Yahoo! was seen as one the pioneers on the internet. The tech giant has grown from nothing to become a titan on the web, to then fall on its knees. But after Verizon had an eye on it, things are changing.
Taboola is a content discovery platform that provides publishers the option to display content recommendations in various ways. The Isaeli-based company that frequently generates those "Promoted Stories" at the end of articles is trying to become more personalized.
Microsoft has been improving its Bing search engine. And an update early in 2017 is to help users attain their health and fitness goals. The first is the feature for search queries like "workouts" or "exercises."
A year passed and things change. When technology needs to evolve, it somehow needs to leave some things behind. The case goes the same for WhatsApp. The popular messaging app is ceasing support on some older mobile operating system.
Google and Apple are two tech companies that couldn't be any different. But still, the two are rivals with similar products that compete with one another.
On the web, there is nothing more social that the digital walled-garden Facebook is creating. Using the social network, users can share anything to anyone.
Copying one another has become something in common for social media and mobile apps. With Facebook and Instagram "borrowing" each others' features to then copy Snapchat, the list of app continues. This time is Viber's turn.
Instagram is continuing its attempt to add more features into its platform. And to greet the end of 2016, the photo-sharing social media is adding stickers to video and photo Stories. The feature is again however, similar to Snapchat's.
KickassTorrents (KAT) was pronounced dead back in July 2016. When the founder Artem Vaulin was arrested, the site went offline with no prior notification, leaving many fans heartbroken.
Twitter is making another bold move to get more user engagements. The microblogging platform has announced that users can now "go live" straight within Twitter with Periscope's functionality integrated into it.
