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Yahoo Buys Email Startup Oddpost
Yahoo Buys Email Startup Oddpost
07/12/2004 09:11 AM"Oddpost's $30-a-year e-mail service focuses on an e-mail interface
with functionality that is similar to that of desktop applications
such as Microsoft Outlook..."
Yahoo buys Oddpost. Email wars begin
Yahoo buys Oddpost. Email wars begin
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Why Yahoo! bought Oddpost
Why Yahoo! bought Oddpost
07/12/2004 12:38 PMAdding a new twist to my mention of Oddpost in last Wednesday's item,
More on rich clients, Yahoo! just bought the ...
Yahoo! Acquires Oddpost
Yahoo! Acquires Oddpost
07/12/2004 05:35 PMClickZ Today Jul 12 2004 9:28PM GMT
congrats: oddpost goes to yahoo
congrats: oddpost goes to yahoo
07/10/2004 01:10 AMa great app and good people deserve the recognition and the dollars.
well done.
Yahoo Oddpost Link Roundup
Yahoo Oddpost Link Roundup
07/12/2004 08:58 PMA few folks have asked me about this, and since they don't really tell
us anything around here, I'll point you to some of the blog
speculation, news, and whatnot. Not So Oddpost (Ross Mayfield) Yahoo
has acquired Oddpost (Dave Winer) Why Yahoo buying ODDpost is so
important (Marc Canter) Oddpost and Yahoo! (Evan Williams) Yahoo Buys
Oddpost In A Gmail-Inspired Moment (Techdirt) Yahoo moves into new
space (Red Herring Blog, with a title that makes one think we're
moving...
Yahoo Acquires Web Startup Oddpost (AP)
Yahoo Acquires Web Startup Oddpost (AP)
07/13/2004 05:06 PMAP - Yahoo Inc. girded itself for Google Inc.'s e-mail invasion by
acquiring Oddpost Inc., a startup that has gained a reputation for
making it easier and more enticing to communicate on the Web.
Yahoo Acquires Web Startup Oddpost
Yahoo Acquires Web Startup Oddpost
07/13/2004 10:00 PMAP via Los Angeles Times Jul 14 2004 2:36AM GMT
Why Yahoo buying ODDpost is so important
Why Yahoo buying ODDpost is so important
07/10/2004 06:41 AM
Wow - OK we start off with some different opinions on this historic
deal from (it's 3:30AM and I just gotta blog this NOW!):
Ev
(Evan Eliiams of Blogger/Google)
Congrats to the Oddposters!
I always liked those guys (though we
never got around to having lunch... damn, and
now, between their supermodel dates and rockstar parties, I doubt
they'll return
my emails. I shoulda made friends with them when I had the chance...
Then again, it's useful now that we're sworn enemies that we were
never friends...)
Here's to the web world continuing to heat up with new and
interesting things brought to more people!
Dave
Winer......
A couple of weeks ago I got a heads-up that this deal had been
consumated and would be announced shortly. Little did I imagine then
that they would pick a Friday evening to make the announcement,
but that's the way it goes. It's
a big one.
Oddpost turned the idea of what you could do with a browser
upside down, by producing a clone of Microsoft Outlook in JavaScript
and DHTML running in MSIE. Since then, they have labored in relative
obscurity, growing a customer base, raising VC money, adding people,
and staying out of the way. Then Google launches Gmail, with a
very Oddpostish interface, and someone at Yahoo says "Hmmm, I've seen
that somewhere," calls up Ethan and Iain and their new VCs and asks
"Are you for sale?" and the rest is history. Now Google has
competition on elegance of user interface. Sorry the announcement
comes at such an awkard time, everyone in the tech press must be
getting in their cars and driving to the beach or the mountains.
Congrats to the Oddpost guys, and their users and investors, and
congrats to Google for getting some new worthwhile competition. Now
who is Microsoft going to buy?
Techdirt...
.
