Yahoo Oddpost Link Roundup

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Yahoo! Acquires Oddpost

Yahoo! Acquires Oddpost 07/12/2004 05:35 PM
ClickZ Today Jul 12 2004 9:28PM GMT

congrats: oddpost goes to yahoo

congrats: oddpost goes to yahoo 07/10/2004 01:10 AM
a great app and good people deserve the recognition and the dollars. well done.

Why Yahoo! bought Oddpost

Why Yahoo! bought Oddpost 07/12/2004 12:38 PM
Adding a new twist to my mention of Oddpost in last Wednesday's item, More on rich clients, Yahoo! just bought the ...

Yahoo Acquires Web Startup Oddpost (AP)

Yahoo Acquires Web Startup Oddpost (AP) 07/13/2004 05:06 PM
AP - 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 PM
AP via Los Angeles Times Jul 14 2004 2:36AM GMT

Yahoo! acquires Oddpost for webmail war

Yahoo! acquires Oddpost for webmail war 07/13/2004 03:15 AM
Silicon.com Jul 13 2004 7:51AM GMT

Why Yahoo bought ODDpost - redux

Why Yahoo bought ODDpost - redux 07/12/2004 05:51 PM

Phil 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.

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 to bolster e-mail

Yahoo acquires Oddpost to bolster e-mail 07/12/2004 02:06 PM
Massive portal buys small vendor that sells low-priced Web mail accounts and news aggregation services.

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 07/10/2004 06:48 AM

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Yahoo Buys Oddpost In A Gmail-Inspired
Moment

Yahoo Buys Oddpost In A Gmail-Inspired
Moment 07/09/2004 08:29 PM
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.

"HUGE AND LINK-RICH ROUNDUP OF GOOD NEWS
FROM IRAQ"

"HUGE AND LINK-RICH ROUNDUP OF GOOD NEWS
FROM IRAQ" 05/20/2004 02:30 AM

"this interesting commentary and link
roundup about Terri Schiavo and
"theocracy""

"this interesting commentary and link
roundup about Terri Schiavo and
"theocracy"" 03/30/2005 03:21 AM

The NOFOLLOW Roundup -- Google, MSN,
Yahoo, etc.

The NOFOLLOW Roundup -- Google, MSN,
Yahoo, etc. 02/01/2005 10:14 PM
The NOFOLLOW news has been floating around for a few days, but I wanted to wait for some things to shake out before I covered it. I figure it's as...

AOL, Yahoo, MSN to link IM systems -
report

AOL, Yahoo, MSN to link IM systems -
report 07/15/2004 01:52 AM
Investors Business Daily Jul 15 2004 6:17AM GMT

O2 entices youth in solo Yahoo! link-up

O2 entices youth in solo Yahoo! link-up 04/26/2004 06:14 AM
Mad.co.uk Apr 26 2004 10:06AM GMT

Microsoft, AOL, Yahoo to link business
instant messaging networks

Microsoft, AOL, Yahoo to link business
instant messaging networks 07/15/2004 11:45 AM
AFP via Yahoo! Jul 15 2004 3:33PM GMT

Yahoo Search vs. Google and Technorati:
Link Counts and Analysis

Yahoo Search vs. Google and Technorati:
Link Counts and Analysis 06/22/2005 02:06 AM
In what I'm sure will become a heavily linked to article, Tristan Louis offers up his recent analysis. I haven't had time to digest it fully, but his conclusions are: Yahoo! generally does a better job at indexing the blogosphere than Google does. We know they have been working hard to improve their index and here's proof that they are getting results Even if Google is the one with the motto about not doing evil, Yahoo! seems to be the...

Microsoft, AOL, Yahoo to link business
instant messaging networks (AFP)

Microsoft, AOL, Yahoo to link business
instant messaging networks (AFP) 07/15/2004 01:59 PM
AFP - Tech rivals Microsoft, America Online and Yahoo announced an agreement to link their instant messaging networks for business users.

Yahoo! News - Gore: Bush Lied About
al-Qaida, Iraq Link

Yahoo! News - Gore: Bush Lied About
al-Qaida, Iraq Link 06/25/2004 01:44 PM
Gore: Bush Lied About al-Qaida, Iraq Link .. MOOOOORRRRE GOOOORRRRE ROOOOAAAARRRRR! .. no less dangerous today .. here?

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Free WiFi Hotspot Roundup, If One Site
Can Be a Roundup

Free WiFi Hotspot Roundup, If One Site
Can Be a Roundup 04/13/2004 07:23 AM
JOEL JOHNSON -- So as is typical, after a full day of responses to my request for some of your favorite chain restaurants that provide free WiFi, I get one big, fat link that trumps them all, and includes all of your Schlotzsky's, Apple Stores, It's a Grinds, and New...

