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Yahoo considering Dailymotion video service acquisition, says sources

, Mar 20th 2013 Discuss [0]

Yahoo is considering acquiring video website Dailymotion, says sources. Such an acquisition would give Yahoo a popular piece of online video real estate, but nothing is guaranteed. The alleged acquisition is still in talks, and nothing may come of it. Dailymotion is owned by France Telecom-Orange, a telecommunications company. Read The Full Story

Woman fails to prove Google’s liable for unfortunate search results

, Mar 6th 2013 Discuss [10]

It looks like if you're one of those people who unfortunately have names associated with negative products, events, or descriptions, you're out of luck. A woman in Wisconsin has found that out again and again as she tries to make several search companies liable for negative search results related to her name. Beverly Stayart, CFO and Director of Business Development at Stayart Law Offices, has tried to sue various search engines like Alta Vista, Yahoo, and Google because of these results. Read The Full Story

Best Buy follows Yahoo and cancels work-from-home program

, Mar 5th 2013 Discuss [10]

For some reason, Best Buy believes that it's a good idea to follow Yahoo's example and forbid its workers from working from home. Considering all of the angry feedback Yahoo received from its employees as well as all of the negative press written about its structure change, you would think Best Buy would stay away from the idea. But no, it's decided to cancel its flexible work plan, entitled ROWE (Results-Only Work Environment). Read The Full Story

Yahoo preparing to shut down 7 services

, Mar 2nd 2013 Discuss [2]

It looks like the work-at-home program isn't the only program Yahoo is shutting down. Yahoo is also planning on shutting down 7 other products that aren't bringing in the kind of success Yahoo needs right now. Along with these products, Yahoo also plans on reducing their number of mobile apps from 60-75 to a measly 12-15 apps. Jay Rossiter, Yahoo's executive VP of Platforms, stated, "The most critical question we ask is whether the experience is truly a daily habit that still resonates for all of you today." Read The Full Story

Yahoo no longer allows workers to work from home

, Feb 23rd 2013 Discuss [24]

It looks like Yahoo's homepage isn't the only thing getting a revamp. Yahoo is also gearing up to revamp its entire working structure. In a memo released out to all of the employees who work for Yahoo, working from home will no longer be an option. That's right, those who work full-time from home and those who only work a few days from home will all have to work straight from various Yahoo offices starting in June. Read The Full Story

Yahoo co-founder joins Lenovo’s board of directors

, Feb 20th 2013 Discuss [1]

Jerry Yang, one of the co-founders of Yahoo Inc., is now part of Lenovo’s board of directors. His new position is called the “plum” position, because the only thing he has to do is sit in on the meetings and offer his views. He has no voting rights, or any rights at all. For just being on the board and offering his two cents, he will be paid nearly $200,000. He will be paid $61,875 in cash and be given $135,000 in equity rights. Read The Full Story

Yahoo gets personal with homepage revamp

, Feb 20th 2013 Discuss [1]

Yahoo! has launched a new, refreshed homepage, with a greater emphasis on personalization together with aggregation of news, entertainment, Facebook recommendations, and more. Designed for both desktop and mobile browsers, whether on tablet or smartphone, the new Yahoo! experience includes an updated set of applications, including pulling Facebook birthdays in if you log in with your account, and fitting recommended news articles from friends into an infinite scroll feed. Read The Full Story

Microsoft search deal fails to deliver according to Yahoo CEO

, Feb 13th 2013 Discuss [3]

Microsoft has provided the default search results for Yahoo for the last several years. This deal predates Yahoo's new CEO Marissa Mayer significantly. Recently Mayer said that the search partnership between Microsoft and Yahoo was not delivering the sort of gains in market share or the type of revenue that the partnership should deliver. Mayer specifically said that Yahoo wants collective growth rather than just trading share with Microsoft. Read The Full Story

Yahoo! pens deal to allow Google ads on its web properties

, Feb 6th 2013 Discuss [2]

Yahoo! announced earlier today that it has penned a deal with Google that will allow the Internet giant to display advertisements on its Web properties. The particularities of the deal weren't revealed, but nonetheless it's a big move for both companies, and both are sure to benefit from it. Under the deal, Google's ads will show up on Yahoo's various websites. Read The Full Story

Yahoo CEO Mayer: Lack of hardware, software allows for “strong partnerships”

, Jan 25th 2013 Discuss [7]

Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer took the reigns of the company back in July, and it's been a busy time for her and the company so far. Mayer has made quite a bit of changes, including hiring a new head for Yahoo's Flickr division, as well as giving all employees a new company smartphone. The CEO also just did her first television interview with Bloomberg, and she revealed some details about the company and reflected on her time so far as CEO. Read The Full Story

Yahoo to end its music service in China

, Dec 18th 2012 Discuss [2]

Yahoo China has announced that its Yahoo Music service will be permanently shutdown on January 20, 2013. This announcement follows a similar one from Google that took place in September in which Google stated that its Chinese music service would be taken offline. The closure comes after Yahoo's sale of its share of Alibaba, a Chinese e-commerce website, for $7.6 billion. Read The Full Story

Tim Cook, Marissa Mayer among TIME Person of the Year finalists

, Dec 18th 2012 Discuss [5]

TIME Magazine has unveiled its shortlist of finalists for the magazine's 2012 Person of the Year award, which goes to the person or group that TIME editors deem had the single greatest impact during the past year. Among the final eight to make the list include Apple CEO Tim Cook, Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer, and Italian physicist Fabiola Giannati. Read The Full Story
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