So, we actually heard about this a couple weeks ago, when someone
(who knew) passed
on the fact that Yahoo had bought Oddpost in an attempt to fight back
against the Gmail craze. Now, though, the deal is official, so it's
okay to talk about it (though it had been hinte
d at earlier this week). It's really not that surprising, after
all. Yahoo knew
they needed to upgrade their email, and Oddpost has a great reputation
for their
interface. You can be sure that Yahoo wasn't the only company sniffing
around
and debating whether or not to buy up Oddpost. While it's probably not
going to
be the lead in most stories, it is quite interesting that one of
Oddpost's nicer
features is an integrated RSS reader. Yahoo keeps talking up the power
of RSS,
and perhaps this will allow them to make a bigger commitment. However,
in all
likelihood, it was just the mail interface that fascinated them. It
seems like a
good move by Yahoo who needed to do something.
OK - here's where my opinion starts......
This story is much more than Yahoo buying ODDpost to compete with
GMail. Sure - that's part of it - and I'm sure that's what Terry
Semel et al have in thier heads, but it's this sort of viral infusion
into Yahoo that was needed.
This is much bigger than the search engine battles or even Yahoo
versus Google.
This is about RIAs (rich internet apps), integrated web services
and open standards being fused with productivity software,
micro-content and social networking and offered as hosted
experiences.
Does this sound like anything familiar?
Yahoo has defined what portals have been - since day one - but
their UI just plain sucked! Even the valiant attempts at providing
"customization" features in MyYahoo - were tolerable at best.
Yahoo supports RSS and has over 120M active end-users. Yahoo is
showing how portals and ISPs can work together by providing software
bundled with services - to the masses.
But ODDpost makes it a whole new ball game.
Now Yahoo can step up to teh front on "end-user" experience. That
holey grail that's been eluding them since day one. HTML was never
desigend and will never fulfill the end-user quotient. The human
factor.
The essence of compelling experiences.
HTML will also suck. But once you can truly integrate rich
interactive experienecs in teh browser, and tie it into services and
functionality - you got a winnign formula for digital lifestyle
aggregation!
And once you have email, why stop there? Why not jukeboxes (like
MySpace has) or photo blog
objects (like Flickr) or Tribe Listings, Friends and Tribes appearing in blog
gutters - as well?
Why stop there? Why not support an Open Listings standard and just
completely screw Google completely?
Certainly let's hope that Yahoo will support FOAF.
Google is (or will) or (I sure hope they will.)
Yahoo! acquires Oddpost for webmail war
Yahoo! acquires Oddpost for webmail war
07/13/2004 03:15 AMSilicon.com Jul 13 2004 7:51AM GMT
Why Yahoo bought ODDpost - redux
Why Yahoo bought ODDpost - redux
07/12/2004 05:51 PMPhil
Wainwright groks it. He sees past the obvious GMail copycat
syndrome to the real issues:
The fact that Yahoo! has bought a browser-based Outlook
clone illustrates how big the threat really is to Microsoft's most
lucrative products. These rich-client technologies significantly
narrow the gap between browser-based applications and their
desktop-based rivals. By simultaneously taking advantage of the unique
advantages of being net-native — such as efficiencies of scale for
information aggregation and analysis — they can combine a
good-enough user experience with capabilities that simply aren't
available (except at second-hand) within a traditional desktop
environment. That opens the way towards Windows-based Outlook becoming
an unloved, legacy application — and provides an opening for other
good-enough alternatives to Word, Excel and Powerpoint to muscle their
way in.
So Microsoft now faces a crucial decision. Does the company do
likewise and bring out a rich-client interface for Hotmail so that its
web-based email service begins to rival Gmail, Oddpost and, by
implication, Outlook in functionality? Or does it continue to bury its
head in the sand and put all its efforts into ensuring it delivers an
all-new Windows architecture to a declining pool of desktop loyalists?
The battle is over end-user expereinecs folks. That's why small
companies like Friendster and Technorati can come out of no where and
develop huge followings. If what you provide rocks - they will
come.
