Kevin Chiu » Yahoo http://kevinchiu.org Things are only impossible until they're not. Fri, 03 Sep 2010 16:39:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Delicious 2 http://kevinchiu.org/archives/delicious-2 http://kevinchiu.org/archives/delicious-2#comments Fri, 01 Aug 2008 20:01:57 +0000 Kevin Chiu http://kevinchiu.org/blog/?p=362 After years of waiting and the exodus of Delicious’ founder from Yahoo, Delicious 2 has been released.

[Ars Technica]

]]> http://kevinchiu.org/archives/delicious-2/feed 0 Microsoft Making Moves http://kevinchiu.org/archives/microsoft-making-moves http://kevinchiu.org/archives/microsoft-making-moves#comments Tue, 08 Jul 2008 08:45:20 +0000 Kevin Chiu http://kevinchiu.org/blog/?p=350 They bought Powerset, and now it looks like they’re trying to do some kind of hostile takeover to get a hold of Yahoo’s search business.

2007 Speech by Powerset CEO at the University of Washington

Part of me wants to say something along the lines of “Tying two stones together does not make them float.” However, in the back of my mind there’s still the possibility Microsoft is putting together something that can compete. After all, the Live team, who acquired a license for Photo Tourism to make Photosynth, which has been a huge hit and reputation-booster, will most likely be in charge of the new search division.

]]> http://kevinchiu.org/archives/microsoft-making-moves/feed 0 Flickr and Delicious founders leave Yahoo http://kevinchiu.org/archives/flickr-and-delicious-founders-leave-yahoo http://kevinchiu.org/archives/flickr-and-delicious-founders-leave-yahoo#comments Mon, 23 Jun 2008 07:03:01 +0000 Kevin Chiu http://kevinchiu.org/blog/?p=344 It’s saddening that the founders of my two favorite Yahoo apps, delicious and flickr, are leaving the exclamatory Y.

Delicious founder leaving Yahoo

Flickr founder leaving Yahoo

Flickr founder’s resignation letter

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