Not So Oddpost

Not So Oddpost 07/09/2004 07:57 PM
The Oddpost acquisition by Yahoo (at pretty handsome terms) has been announced. Oddpost provides web-based email and RSS aggregation, funded by Venture Strategy Partners and Draper Associates just months before. Dave has a decent rationale for the acquisition: Oddpost turned...

Oddpost, DHTML, and off-line Web
Applications

Oddpost, DHTML, and off-line Web
Applications 07/18/2004 12:30 AM
As you may have guessed, I didn't know much about Oddpost until recently. But since they're now part of the collective, I had the opportunity to meet with a few of the Oddpost folks on Friday. Aside from the getting an idea of how all their server-side stuff works (it's a classic example of "do the simplest thing that could possibly work" and I love that aspect of it), which was the real point of the meeting, I got to...

Not Quite Oddpost, But Google Acquires
Photo Sharing Company

Not Quite Oddpost, But Google Acquires
Photo Sharing Company 07/13/2004 12:13 PM
Well, it's not quite as big a deal as Yahoo buying Oddpost, but Google has now bought photo-sharing company Picasa, which was already a Blogger partner. It's not a huge surprise to see Google expanding their offerings in more of the portal direction. The only question, of course, is how many spare Gmail gigs are going to be offered for people storing photos. Also, will people now complain that Google is scanning your personal photos in order to put up relevant advertising?

AValonRF to Present its Rugged PDA with
Wireless Link, Rugged PC with Wireless
Link and Rugged DVR and Wireless Lapel
Camera for Mobile Law Enforcement at
IACP 2004, International Association of
Chiefs of Police, Los Angeles, CA., USA

AValonRF to Present its Rugged PDA with
Wireless Link, Rugged PC with Wireless
Link and Rugged DVR and Wireless Lapel
Camera for Mobile Law Enforcement at
IACP 2004, International Association of
Chiefs of Police, Los Angeles, CA., USA 12/17/2004 06:40 PM
AValonRF, Inc., a leading provider of high-performance wireless links will present its Rugged PDA with wireless link, Rugged PC with wireless link and Rugged DVR and wireless Lapel Camera for mobile law enforcement at IACP 2004, International Association of Chiefs of Police, November 13-15, 2004, Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles, CA., USA. [PRWEB Nov 10, 2004]

Bug Roundup

Bug Roundup 10/28/2003 11:08 PM

Walter Ian Kaye writes about a bug in Safari 1.0. I really appreciate the reduction for this issue and will take a look. It should be easy to fix.

Update: I have fixed the bug. Thanks for the great reduction, Walter! I've added your page to our list of regression tests.

Roundup 0.7.4

Roundup 0.7.4 06/11/2004 03:13 AM
A simple-to-use and -install issue-tracking system.

IDF roundup

IDF roundup 03/17/2005 02:53 AM

With the parade of multicore chips at the recently-concluded Intel Developer's Forum, it was crystal-clear that the company has finally left behind the last vestiges of the hunt for megahertz. Instead, we have a newly-branded desktop CPU, the Pentium D, and a host of other multicore products. Join Hannibal as he looks back at the IDF and discusses where Intel is headed next.

The RSS Roundup

The RSS Roundup 04/09/2004 04:12 PM
Yee-haw, it's the RSS roundup. First up, Rolling Stone. Didja know they had RSS feeds? I didn't. Get 'em at http://www.rollingstone.com/ (look for the orange button.) Also, the Open Directory...

E3 roundup

E3 roundup 06/05/2005 10:53 PM

Another E3 is ready to wrap up. Before it rides off into the sunset until 2006, check out Kurt Mackey's roundup of all things E3.

The big news at this year’s E3 was the introductions of next generation consoles from Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft. The marketing material’s been covered pretty extensively, and E3 was a good chance for scrubs like me to get (or attempt to get) some more information about the upcoming consoles.

Microsoft was the big winner when it came to showing off next-generation consoles. Sony was second, and about all Nintendo had to say about the Revolution was that it's about the size of three DVD cases. Read on for the definitive E3 summary.

Roundup 0.6.9

Roundup 0.6.9 04/18/2004 05:47 AM
A simple-to-use and -install issue-tracking system.

Roundup 0.7.2

Roundup 0.7.2 05/16/2004 08:54 PM
A simple-to-use and -install issue-tracking system.

Roundup 0.7.6

Roundup 0.7.6 07/20/2004 09:30 PM
A simple-to-use and -install issue-tracking system.

Another RSS Roundup

Another RSS Roundup 01/23/2004 02:20 PM
I know I just did one a few days ago, but I got more stuff to tell you about. First of all you should know that you can know get...

RDF roundup

RDF roundup 07/01/2002 03:39 PM
A selection of RDF-related announcements over the last month.

RSS Roundup

RSS Roundup 01/22/2004 03:31 AM
Yeehaw! Couple of notes for the RSS Roundup. First: The Librarians Index to the Internet now has an RSS feed and an instructional page about RSS. The feed is at...