Having a hot UI front-end is
key to that end-user customer satisfaction.
Yahoo acquires Oddpost to bolster e-mail
Yahoo acquires Oddpost to bolster e-mail
07/12/2004 02:06 PMMassive portal buys small vendor that sells low-priced Web mail
accounts and news aggregation services.
Yahoo/Gmail war: Yahoo dialup users also
get a storage boost
Yahoo/Gmail war: Yahoo dialup users also
get a storage boost
06/16/2004 10:20 AMFolllowing up on
this post about Yahoo webmail users receiving upgraded storage
capacity in an apparent attempt by Yahoo to compete with Gmail, Boing
Boing reader Brian says, "As a member of SBC Yahoo dial-up service, I
received a notice yesterday that my email account now has a 2 Gig
storage capacity. Obviously, this is separate from the free web-based
email service from Yahoo, but 2 Gigs is bar far the most storage
available to date, worldwide."
Yahoo Says It Needs Protection; Grenada
Could Shut It Down Any Moment
Yahoo Says It Needs Protection; Grenada
Could Shut It Down Any Moment
03/28/2005 05:56 AMFinancialWire Mar 28 2005 9:53AM GMT
Yahoo vs. Gmail
Yahoo vs. Gmail
06/15/2004 08:47 AM
Yahoo feels the
heat. Yahoo webmail users logged in
this morning to find that they suddenly have mailboxes with 100MB
capacity, can send emails up to 5MB in size, and have a much
nicer-looking interface.
Yahoo Tries to Out-Free Gmail
Yahoo Tries to Out-Free Gmail
06/15/2004 08:46 AM
Yahoo fortifies free e-mail to counter Google's Gmail: It's a huge
battle to see who can give away the most free stuff. Reminds me of
1999.
Beginning Tuesday, all of Yahoo's free e-mail accounts will be
upgraded to 100 megabytes, a move spurred by Google's plans to offer
1,000 megabytes of free storage through its Gmail service, which has
remained in a test phase since early April. [...]
Angling for new users, Yahoo has decided to let people begin
signing up for addresses that have been inactive for years.
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Yahoo buys dialpad!
Yahoo buys dialpad!
06/17/2005 03:50 PMRumors last leek led to speculation that Skype was being purchased
by Yahoo, today it was announced that Yahoo purchased dialpad a
relative unknown VOIP service. I am hopeful that Skype will not be
purchased by Yahoo. Considering all of the quality employee's they
have sucked out of Redmond recently the rumor last week did not make
sense. [Y
ahoo]
Yahoo Buys Flickr
Yahoo Buys Flickr
03/22/2005 04:23 PMYahoo! has
agreed to buy Ludicorp Research and Development, owners of photo
sharing website Flickr, for an undisclosed sum. Flickr enables
users to personalise photo collections on the web, where they can
store, sort, search and share their photos. Flickr will remain a
standalone site for now. The company's employees, however, will
relocate to Sunnyvale later this year.
Earlier this week,
Yahoo announced Yahoo 360.
The service combines a new blogging tool, along with several longtime
Yahoo products, including instant messaging, photo storage and
sharing, and Internet radio. It also offers tools for sharing
recommendations about places to eat, favorite movies, music and so on.
Both the 360 move and the acquisition of Flickr and parent
company Ludicorp Research & Development come as social networking
and blogging draw increased interest from rivals. Microsoft in
December added a blog product for its MSN Web service, called MSN Spaces. Google,
meanwhile, owns Web log service Blogger and social networking site
Orkut.
CNET News.
