Yahoo revamps Mail for iOS app, adds news and info search

Yahoo has redesigned its Mail for iOS app to make it simpler to manage your email inbox, read up on news, and look up information. There is a new panel at the bottom of the screen with three icons for Mail, News, and Today. There is a new swipe option for easier sorting of your inbox and a conversation view to look at your email threads. The News section shows news items curated specifically for you. And the Today section shows information like stock info, weather, sports scores, and the like. Yahoo is rolling it out to US users in the coming weeks and we hope the update comes our way soon, too.

Yahoo and Live Nation to livestream concerts every day for a year

Yahoo and concert ticketing business Live Nation want you to turn to the site for streaming live concerts. The two companies finalized their partnership on Thursday to have Yahoo stream a live concert every day for one year. Yahoo also intends to keep around 1,200 of the live song recordings so users can stream these clips “months and months” after the show airs.

They did not announce what acts we’d expect to catch but Yahoo marketing chief Kathy Saviit said it will compose the “world’s hottest bands and musicians.” We should be hearing more details about this new partnership soon.

Source: The Verge

Yahoo! unveils new logo, aims for new beginnings, profits

A company's logo is its identity and can be a symbol of its strengths and aspirations. Yahoo! is on the verge of turning a new leaf, becoming relevant and even spearheading certain areas of technology. Its new logo was recently decided upon after a month of testing. For those of us who remember the advent of the Internet, Yahoo! was our gateway to the Internet so it's great to see them realigning. "We wanted a logo that stayed true to our roots (whimsical, purple, with an exclamation point) yet embraced the evolution of our products," says Kathy Savit and superstar CEO Marisa Meyer's blog on their recently acquired Tumblr blog explains the process of how the new logo came to be. It is worth a read. The new logo is more serious, modern and all grown up. Good on you Yahoo!

Flickr iOS app gets update with new filters, camera tools; plus pro tools become free

Whether it can be considered keeping up with the mobile photography trends or just catching up, Yahoo! updates its Flickr photo app for iOS devices with new filters and camera tools as well as giving non-pro users access to tools that used to be exclusive to paid accounts.

Aside from adding new filters, Flickr also offers what is called “live” filters that you can use as you take photos and create custom filters with the app. The new camera tools include pinch to zoon, grids, focus lock, and better way to manage exposure points. And the premium features that are now free include photo enhancing, sharpening, cropping, adjusting color and use levels, and vignettes. No word yet if these features are going to be available on their Android app.