The big roundup

The big roundup 04/14/2005 12:54 PM
Websites that have gone live with embarrassing placeholder text. Plus May 1st Reboot encourages standards-based entries. Plus Style Master CSS editor unveils educational pricing. Also: What are desire lines? And this: Apple should hire John Gruber. (With a dash of Scoble love.) Plus the Unofficial Apple Weblog moves and retools. Last but not least, Acid 2 puts browser makers on notice. (And some browser makers actually notice! Dave Hyatt uses it to start fixing CSS bugs in Safari.)

The Shooter Roundup

The Shooter Roundup 08/12/2004 04:40 PM

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Pivotal CEO Leaves for Orchestria Post

Pivotal CEO Leaves for Orchestria Post 07/12/2004 08:44 PM
Bo Manning will serve as president and CEO of Orchestria, a policy management software company; Divesh Sisodraker will replace him at Pivotal.

Cdn. man settles spam lawsuit with Yahoo

Cdn. man settles spam lawsuit with Yahoo 06/15/2004 01:37 PM
CTV.ca Jun 15 2004 5:31PM GMT

Google, Yahoo settle lawsuit

Google, Yahoo settle lawsuit 08/10/2004 06:41 AM
Qctimes.com - Tue Aug 10, 08:29 am GMT

Google and Yahoo Settle Overture Lawsuit

Google and Yahoo Settle Overture Lawsuit 08/09/2004 06:36 PM

Yahoo reaches settlement with target of
spam lawsuit

Yahoo reaches settlement with target of
spam lawsuit 06/17/2004 04:29 PM
InternetRetailer.com Jun 17 2004 7:54PM GMT

Lawsuit filed against Yahoo over message
board harassment (AFP)

Lawsuit filed against Yahoo over message
board harassment (AFP) 08/05/2004 01:43 PM
AFP - An Internet surfer has filed a potential class action lawsuit against US online giant Yahoo, accusing it of sheltering anonymous users who electronically harass message board users.

Google to Give Yahoo More Than $300M of
Its Stock in Settlement Over Patent
Lawsuit

Google to Give Yahoo More Than $300M of
Its Stock in Settlement Over Patent
Lawsuit 08/09/2004 08:25 PM
Xposed Aug 10 2004 0:15AM GMT

Norwich goes for Autonomy

Norwich goes for Autonomy 03/22/2005 04:51 PM
Computer Weekly Mar 22 2005 4:15PM GMT

UN man backs Darfur autonomy

UN man backs Darfur autonomy 09/24/2004 05:56 AM
The UN's refugee chief says Sudan should grant more autonomy to Darfur to try to end continuing violence.

Combining Teleoperation with Autonomy

Combining Teleoperation with Autonomy 07/23/2004 06:17 PM
The CMU Robotics Institute has published a thesis by Jonathon Brookshire titled "Enhancing Multi-Robot Coordinated Teams with Sliding Autonomy" (PDF format). The paper describes experiments in combining robot teleoperation with autonomy. The resulting robots have "sliding autonomy" in which some operations are contolled autonomously by the robot and others are controlled remotely by a human operator. This concept is then combined with coordinated teams of robots allowing the team to leverage the unique skills of both the human operators and each robot.

Sudan 'welcomes' Darfur autonomy

Sudan 'welcomes' Darfur autonomy 09/24/2004 12:08 PM
Sudan gives a cautious welcome to a UN suggestion that it grant more autonomy to try to end violence in the troubled region.

Autonomy to power Olympic surveillance

Autonomy to power Olympic surveillance 04/23/2004 05:35 PM
Software from the company will help Greek security forces look for terrorists at this summer's games.

Sliding Autonomy Demonstrated in UAVs

Sliding Autonomy Demonstrated in UAVs 07/27/2004 10:47 AM
A single human fighter pilot and a swarm of UAVs could work together to carry out a single mission according to a NewScientist.com story. The scenario has been simulated by QinetiQ in the UK. The human pilot supplies a goal, such as searching the area for enemy targets, and the UAVs carry it out autonomously. The system is a real-world example of the use of robots with sliding autonomy described in our July 23rd story

Allied Aerospace VTOL UAV attains
full-autonomy

Allied Aerospace VTOL UAV attains
full-autonomy 05/31/2004 02:13 PM
Newport News, VA, April, 2004 – Allied Aerospace announced today that their unmanned air vehicle, the iSTAR UAV, has made several successful, fully-autonomous flights at the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Robotics Testing Range in Pt. Loma, CA. [PRWEB Apr 2, 2004]

Nuclear Regulatory Commission Selects
Autonomy to Power Licensing Support
Network Web Site

Nuclear Regulatory Commission Selects
Autonomy to Power Licensing Support
Network Web Site 07/12/2004 08:57 PM
Capitol Reports Jul 13 2004 0:30AM GMT

Yahoo Oddpost Link Roundup

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