On May 7, Yahoo! employees in our Sunnyvale headquarters partnered with the Lincoln Intelligence Project in their search for “America’s Best and Smartest” company. The event provided an opportunity for Yahoos to earn “points” for the company and donations for our chosen charity by learning more about Lincoln’s newest line. The Event For one day only, Lincoln brought their all-new Lincoln MKZ Hybrid and MKS to Yahoo!’s Sunnyvale campus for employees to test drive. About 450 employees came out to take a spin around Sunnyvale and see for themselves what Lincoln’s latest line has…
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Free Email Marketing Webinar from Exclusive Concepts
Official Yahoo! Store Blog: Tips and Tricks for Ecommerce Success27 Apr 2012 | 2:34 pmOn Wednesday, May 9, at 2 p.m. ET / 11 a.m. PT, join Yahoo! Merchant Solutions developer partner Exclusive Concepts for a free webinar. This webinar will discuss techniques that may help you dramatically increase your email campaign response rates, including strategies to re-engage past customers and techniques to help continuously improve the performance of your email marketing over time. Specifically, you will learn about: How to increase campaign response rates and lifetime customer value What metrics are the most important to track When the best time to start ramping up your email… -
YUI and Travis sitting in a git-tree
Yahoo! User Interface Blog11 May 2012 | 2:47 pmOver the last few weeks, I have spent a great deal of time getting YUI’s core tests executing on Travis CI. As of today, every push to our YUI 3 repo on GitHub results in over 6,000 (6,053 to be exact) unit tests being executed and logged. These tests include 1,130 of our core JavaScript-only unit tests executing natively inside of Node.js on versions 0.4.x and 0.6.x (with 0.7.x support to be added soon). We follow that with our full unit test suite (4,923 tests), running with my command-line YUITest/PhantomJS wrapper, Grover. Today I want to tell you a little more about how and why we… -
big, BIG, BIGGER photos on the photo page!
Flickr Blog15 May 2012 | 12:54 pmTwo weeks ago we brought you the new hi-res images in the lightbox and today we’re releasing those amazing hi-res images directly on the main photo page. Hi-res images on the photo page let you share all the detail side by side with the context of your photos. Location, time, camera, title, description, tags and more are all there to tell the full story around your photos. And it’s not only that you see larger images – we’re releasing this with a new “liquid” layout. Flickr’s “liquid” design adjusts the photo page and image size based on… -
Announcing the Release of VMware Zimbra Collaboration Server 7.2
Zimbra :: Blog3 May 2012 | 1:03 pmZimbra 7.2 has arrived, with significant capabilities and enhancements to make collaboration easier and more secure for both users and administrators. To begin with, your emails are protected with S/MIME encryption and signing, both of which are now native to the Zimbra Web Client and work with Outlook using the Zimbra Connector for Outlook. Which is to say, messages can be read only by the intended recipient, with the sender’s identity assured. Previously, just the communication itself could be secured via SSL. With S/MIME, the data inside is encrypted as well, adding a second layer of…
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Yahoo! and Lincoln Join Forces to Benefit YEF
15 May 2012 | 2:15 pmOn May 7, Yahoo! employees in our Sunnyvale headquarters partnered with the Lincoln Intelligence Project in their search for “America’s Best and Smartest” company. The event provided an opportunity for Yahoos to earn “points” for the company and donations for our chosen charity by learning more about Lincoln’s newest line. The Event For one day only, Lincoln brought their all-new Lincoln MKZ Hybrid and MKS to Yahoo!’s Sunnyvale campus for employees to test drive. About 450 employees came out to take a spin around Sunnyvale and see for themselves what Lincoln’s latest line has… -
Ad Tech of the Week: Pirates! Take Over Yahoo! Kids
