Pages Tagged “Verizon”
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- Ya-who? Flickr and Tumblr Were Lucky!
Huh. Verizon has sold what remains of Yahoo! and AOL. For half of what they paid for them. 🤦♂️ To a private equity firm. 😬 Apparently the division formerly known as Oath and later as Verizon Media Group will be called Yahoo going forward, which is probably a good move. I’ve got to say, though: […]
- Thoughts on Tumblr’s Escape from Verizon to WordPress
At least it’s going to a social media company and not another conglomerate. And one that’s more responsible than the big two!
- Verizon is Already Trying to Sell Tumblr
Wow, that shoe dropped sooner than I expected. Verizon is already shopping around to sell Tumblr. I figured it would be toward the end of the year, not the middle. After Tumblr’s ham-handed ban on adult content last fall purged a bunch of accounts, sparked a lack of confidence, and triggered an wave of users […]
- Why I have more confidence in Flickr/SmugMug than Tumblr/Verizon
Last month, Tumblr and Flickr both announced policy changes that will impact a lot of users, and upset even more. Flickr announced that they’d be shrinking the storage offered to free accounts while adding features to paid accounts. Tumblr announced that all adult content was going to be banned, and immediately set about flagging posts […]
- Truly Terrible Typo
Yesterday’s LA Times included a “Parent Reading Guide” sponsored by Verizon and the Reading By 9 program. Amazingly, it included a full-page ad showing the alphabet followed by this catchy headline: Makes you wonder, doesn’t it?