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Microhoo!

Friday, May 4th, 2007

I normally avoid acquisition articles until it is a done deal but this is just too bizarre, yet likely, to avoid; Microsoft may acquire Yahoo!

Why should I care? I use Flickr and del.icio.us. I also use Yahoo! Pipes.

To wake up one day and find three services I like and use being owned by Microsoft, who so far have 0 websites/services I like or use, would be strange.

I am not totally against it mind you. Though I’d start running the moment Flickr was told to use Silverlight and ASP.NET. Supposedly I’ll have to switch my Flickr login to Microsoft Passport too. Flickr users won’t like that one bit.

Strange times.

Posted in 060818, Microsoft, Post, yahoo | Comments

Yahoo! acquires Flickr, again!

Wednesday, January 31st, 2007

The day I have been dreading for nigh on a year has arrived. Since Yahoo! bought Flickr there has been the impending merger of not just their cash coffers but of their sign-on systems. That day will be the 15th of March and from the looks of it you must comply.

Like Photub I am stuck in the unenviable position of not having my ideal Yahoo! sign-on. I used to have it but since I rarely used Yahoo! I ignored it and eventually forgot it. I spent a good few hours trying to convince Yahoo! to couch up the account but it all hinges on an uncomfirmed postal code that I cannot remember. All the other details I provide to Yahoo! are correct, it is just 4 digits of a postal code which are preventing me.

Why Yahoo! can’t just send a new password for that account to the email on record which I know and own and control and check every 5 minutes, I don’;t know. They won’t. They want a piece of irrelevant data (Yahoo! have never posted me anything, why do they need my postal code?) Not too mention the account has been inactive for at least a year now. Can’t they kill it?

It isn’t the end of the world and it just means I need to sign up some bastardised Yahoo! account name but it isn’t ideal either.

A bitter sweet day for Flickr. It will feel strange signing into it with YahoosChihuahua411Pwned.

Posted in AAA, Flickr, Password, Username, sad, sign-in, sign-on, yahoo | Comments

Just in! Facebook worth more than Antigua and Barbuda

Thursday, September 21st, 2006

Yes ladies and gentlemen, Facebook is reportedly valued higher than the GDP of Antigua and Barbuda.

Someone pass the spoon please.

Posted in 1 billion, AAA, Antigua and Barbuda, Value, crazy, facebook, gdp, madness, nuts, wsj, yahoo | Comments