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May 20, 2013
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Wordpress Tumblr Imports

Angry Tumblr users flee to WordPress as Yahoo announces $1.1 billion acquisition

By on May 20, 2013 at 8:45 AM.

Angry Tumblr users flee to WordPress as Yahoo announces $1.1 billion acquisition

After a number of newspapers and blogs wrote about Yahoo’s now-confirmed $1.1 billion acquisition of popular blogging platform Tumblr, users were angry. The world has no idea what Yahoo has in store for Tumblr, of course, but the Internet giant’s reputation has many users worried. So much so, in fact, that some have already begun to defect. According to WordPress CEO Matt Mullenweg, Tumblr users are switching to WordPress in droves. In a recent blog post, Mullenweg says WordPress typically imports between 400 and 600 Tumblr posts per hour, but during a one-hour period on Sunday as news of the imminent deal spread, that figure climbed to 72,000. Yahoo confirmed the $1.1 billion deal on Monday, and it is expected to announce further details during a press conference in New York on Monday evening. Yahoo’s full press release announcing the acquisition follows below. More →

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Internet
May 8, 2013
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Yahoo Microsoft Search Deal

Yahoo trying to wiggle out of its Bing search deal with Microsoft

By on May 8, 2013 at 10:40 PM.

Yahoo trying to wiggle out of its Bing search deal with Microsoft

Yahoo has apparently had enough of Bing powering its searches. An unnamed source tells The Wall Street Journal that Yahoo has been “quietly trying to find a way out of its struggling Web-search partnership with Microsoft… but has so far failed in that effort.” The Journal’s source says that Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer, a former Google executive, has been trying to free the company from the search deal ever since she took over last year but that Microsoft has been unwilling to cooperate. Mayer wants to scrap Yahoo’s Bing deal because “Yahoo’s revenue per search has been worse under the Microsoft deal than when it operated its own Web-search technology and advertising system,” the Journal writes.

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Internet
May 8, 2013
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Hulu Buyout Yahoo

Yahoo looks to take on YouTube with potential Hulu bid

By on May 8, 2013 at 6:40 PM.

Yahoo looks to take on YouTube with potential Hulu bid

Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer is reportedly looking to step up the competition with her former employer. According to AllThingsD, Mayer has held preliminary talks with Hulu executives to discuss a potential bid for the video-streaming service. The move to acquire Hulu, which offers movies, TV episodes, trailers, clips and behind-the-scenes footage from NBC, Fox, ABC, TBS and other networks, would put Yahoo in further competition with Google as it prepares to take on traditional television with its YouTube service. More →

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Business
April 10, 2013
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Apple Yahoo

Apple’s desire to dump Google services sends it fleeing to Yahoo

By on April 10, 2013 at 7:45 PM.

Apple’s desire to dump Google services sends it fleeing to Yahoo

Just because Apple’s (AAPL) plan to ditch Google Maps has been a bust so far doesn’t mean that the company has given up on decreasing its devices’ dependence on Google’s (GOOG) mobile services. The Wall Street Journal reports that Apple and Yahoo (YHOO) “have been discussing how more of Yahoo’s services can play a prominent role on Apple’s iPhone and iPad devices,” including increased integration into Siri, Apple’s virtual personal assistant. The Journal’s sources also say that the companies are discussing “possible deals to get more content from Yahoo News and its other Web properties loaded onto Apple devices,” although no deal is imminent at this time. The Journal notes that some Apple executives, including senior vice president of Internet Software and Services Eddy Cue, have been reluctant to drop Google entirely because its search results remain superior to those of its competitors.

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Internet
March 20, 2013
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Yahoo Dailymotion Merger

Yahoo eyes major stake in YouTube alternative Dailymotion

By on March 20, 2013 at 10:05 PM.

Yahoo eyes major stake in YouTube alternative Dailymotion

Yahoo’s (YHOO) ambitions to expand its reach on the web have now come into clearer focus now as The Wall Street Journal reports that the company is considering buying a major stake in Dailymotion, the second-largest video sharing website on the Internet after YouTube. Unnamed sources have told the Journal that buying a stake in the French video-sharing site “would help U.S.-based Yahoo to gain a bigger toehold in online video in parts of Europe and Asia.” The Journal’s sources also say that Yahoo initially plans to buy as much as 75% of the site while retaining the option to purchase the entire company, which could be valued at $300 million.

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Business
March 6, 2013
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Yahoo CEO Mayer Praise

Why Marissa Mayer’s decision to pull Yahoo employees back to the office was likely the right call

By on March 6, 2013 at 3:51 PM.

Why Marissa Mayer’s decision to pull Yahoo employees back to the office was likely the right call

Like a lot of people, I was initially skeptical of Yahoo (YHOO) CEO Marissa Mayer’s decision to bar her employees from working at home and to force them to work at the office. After all, I work from home and I find that it’s actually made me more productive in many ways than I’ve been in previous jobs — for instance, the fact that I don’t have to commute means that I can start work around an hour earlier than I did at my last place of employment. But every organization is different and after learning the reasons why Mayer made her decision to end working at home, I think she deserves the benefit of the doubt in this particular case. More →

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Internet
February 20, 2013
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Yahoo Homepage Revamp

Yahoo homepage gets revamped, now includes ‘infinite scroll’ news feed

By on February 20, 2013 at 11:10 PM.