11 May 2012 | 2:46 pmAd Tech of the Week: Pirates! Take Over Yahoo! Kids Sony Pictures plunders the Kids homepage with a full page overlay for its new animated summer movie treasure. Arrrrrgggg you ready for summer movie season? We hope so because Sony has set sail to a silver screen near you with a galleon for all ages entitled “The Pirates! Band of Misfits.” With such voice talent as Hugh Grant, Salma Hayek, Imelda Staunton, Jeremy Piven, David Tennant, and Brendan Gleeson, “Pirates!” is the latest piece of clay-mation from Aardman, the British studio famous for its quirky and very entertaining… -
Coming up with Yahoo!’s Next Best Idea During Hackday
10 May 2012 | 9:12 pmIt’s no secret that Yahoos are full of great ideas – and they are ready to prove it! Every quarter some of the greatest minds at Yahoo! come together for a 24-hour hackathon that merges coding, collaboration and creativity to find Yahoo!’s next best products, features and designs. This techie slumber party, otherwise known as “Hackday” gives Yahoo!’s best and brightest the opportunity to take what might have been a brainstorm about new and innovative features or applications, and turn their ideas into working prototypes to solve real-world problems for Yahoo! and our 700 million… -
IntoNow Heats up the Hamptons with Big Prizes for ABC’s ‘Revenge’
10 May 2012 | 10:00 amDo you dream of living the exclusive life of a Hamptonite? Well, that dream can soon be your reality. ABC and IntoNow from Yahoo! are teaming up for a first-ever, second screen sweepstakes around ABC’s hit prime-time drama, Revenge. One lucky fan will win a get-away for two and live the life of a Grayson for a week, presented by Lexus! So how do you enter for a chance to win? Follow these simple steps: Fire-up the IntoNow app on your tablet or smartphone while watching Revenge during the last two episodes airing on ABC on May 16, 2012 and May 23, 2012 (10:00-11:00 p.m., ET.) If you… -
Remake America on Life as a Wounded Vet: Kyle’s Story
8 May 2012 | 3:22 pmFour years ago, Kyle was fighting for his country as a Marine in Iraq. But when a roadside bomb left him seriously injured, Kyle was faced with the challenge of returning home to his family without the use of his hand, which was severely damaged by a bomb and later amputated. Suddenly, Kyle found himself struggling to perform basic tasks from hammering in a nail, to doing up the snaps on his baby girl’s jumper. Finding his basic hook-like prosthesis to be more of a hassle than help, the right-handed vet had been making do with life as a leftie. But with a new house to remodel, a child with…
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Official Yahoo! Store Blog: Tips and Tricks for Ecommerce Success
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Free Email Marketing Webinar from Exclusive Concepts
27 Apr 2012 | 2:34 pmOn Wednesday, May 9, at 2 p.m. ET / 11 a.m. PT, join Yahoo! Merchant Solutions developer partner Exclusive Concepts for a free webinar. This webinar will discuss techniques that may help you dramatically increase your email campaign response rates, including strategies to re-engage past customers and techniques to help continuously improve the performance of your email marketing over time. Specifically, you will learn about: How to increase campaign response rates and lifetime customer value What metrics are the most important to track When the best time to start ramping up your email… -
Updated April 2012 Release Notes
25 Apr 2012 | 2:10 amThe following post replaces a post made on April 24 about the April 2012 release, in order to provide greater clarity about these updates. We appreciate you taking the time to read information about these updates. Early this morning (April 25, 2012), the updates noted below will be released for Yahoo! Merchant Solutions and Yahoo! Store accounts. Please be advised that the updates noted for Order and Checkout API responses, Order Manager, order export information, order email information, and order format information affect only a small group of store owners who are participating in a closed… -
SEO for Yahoo! Store Retailers
12 Apr 2012 | 3:22 pmYahoo! Store and SEO expert Rob Snell has a great new Yahoo! Store SEO post up on his blog that's well worth a read. In his post, Rob discusses his views on SEO problems, what to look at to know if your SEO is really working or not, where to begin, and more. Read Rob's take on SEO for retailers. -
Optimize Images and Lighten your Page Weights – Today!
