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Yahoo's management overhaul continues: Chairman and three board members step down Feb 7th 2012, 23:52 Out with the old, in with the new, eh? Yahoo certainly subscribes to that philosophy, as it's already shuffled out Jerry Yang in favor of Scott Thompson as its CEO, and now the company will be adding four fresh faces to it's board. Among those departing Yahoo is Roy Bostock -- which ends his four year reign as Chairman of the board -- who is perhaps most well-known for having a hand in turning down Microsoft's money in 2008. With this most recent shuffling at the top, Yahoo's down to just seven board members, but the search is on to find replacements for the departed directors. Who will be the lucky chosen ones? No one can say for sure, but given Yahoo's declining status, whoever joins up will have their work cut out to get the company back on top. Yahoo's management overhaul continues: Chairman and three board members step down originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:52:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink PC World  |  USA Today  | Email this | Comments Reuters: Amazon Prime Instant Video close to Viacom deal, standalone service launch Feb 7th 2012, 23:16 So far, 2012 has been quiet for Amazon's all-you-can-eat video streaming service, but that could change soon as Reuters cites anonymous sources claiming the retailer will lock up a deal with Viacom (Paramount Studios, MTV, Nickelodeon, Spike, etc.) soon. That would reportedly be one of the final steps to launching Prime Instant Video as a standalone service, just as Netflix had suggested in its last earnings report. With details still scarce it's hard to say exactly what shape these competitors to the streaming crown will take, but between Amazon, Hulu, Redbox / Verizon, Google, whatever Apple may be up to as well as a fight from Sky and Lovefilm in the UK, it should be a very interesting year. Reuters: Amazon Prime Instant Video close to Viacom deal, standalone service launch originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:16:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink   |  Reuters  | Email this | Comments Google Voice update for Android brings design refresh and asynchronous SMS Feb 7th 2012, 22:39 A new version of Google Voice has just crawled out of the woodwork, and while the changes are minor, we think most users will like what's in store. First and foremost, we were greeted with a new, darker interface that better matches Honeycomb's design philosophy, along with a refreshed icon that more closely resembles the messaging app in Ice Cream Sandwich. There's also a curious new feature known as asynchronous SMS, which allows you to queue up messages for later delivery when you happen to be without signal. To test this out, we put our handset into airplane mode, fired off a few texts -- which showed up as queued -- and then took our phone back onto the network. Once back online, the messages were delivered as expected. And hey, it can't get much better than that, really. Google Voice update for Android brings design refresh and asynchronous SMS originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:39:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink The Next Web  |  Android Market  | Email this | Comments

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