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Yahoo to End User Access of Services with OpenID

posted by janrinok on Wednesday March 05 2014, @06:05PM   Printer-friendly
from the too-little-too-late? dept.

gishzida writes:

"A Reuters release notes that Yahoo Inc will stop letting consumers access its various online services, including Fantasy Sports and photo-sharing site Flickr, by signing-in with their Facebook Inc or Google Inc credentials. The move marks the latest change to Yahoo by Chief Executive Marissa Mayer, who is striving to spark fresh interest in the company's Web products and to revive its stagnant revenue.

The change, which will be rolled out gradually according to a Yahoo spokeswoman, will require users to register for a Yahoo ID in order to use any of the Internet portal's services."

 
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  • (Score: 5, Interesting) by snick on Wednesday March 05 2014, @06:12PM

    by snick (1408) on Wednesday March 05 2014, @06:12PM (#11429)

    The move marks the latest change to Yahoo by Chief Executive Marissa Mayer, who is striving to spark fresh interest in the company's Web products and to revive its stagnant revenue.

    ... by making it harder to log in???

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  • (Score: 0, Troll) by geek on Wednesday March 05 2014, @06:15PM

    by geek (3368) on Wednesday March 05 2014, @06:15PM (#11431) Homepage

    She's an idiot. The only reason anyone even knows who this moron is is because she dated one of the founders of Google and they gave the ditsy bitch a job in the process. She's done nothing but screw Yahoo since she got there.

    • (Score: 4, Insightful) by frojack on Wednesday March 05 2014, @06:51PM

      by frojack (1554) on Wednesday March 05 2014, @06:51PM (#11457) Journal

      Wait,
      How is it possible to screw up Yahoo? That ship sailed a long time ago.

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    • (Score: 5, Insightful) by Grishnakh on Wednesday March 05 2014, @07:28PM

      by Grishnakh (2831) on Wednesday March 05 2014, @07:28PM (#11476)

      To be fair, how many cases have you ever heard of where some outsider was brought in as CEO for a company in decline, and this CEO was actually highly competent and managed to turn the company around? Heck, forget the turning the company around part, just concentrate on the competent part. Most CEOs simply aren't very competent; they're just boneheaded management goons who have connections and can bullshit their way into these jobs. The CEOs who are really smart and effective are the ones who started their companies and are intimately familiar with them. Steve Jobs is a prime example of this; love him or hate him, he was one of the founders and knew what products would sell. Back when Hewlett and Packard were running their company, it was a legendary place too, but those guys were the founders; after they left, the place went down the tubes. I can't wait for Mark Zuckenberg to move on to something else, so I can finally watch Facebook implode (not that he's all that competent either, but anyone who replaces him is bound to be much worse).

      • (Score: 4, Interesting) by edIII on Wednesday March 05 2014, @08:04PM

        by edIII (791) on Wednesday March 05 2014, @08:04PM (#11494)

        I'm not ashamed to admit that when Facebook starts to decline in the way you mention, I will metaphorically be on the couch laughing hysterically eating junk food with spittle coming from my mouth, and possibly throw the sour cream dip at the TV.

        Think of that scene in Harry and the Hendersons.

        Never has a company or product been so hyped and over valued in this history of economies, with the possible exception being that of the Emperor's New Clothes.

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      • (Score: 2) by EvilJim on Wednesday March 05 2014, @08:51PM

        by EvilJim (2501) on Wednesday March 05 2014, @08:51PM (#11511) Journal

        wasn't there some superstar ceo looking to take over dell a while back? which would make the answer to your question 1 in all my living memory.

      • (Score: 1) by efitton on Wednesday March 05 2014, @09:13PM

        by efitton (1077) on Wednesday March 05 2014, @09:13PM (#11522) Homepage

        Lee Iacocca

        So that is my one. And ummm...

  • (Score: 5, Insightful) by bd on Wednesday March 05 2014, @06:27PM

    by bd (2773) on Wednesday March 05 2014, @06:27PM (#11442)

    She wants fresh interest by advertising agencies, not users.

    • (Score: 3, Funny) by Ethanol-fueled on Wednesday March 05 2014, @07:48PM

      by Ethanol-fueled (2792) on Wednesday March 05 2014, @07:48PM (#11484) Homepage

      Kinda like Slashdot Beta.

      "Rolling out gradually" a change means a change they know users will hate, because that's why they have to roll it out gradually - check.

      Figured the only people on Yahoo were 12 year-old girls, FBI agents pretending to be 12 year-old girls, and the creepy old men trying to court them.