the service lets people create, search and sift through e-mail mailing lists. People can also subscribe to and monitor groups of interest. That service will compete directly with Yahoo Groups, a cornerstone of Yahoo's Web community services.
Šaltinis: news.com.com
Copying, publishing, announcing any information from the News.lt portal without written permission of News.lt editorial office is prohibited.

Facebook Comments

New comment


Captcha

Associated articles

Lithuanians Enjoy World‘s Fastest Highest-quality Internet

Recent global broadband Internet studies show that Lithuania has got the fastest Internet in the world as well as is one of the leading countries in terms of Internet service quality. more »

Gemalto to Provide Three Million Identity Cards in Kuwait

Gemalto announces it is delivering national ID cards to Kuwait. more »

Windows Engineer Touches the Future of Computing

Yves Neyrand, the director of test for the Windows Developer Experience team, helped create multitouch functionality for Windows 7 that allows the use of touch to perform actions normally performed with mouse and keyboard. more »

New Retail Stores Connect Consumers With the Best of Microsoft

Microsoft makes retail debut to bring consumers more choice, better value and great customer service. more »

60% of cross border internet shopping orders are refused, says new EU study

There are widespread problems with refusals of orders for EU consumers trying to purchase goods online in another Member state, according to a new European Commission report on cross border consumer e-commerce published today. more »

A new service for DnB NORD e-banking customers – mobile e-signature

Lithuania’s Electronic signature breakthrough program AB DnB NORD Bankas upgraded its Internet Banking system so that customers could log in and sign payments, agreements and other important documents using mobile e-signature. more »

Cisco Education Specializations Help Customers Identify Qualified Learning Partners

Cisco announced the availability of Cisco® Channel Education Specializations to help customers identify Cisco Learning Partners that offer advanced training expertise in specific, sophisticated network technologies. more »

Wincor Nixdorf awarded contract to provide site systems hardware as part of Shell’s Global Site Systems Program

Wincor Nixdorf has extended its relationship with Shell International Petroleum Company Limited (Shell), an affiliate of Royal Dutch Shell plc. more »

AT&T announces first Windows Mobile 6.5 smartphones

AT&T announced two new smartphones based on Microsoft Inc.'s new Windows Mobile 6.5 operating system, HTC's Tilt 2 and Pure. more »

Verizon Business Wins Metro Ethernet Forum European Service Innovation Award

Verizon Business is the winner of the Metro Ethernet Forum’s 2009 European Carrier Ethernet Service Provider of the Year Award for Service Innovation. more »