Turbulent as the last 12 months have felt, 2008 may go on record as the year when the most important events in technology news were those that didn’t happen.Despite all the media’s coaxing, Microsoft and Yahoo! failed to consummate their star-crossed love affair. Google came away empty-handed from its bid to buy up swathes of radio frequency in the FCC’s spectrum auction. And even if he won’t appear at 2009’s Macworld, Steve Jobs did not die–a fact that may bewilder loyal readers of Bloomberg or CNN.com. (more…)

The new voice-activated Google Mobile app for the iPhone is finally released. Whatever the reason for the delay, it was worth the wait. The search app knows when you bring the phone to your face to speak into it. It beeps, you talk, and it executes a Google search on what you said. (If you’re using a headset, you have to press a button. You can type in your queries, too, if you want.) (more…)

Yahoo! Messenger is a free service that allows you to see when your friends are online and ready to talk, send private, instant messages so no one else can hear, get instant alerts for new messages in your Yahoo! Mail account, and keep track of your stocks portfolios and use stock price limit alerts. (more…)

After Bill Gates showed interest in buying Yahoo the Sunnyvale, California-based company has been trying its best to retain hold of the reader base which it has earned in years. Looks like they are not ready to give up their business and Yahoo Shine is another attempt to cash on the 40 million females visitors which yahoo has in its bag. (more…)