6 Apr 2012 | 5:49 pmSounds like this is going to be an article for geeks, right? Wrong. Well, I hope the geeks read it too. This is for anyone that owns or runs an ecommerce web site, but especially the tens of thousands of merchants who rely on Yahoo! to process billions of dollars in annual online sales through the Yahoo! Merchant Solutions platform – the #1 Hosted Ecommerce Solution in the Internet Retailer® Top 500 and Second 500. Whether you own the business or run the daily operations of the web site, these are two important topics for you – and I am going to provide 3 recommendations that will help… -
Incremental Publishing Feature Being Released for all Yahoo! Stores
4 Apr 2012 | 8:53 amDuring summer 2011, we released an incremental publishing feature to a limited number of pilot stores. Now, we're happy to announce that this publishing feature will be released to all Yahoo! Merchant Solutions and Yahoo! Store accounts in phases today (April 4), and on April 10. This new feature makes a change to how you publish your store, and the publish buttons that you will see. The new "Publish Changes" button in Store Editor provides an incremental page generation capability for your online store, allowing you to decrease total page generation and publish time by generating…
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YUI and Travis sitting in a git-tree
11 May 2012 | 2:47 pmOver the last few weeks, I have spent a great deal of time getting YUI’s core tests executing on Travis CI. As of today, every push to our YUI 3 repo on GitHub results in over 6,000 (6,053 to be exact) unit tests being executed and logged. These tests include 1,130 of our core JavaScript-only unit tests executing natively inside of Node.js on versions 0.4.x and 0.6.x (with 0.7.x support to be added soon). We follow that with our full unit test suite (4,923 tests), running with my command-line YUITest/PhantomJS wrapper, Grover. Today I want to tell you a little more about how and why we… -
YUI 3.6.0 PR1 Is Now Available
11 May 2012 | 2:18 amWe are pleased to announce the availability of YUI 3.6.0 PR1 for community testing and feedback. Please take a moment to check it out via CDN or download. Here are the target dates for all YUI 3.6.0 milestones: PR1 – May 8, 2012 PR2 – June 12, 2012 PR3 – July 17, 2012 GA – July 31, 2012 An overview of items we are working on for YUI 3.6.0 include: ScrollView enhancements DataTable features and performance improvements Charts bug fixes Image preview feature in Uploader Popup Calendar YUI seed and global refactored for performance We are also taking steps to condense our… -
YUIDoc 0.3.0 is Official!
9 May 2012 | 4:05 pmToday we are pleased to announce the official release of the new YUIDoc, our JavaScript documentation generator. YUIDoc is a Node.js application that generates API documentation from comments in source, using a syntax similar to tools like Javadoc and Doxygen. YUIDoc is currently powering the API documentation for YUI and has been actively updated over the last year. [View Larger Image] YUIDoc provides: Live previews. YUIDoc includes a standalone doc server, making it trivial to preview your docs as you write. Modern markup. YUIDoc’s generated documentation is an attractive, functional… -
YUI: Open Hours Thurs May 10th
9 May 2012 | 12:44 pmYUI 3.5.0 Uploader Uploader was another component that saw a major upgrade in 3.5.0. Of the many changes, one big one was the addition of support for native features in browsers supporting HTML5. Join us for a discussion with its author, Allen Rabinovich, in which we’ll talk about how Uploader is structured, some of the challenges with modern techniques that needed to be addressed, and what’s on the roadmap for upcoming versions. Time & Details We’ll be online on Thursday from 10am to 11am PDT. This week, we’ll be trying out Google Plus Hangouts on Air, so the… -
Announcing YUI 3.5.1
7 May 2012 | 7:04 pmWe are pleased to announce the availability of YUI 3.5.1 on CDN or as a download. YUI 3.5.1 is a smaller scoped release of bug fixes only. Enjoy!
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big, BIG, BIGGER photos on the photo page!