Yahoo buys Musicmatch
Yahoo buys Musicmatch
09/14/2004 12:54 PMYahoo's could not do it on their own so they had to buy one of my
most favored music vendors. I have always been a big fan of Musicmatch
and now that Yahoo has just bought them out I am sure they will ruin
it. I stopped using Yahoo and brands they own when they went to a pay
model on listing your site with them. I wonder if my Lifetime upgrade
of Musicmatch will be honored. [News.co
m]
Yahoo! Buys Musicmatch
Yahoo! Buys Musicmatch
09/14/2004 02:28 PMNews: Yahoo Takes on GMail
News: Yahoo Takes on GMail
05/14/2004 03:11 PMOverclockers Club May 14 2004 6:57PM GMT
Yahoo battles Gmail on storage
Yahoo battles Gmail on storage
03/23/2005 01:29 PMComputer Weekly Mar 23 2005 4:22PM GMT
Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo Have Company
Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo Have Company
12/24/2004 12:17 PMTechTree Dec 24 2004 2:29PM GMT
Yahoo Buys Web E-Mail Firm
Yahoo Buys Web E-Mail Firm
07/13/2004 05:18 AMThe world's biggest website acquires Oddpost, a Web-based e-mail
provider that has a cool interface. The combined service could give
Google's Gmail a run for its money. By Amit Asaravala.
Yahoo buys Musicmatch for $160 million
Yahoo buys Musicmatch for $160 million
09/15/2004 12:25 AMUSA Today Sep 15 2004 4:01AM GMT
Yahoo buys back shares
Yahoo buys back shares
03/24/2005 04:54 PMRed Herring Mar 24 2005 7:25PM GMT
Yahoo buys MusicMatch for US$160 million
Yahoo buys MusicMatch for US$160 million
09/14/2004 12:49 PMYahoo today announced that they would spend US$160 million in cash to
acquire MusicMatch, maker of the once quite popular MusicMatch
Jukebox.
Yahoo Buys E-Mail Startup
Yahoo Buys E-Mail Startup
07/12/2004 12:43 AMFacing competition from Google's Gmail, the Internet company adds
Oddpost to the battle plan.
Yahoo buys Musicmatch for GBP90m
Yahoo buys Musicmatch for GBP90m
09/15/2004 09:54 AMComputer Weekly Sep 15 2004 2:07PM GMT
Yahoo! buys into music downloads
Yahoo! buys into music downloads
09/15/2004 06:14 AMMac User Sep 15 2004 10:43AM GMT
Yahoo buys travel company
Yahoo buys travel company
08/06/2004 06:41 PMThe Web portal acquires FareChase, a small online travel company, to
broaden its search tools.
Yahoo Attempts to Counter Google's Gmail
Yahoo Attempts to Counter Google's Gmail
06/15/2004 01:46 AMAP via ABCNEWS.com Jun 15 2004 5:36AM GMT
Yahoo offers 100 MB e-mail to counter
Gmail
Yahoo offers 100 MB e-mail to counter
Gmail
06/15/2004 01:37 PMSilicon India Jun 15 2004 5:34PM GMT
Yahoo! Attempts to Counter Google's
Gmail
Yahoo! Attempts to Counter Google's
Gmail
06/15/2004 08:24 AMSan Jose Mercury News Jun 15 2004 12:46PM GMT
Yahoo matches Gmail gigabyte - but only
in China
Yahoo matches Gmail gigabyte - but only
in China
07/29/2004 11:39 AMZDNet UK Jul 29 2004 3:39PM GMT
Yahoo e-mail battles Google's Gmail
Yahoo e-mail battles Google's Gmail
06/15/2004 09:51 AMYahoo responding to Gmail with you
guessed it, more storage
Yahoo responding to Gmail with you
guessed it, more storage
06/15/2004 01:15 PMYahoo has upped its e-mail storage limit to 100MB, with Mail Plus
subscribers now getting up to 2GB. Where does this leave Hotmail?
Mixing Google GMail and Yahoo Groups
Mixing Google GMail and Yahoo Groups
05/12/2004 11:09 PMSearch Engine Journal May 13 2004 3:18AM GMT
Yahoo! Mail trashing Gmail invites
Yahoo! Mail trashing Gmail invites
06/22/2004 03:38 PM
Yahoo! Mail is trashing Gmail
invites. Regular Gmail appears in the inbox, but invites are
sorted to the spam folder.