Yahoo homepage gets revamped, now includes ‘infinite scroll’ news feed

Meet the new Yahoo (YHOO). It looks much the same as the old Yahoo, but it does include some nifty new features. As Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer outlined in a blog post on Wednesday, Yahoo’s newly revamped homepage now includes an “infinite scroll” news feed that behaves more like a Twitter feed than a traditional list of news links. The new homepage is also more tightly integrated with Facebook (FB) and lets users see all Yahoo News articles recommended by their friends. And finally, Mayer says the new site has been better optimized for both smartphones and tablets, and should now load faster on both thanks to some “under the hood” improvements. The revamped site’s new features should be rolling out to users throughout the week, Mayer says.

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mobile
December 12, 2012
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New Flickr iPhone App

New Flickr iPhone app to compete with Instagram and Twitter with 16 filters

By on December 12, 2012 at 9:53 PM.

New Flickr iPhone app to compete with Instagram and Twitter with 16 filters

Hot on the heels of its email redesign, Yahoo (YHOO) announced on Wednesday that it has completely redesigned the Flickr iPhone app. The new app borrows heavily from Instagram and focuses on what makes Flickr special: photos and communities. Yahoo’s new Flickr app also includes 16 filters with their own fancy names to go head-on with Instagram and Twitter’s recently updated app that added eight filters. Users can now access the Flickr app with numerous accounts including Facebook (FB) and Google (GOOG) and photos can be shared to Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr or via email. The new Flickr app is available for free on iPhone but to our disappointment, there isn’t an iPad-optimized version. More →

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Services
December 12, 2012
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Yahoo Mail Revamp

Yahoo Mail gets a Gmail-like revamp for Windows 8, iOS and Android

By on December 12, 2012 at 6:39 AM.

Yahoo Mail gets a Gmail-like revamp for Windows 8, iOS and Android

As a former Google (GOOG) executive, Yahoo (YHOO) CEO Marissa Mayer seems to have learned something about creating a strong email interface. That’s why it’s not too surprising that the new Yahoo Mail unveiled on Tuesday bears a striking resemblance to Gmail with a cleaner look and fewer on-page distractions. In a post on the official Yahoo blog, Mayer writes that the company has “redesigned the new version of Yahoo! Mail with speed in mind — getting through your emails is faster than ever before” while also making “your inbox more intuitive and easier to navigate, allowing you to focus on what matters most: your messages.” Mayer said that the changes were made due to users who “told us loud and clear that you want fewer distractions when it comes to email.” In addition to its new web mail interface, Yahoo has also released a new Yahoo Mail app for iOS, Android and Windows 8.

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November 28, 2012
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Yahoo CEO Mayer

Yahoo CEO no longer considers BlackBerry a smartphone

By on November 28, 2012 at 3:41 PM.

Yahoo CEO no longer considers BlackBerry a smartphone

It’s fairly safe to say that RIM (RIMM) won’t be inviting Yahoo (YHOO) CEO Marissa Mayer to the grand BlackBerry 10 launch early next year. In an interview with Fortune on Tuesday, Mayer reiterated that her company is moving away from using BlackBerry devices. But she also went a step further to rub salt in RIM’s wounds by stating repeatedly that she wants her employees to move “from BlackBerries to smartphones,” with the implication that BlackBerry devices no longer count as smartphones. More →

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November 21, 2012
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Google Search Market Share

Google’s U.S. search market share closes in on 70%

By on November 21, 2012 at 4:51 PM.

Google’s U.S. search market share closes in on 70%

It looks as if Microsoft’s (MSFT) efforts to dethrone Google (GOOG) as the search engine king have failed. The Internet giant’s search market share hit record highs in the month of October, accounting for 66.9% of all searches conducted in the United States. Microsoft’s efforts may have been ineffective at toppling Google thus far, but the company’s advertising campaign has helped it steal market share from other search engines. According to comScore’s most recent numbers, Bing also had a record month with a 16% share of the market. The total number of searches conducted in October increased 8% to 17.6 billion, with Google accounting for 11.8 billion compared to Microsoft’s 2.8 billion. Rounding out the top five search engines were Yahoo (YHOO), Ask (IACI) and AOL (AOL) with 12.2%, 3.2% and 1.8% shares of the market, respectively. It is worth noting, however, that the research firm does not account for mobile searches.

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Internet
November 9, 2012
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Yahoo Windows 8 Inspired

Yahoo’s latest redesign experiment takes a page from Windows 8 tile design

By on November 9, 2012 at 9:07 PM.

Yahoo’s latest redesign experiment takes a page from Windows 8 tile design

Yahoo (YHOO) CEO Marissa Mayer hasn’t finished experimenting with grand redesigns for her company’s homepage. Per AllThingsD, Yahoo’s latest attempted remake looks like it’s got more of a touchscreen focus and has borrowed some pointers from Microsoft’s (MSFT) Windows 8 tile design. As AllThingsD notes, it’s not surprising that the new homepage redesign has an emphasis on touchscreen capabilities since Mayer said during her company’s last earnings call that “Yahoo will have to be a predominantly mobile company.” In addition to its Windows 8-like features, the new homepage also features “more simplified icons for various Yahoo properties, fewer text links, additional social and personalization aspects and — perhaps most importantly — no advertising module at the very top,” AllThingsD reports.

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Business
October 24, 2012
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Yahoo CEO Mayer Raises Standards

Yahoo closes South Korean offices, cuts 200 jobs

By on October 24, 2012 at 6:36 PM.

Yahoo closes South Korean offices, cuts 200 jobs

Yahoo (YHOO) announced last week plans to shutter its business in South Korea as a result of plans to restructure the company. The search engine on Tuesday officially began notifying employees of the closure and will be eliminating 200 jobs as a result, according to Reuters. Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer previously said that the decision was part of the company’s efforts to streamline operations and focus its resources on building a stronger global business that’s capable of long-term growth and success.

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