15 May 2012 | 12:54 pmTwo weeks ago we brought you the new hi-res images in the lightbox and today we’re releasing those amazing hi-res images directly on the main photo page. Hi-res images on the photo page let you share all the detail side by side with the context of your photos. Location, time, camera, title, description, tags and more are all there to tell the full story around your photos. And it’s not only that you see larger images – we’re releasing this with a new “liquid” layout. Flickr’s “liquid” design adjusts the photo page and image size based on… -
The Beauty of Redscale
15 May 2012 | 9:37 amWhile nowadays, redscale film can be bought premade, it is based on a simple technique: In essence, photographic film is reversed and wound upside-down into an empty film canister. When used, it is exposed from the wrong side creating beautifully tinted images with colors ranging from maroon, to red, to organge, to yellow. You can find more beautiful shots in our Redscale groups, or in a tag search for redscale+film. Photos from Trapac, ozgecan, celia gómez de villavedón, cherryrae., slimmer_jimmer, raquel fialho, and 25ThC. -
The Lights of Speed
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Buzludzha Monument, Bulgaria
10 May 2012 | 1:47 pmThe UFO-like monument on the Buzludzha peak in Bulgaria, built by the countries former communist regime to commemorate the events in 1891 when the socialists assembled secretly in the area to form an organised socialist movement, was opened in 1981, but abandoned after the fall of communism in Eastern Europe. Today, the trespassing visitor can explore the site’s interior, finding traces of the mosaic frescoes that once artfully decorated the walls and exploring the debating chamber with the hammer and sickle symbol still blazoning the centerpiece of the ceiling. Discover… -
Kodak Ektar 100 Samplr
8 May 2012 | 3:04 pmIntroduced in 2008, the Kodak Professional Ektar 100 film is said to be "the finest-grain color negative film with high saturation and vivid colors available on the market". We’ll leave it to you to decide on the attributes of the film, but the photos added to the Kodak Ektar 100 group and coming up in an image search for Ektar 100, are surely stunning. Photos from DeusXFlorida, patrickjoust, fangchun15, satie*, doo3, isabelle bertolini, 夏先生, wojszyca, bigsplash, and mugley.
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Announcing the Release of VMware Zimbra Collaboration Server 7.2
3 May 2012 | 1:03 pmZimbra 7.2 has arrived, with significant capabilities and enhancements to make collaboration easier and more secure for both users and administrators. To begin with, your emails are protected with S/MIME encryption and signing, both of which are now native to the Zimbra Web Client and work with Outlook using the Zimbra Connector for Outlook. Which is to say, messages can be read only by the intended recipient, with the sender’s identity assured. Previously, just the communication itself could be secured via SSL. With S/MIME, the data inside is encrypted as well, adding a second layer of… -
Zimbra joins VMware Forum 2012
9 Apr 2012 | 3:51 pmZimbra will be participating at VMware Forum 2012 – a series of nine events kicking off April 12th in Garden Grove, CA and moving across the country before winding up in Orlando this November. Each forum is a free, interactive, full-day event to learn about transforming IT and helping your business respond more effectively to markets, competitors and customers. Come talk to a Zimbra expert and learn how the leader in open source email and collaboration can simplify your email deployment with: • Reliability: Migration tools, clustering, full backup and restore, extensive command line… -
End-of-life for Zimbra 5
2 Mar 2012 | 1:03 amZimbra Collaboration Server 5 Technical Guidance, including phone support and support portal/self-help resources, will end of life on March 31, 2012. Customers are encouraged to upgrade to Zimbra Collaboration Server 7 to enjoy the benefits of the new features and support options. More Info >>> Zimbra will offer phased support from the general availability of a new Major Release. Please keep current with product updates to ensure no interruptions in your support services. (Visit the Downloads page for all product updates.) General Support will be provided for three years from general… -
Top 10 Reasons to Virtualize Zimbra on vSphere – Live Webinar 2/29
24 Feb 2012 | 1:39 amRegister this Wednesday, February 29th for Top 10 Reasons to Virtualize Zimbra on vSphere – Live Webinar << Register Here >> Your IT needs are growing and evolving and virtualization is a key to your growth. There are significant benefits of placing business critical applications such as email and collaboration in a virtualized environment. Join our LIVE webinar and hear the Top Ten reasons to virtualize VMware Zimbra on vSphere. Some of the topics covered include: The challenges of business continuity and disaster recovery with email platforms How virtualization addresses… -
Webinar Reminders: Collaboration & Virtualization
20 Feb 2012 | 1:02 amYour IT needs are growing and evolving and virtualization is a key to your growth. There are significant benefits of placing business critical applications such as email and collaboration in a virtualized environment. Don’t forget to register for this month’s webinars: Thursday, February 23rd for Altimeter Group founder and author Charlene Li, and Socialcast founder Tim Young for a webinar to discuss the new Altimeter Group report “Making the Case for Enterprise Social Networks.” Whether you’re looking for information on where to get started or already have an…
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Upset In Search Engine Rankings
16 May 2012 | 9:56 amI've not only accepted it; I've embraced it. Where do I go when I want to find the answer to a random question?A My virtual speed dial is set to Google as my homepage and the connecting source for many of my social networks.A And then there's my other virtual speed dial source for all that's social, Facebook.A This Friday, May 18, is Facebook's ... (more) -
Yahoo!: Einhorn Dumps It, Stands Pat on AAPL; Trims DELL, MSFT
16 May 2012 | 5:46 amHedge fund legend David Einhorn's Greenlight Capital this afternoon filed a form 13F with the Securities & Exchange Commission showing that in the three months ended in March, the firm liquidated the 3 million shares of Yahoo! it held previously, which had been valued at about $49 million. -
How Yahoo Killed Flickr and Lost the Internet
16 May 2012 | 1:42 amWeb startups are made out of two things: people and code. The people make the code, and the code makes the people rich. -
Media making a comeback at Yahoo
15 May 2012 | 9:32 pmWhen Ross Levinsohn joined Yahoo Inc. in 2010, he moved into a spacious corner office that had stood vacant since the departure of its last occupant: former chief executive Terry Semel, who tried to build the company into a digital media powerhouse. -
Yahoo, AOL veteran Garlinghouse takes helm of startup YouSendIt
15 May 2012 | 5:28 pmFormer AOL and Yahoo executive Brad Garlinghouse has been named CEO of YouSendIt, a Campbell startup that lets people share and sign documents online.
