Tag: Yahoo

  • End of era: Yahoo! Messenger is shutting down in July

    It was in the year 1999 when I got introduced to the world of Internet and my first email address was created on Yahoo! Mail which also got me access to the use of Yahoo! Messenger. It was the first instant messaging application in the world. Yahoo! Messenger was one of the much needed software…

  • Memories with Yahoo both as an user and as an ex-employee

    Memories with Yahoo both as an user and as an ex-employee

    It’s again proved that any business go down; no matter how big or how historical they are. The company that has introduced internet to the world,Yahoo! has last night announced that Verizon to acquire Yahoo!’s operating business for about $4.8bn. Some of my memories with Yahoo! My first email address was vasu182000@yahoo.com which I have…

  • #GAAD – also celebrating my 10th year of accessibility life!

    Hello everyone, Today is Global Accessibility Awareness Day and already a lot of energetic events including Inclusive Design Talks – #ID24 are happening across the world. Thanks to good friends, Jennison and Joe Devon who thought of creating such a platform to raise awareness in the community. The good part of this event is that…

  • Three years at Yahoo!

    My journey at Yahoo! came to an end last week as part of layoffs. So I thought, let me pen few of memories for three years. Honestly, it was an amazing, fun filled and encouraging experience for me. Thanks to Sandeep Datar, who found me on LinkedIn and offered me a challenging assignment to build…

  • Writing accessible HTML forms

    We fill a lot of forms on the web on daily basis – may it be for a bank transaction, booking of travel, shopping etc. Often we see forms looks very beautiful but in reality, most of them are not beautiful due to lack of associated labels. Oh! wait, we know, you are about to…

  • Top Accessibility resources

    Some of the links in the post may not be relevant today; we are maintaining a list accessibility resources on this website. Each section is listed a menu item. We expect user to login to view this content so that we know our users and be able to improve quality of our content. Please be…

  • How social networking is useful?

    It’s been some time, whole world talk a lot about Social Networking. I thought let me share my personal experience with different social networks. LinkedIn LinkedIn is a professional social networking site and I think, almost every professional use it a lot. Using LinkedIn, one can find people in relevant industry, career opportunities, get information…

  • How to send an email using Yahoo! Mail

    Hello All: I have received a few requests that they would like to know how to send an email using Yahoo! Mail using Screen reader and thought let me share with everyone. In the below explanation, I have used Non-Visual Desktop Access (NVDA) as my screen reader; however, they should work in the same with…

  • My experience at Techshare India 2010

    My experience at Techshare India 2010

    Techshare India 2010 was another unique experience and an excellent platform to network, learn and share! I have reached Delhi on 14thFebruary, 2010 (hmm. enjoyed business class flight in spite having economy class flight due to overbooking of the flight!) and visited India Habitat Centre in the evening; it was pleasure to meet whole gang…