Yahoo explores ears, knuckles to unlock smartphones
If you're tired of using your fingertip or a PIN to unlock your smartphone, Yahoo suggests using your ear instead.
If you're tired of using your fingertip or a PIN to unlock your smartphone, Yahoo suggests using your ear instead.
Mobile is a crucial element in CEO Marissa Mayer's turnaround plan for Yahoo, but the company is still heavily dependant on PCs for its money.
Apps used by millions of iPhone and iPad owners became vulnerable to snooping when a flaw was introduced into third-party code they used to establish HTTPS connections.
A 10-year search deal between Yahoo and Microsoft has a new opt-out provision that allows either company to terminate the agreement on or after Oct. 1.
Four months after Yahoo closed a deal with Mozilla to make its search engine the default in Firefox in the U.S., Yahoo has managed to hold onto most of the share it grabbed from Google.
Nearly six years after <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/article/2526440/e-commerce/update--microsoft-signs-search-deal-with-yahoo.html">Microsoft and Yahoo inked a search partnership</a>, the companies are extending their agreement while changing it up a bit, as well.
In an effort to boost its mobile offerings, Yahoo is reportedly finishing up a deal to buy Foursquare.
Investors in <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/article/2842789/security0/startup-promises-to-secure-data-centers-clouds-workload-by-workload.html">Illumio</a> are tripling down, with existing and new investors tossing another $105 million at the data-center/cloud security company that will be used to extend research and development, open new offices and broaden its customer base.
Website password strength meters, like a spouse asked to assess your haircut or outfit, often tell you only what you want to hear.
Yahoo is closing its only remaining office in China and laying off between 200 and 300 employees there, news reports said on Wednesday.
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In an effort to simplify authentication for its services, Yahoo has introduced a new mechanism that allows users to log in with temporary passwords that are sent to their mobile phones.
Google has upped the ante in its appeal to Firefox users to restore its search engine as the default, embedding a prominent plea above the search results.
Google has upped the ante in its appeal to Firefox users to restore its search engine as the default, embedding a prominent plea above the search results.
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