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Finance and Taxes 101 for eCommerce Site Owners - Today On Ecom Experts
14 May 2012 | 3:06 pmLet's face it, running a business is hard. You are probably the salesperson, the shipping person, the complaint department, and the billing department as well. In between all of this, we are expected to keep track of expenses, sales tax, and new tax laws too?YIKES!Today on my radio show Ecom Experts, I am being joined by Steven Aldrich, CEO of Outright. They have an awesome tool for helping you to organize your finances.We will be discussing:Why is it CRITICAL for sellers to track income and expenses?What are key reports that ecommerce owners should look at?What's up with the new 1099… -
Google Penguin and Panda Updates and 52 Changes That Affect Search Results
11 May 2012 | 1:57 pmIf you missed our radio show on Monday, good news!You can catch the rebroadcast below and you can also head over to Google's Website to learn all about the 52 Changes that occurred during the month of April. Don't forget that today is the last day to sign up for our Group SEO Coaching Program before we close the door for 2 weeks.Have a wonderful weekend an I hope you enjoy the replay!Google Penguin and Panda Updates and 52 Changes That Affect Search ResultsAir Date: May 8, 2012, 2012 Podcast: Play in new window | Download -
As Requested - Group SEO Coaching Program Is Now Open
8 May 2012 | 2:47 pmHave you been hit by a Panda or drowned by a Penguin? The new updates have been brutal!Google has made several changes to their algorithm lately and many store owners are struggling with their traffic and sales. Store owners are worried that they may be hit even more when the next update is released. Our goal with the Group SEO Coaching Program is to help you understand what makes a good quality website, and remove those fears so you are better prepared for the future.The Program is now open for the next 48 hours and will close at 4:00 PM Eastern on Thursday May 10th.Unfortunately, if… -
Google's 3 Major Updates & 52 Changes That Affect Search Results - Today on Ecom Experts
7 May 2012 | 3:52 pmI know you read the title twice and thought to yourself, "Surely, Shawna is mistaken!"Sorry but, no.Let's recap:April 19th - Panda Update 3.5April 24th - Penguin UpdateApril 26th - Panda Update 3.6In a world where we used to seeing MAJOR updates occur every few years, this month we saw them just a few days apart.We have seen sites go from zero to hero and hero to zero in the last two weeks. As online store owners it is important that you understand:What are all these changes?What do they all mean?How do they affect my store?How do I avoid going from hero to zero?Shawna - HELP!! My first step… -
Adding rel=author and Instantly Start Showing Up in More Searches
4 May 2012 | 12:47 pmAccording to Search Engine Land, almost 1 of every 5 Google searches include a rel=author within the first 100 results.This is great news!The bad news?Most store owners don't know how to set up authorship to their content so that they can take advantage of this awesome marketing tool.Why is it awesome? Let me show you!I did a search on Google to learn more about the Penguin Update.I get to see pictures of who the author and also see more of their articles. Instantly I feel better about my search results. I feel a connection and a warm fuzzy feeling.Warm fuzzy feelings in ecommerce lead to…