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07/15/2004 05:04 PMOn The Privacy Subtleties Of GMail,
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04/21/2004 11:44 PMHow Does Gmail Stack Up In The Webmail
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07/25/2004 09:05 AMGmail : Wonderous Webmail , or Big
Brother's stalking grounds ?
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06/10/2004 06:13 PMmorons.org-2 hours agoRecently, Google has announced that it has plans
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Yahoo ups free webmail storage to 1GB
Yahoo ups free webmail storage to 1GB
03/24/2005 01:48 PMPersonal Computer World Mar 24 2005 5:01PM GMT
Aliencamel.com - The First Commercial
Email Service to Offer Unlimited Storage
for Personal Email, Finest in its Class
with More Features than Gmail, Yahoo!
and Hotmail
Aliencamel.com - The First Commercial
Email Service to Offer Unlimited Storage
for Personal Email, Finest in its Class
with More Features than Gmail, Yahoo!
and Hotmail
08/17/2004 02:00 AMAliencamel.com announces that the email-storage-space race is over.
This race was started by Google's Gmail service offering 1GB of
storage. AlienCamel has gone the final step and is now offering its
users unlimited storage. By removing limits on space, users now have a
simple, low-cost service which will keep their emails safe, secure and
backed up forever. AlienCamel has implemented the most sophisticated
anti-spam filtering and email-virus-blocking technology over the last
18 months. Now, AlienCamel is the first independent commercial email
service in the world to offer "unlimited storage for personal email".
[PRWEB Aug 17, 2004]
Yahoo To Give Webmail Users 1 Gig of
Space
Yahoo To Give Webmail Users 1 Gig of
Space
03/23/2005 05:18 PMYahoo announced that they will start to increase all webmail
accounts to 1 Gig of space starting on April 1st. It will take about
two weeks to finish the upgrade, but start watching your account next
week. This will match the Gmail size of the email accounts and since
it sounds like Gmail will be leaving beta and open to the public in
April too, Yahoo thought it would get a jump on things.
Hotmail Means to Double Gmail Storage
Hotmail Means to Double Gmail Storage
08/20/2004 04:37 AMAre Yahoo! and Hotmail Blocking Gmail
Invites?
Are Yahoo! and Hotmail Blocking Gmail
Invites?
06/23/2004 11:01 AMWebProNews Jun 23 2004 3:20PM GMT
Webmail.us Releases Webmail Version 3.1,
Adding Dozens of New Features and System
Improvements
Webmail.us Releases Webmail Version 3.1,
Adding Dozens of New Features and System
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Gmail Users Get A Storage Boost
[updated]
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05/19/2004 09:14 AMYahoo Boosts E-Mail Storage in Response
to Gmail
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to Gmail
06/16/2004 12:23 AMdmnews.com Jun 16 2004 5:14AM GMT
Yahoo ups free email storage to 100MB in
Gmail competition
Yahoo ups free email storage to 100MB in
Gmail competition
06/15/2004 10:12 AMStorage limit for Yahoo's free webmail service just expanded to 100MB
in an apparent effort to compete with Google's
yet-to-be-publicly-launched Gmail.
Link (
Thanks, Caines)
Yahoo Finally Responds To Gmail, Boosts
Email Storage
Yahoo Finally Responds To Gmail, Boosts
Email Storage
05/13/2004 06:34 PMThe only real surprise here is that it took Yahoo! this long to figure
out they need to
increase the
amount of storage they offered their webmail users following
Google's 1 gig Gmail announcement over a month ago. They're now
offering 100 megs for free, and paid users get "virtually unlimited
storage" - but no details are given on just how "virtual" those
non-limits are. Either way, they're going to have a tough time
keeping up with Gmail.
Free WebMail Spam and Storage Battles
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