@YahooPH gives bad head

Everyone of us who are seasoned in journalism knows that a good head (headline to the layman) is noble: imagine being able to write the meat of the matter in just a few words. But a bad head? I almost choked when I read this in the world’s No. 2 search engine before I retired to bed last night:

yahoo screencap

Being the grammar nazi, I felt compelled to post the glaring error on my Facebook wall while calling the attention of the only Yahoo contact I know on FB, tech editor Alora Guerrero.

Sorry Alora if we caused you to panic, as this is obviously beyond your turf. Allegedly, Yahoo’s contract with news provider GMA News Online does not allow them to “edit the head.”

I just YMed a colleague, so now there are two of us who are feeling stressed out because of the head,” Alora revealed.

Hmm, we do like it nice and slow…. especially when savoring a bowl of divinely-prepared minestrone, for instance. or how about some melt-in-the-mouth osso buco?

The folks at Yahoo seem to like it nice and slow too, as the copy remains unedited as of 9:15 in the morning while I write this post, or more than 12 hours after we read their erroneous copy last night.

Talk about the internet being able to deliver news at supersonic speed.

Sorry just couldn’t help it :)

YahooPH

Yahoo Messenger to shed features on December 14

Yahoo’s Blog has just announced that they will be taking away some of the features of Yahoo Messenger.

The company indicates that they shall be taking away several features from the application so that it can refocus their efforts on modernizing their products’ experiences.

Features to be removed include:

  • Public Chat Rooms
  • Pingbox
  • Integration with Windows Live Messenger
  • Voice Phone In / Phone Out

Yahoo will be discontinuing their Voice Phone In / Phone Out features on January 30, 2013 while the rest will be made unavailable on December 14. Credits will be no longer available for purchase and there are some ways on how to request refunds for those who still have remaining credits.

Yahoo Messenger continues to survive in the Philippines; however, it’s directly challenged by Skype and other applications. The company is somewhat on the decline and while this might seem like a bad thing for most users, it might eventually turn out to be a good thing if Yahoo really is trying to get itself back together.

{source}





****** A word from the fine folks of Sun Cellular ******

Sun Cellular launches BlackBerry Prepaid!

Get the Sun BlackBerry All Day 50 for all-day unlimited mobile internet, unlimited social networking, unlimited instant messaging, unlimited BlackBerry browsing and unlimited BBM for only Php50.

Follow @suncelltweets for more info.

The post Yahoo Messenger to shed features on December 14 appeared first on YugaTech | Philippines, Tech News & Reviews.