Marissa Mayer’s shopping spree has officially reached a round number. Since she joined Yahoo last summer, the company has acquired ten startups.
With Yahoo’s announcement on Friday about acquiring Loki Studios, as well as MileWise and GoPollGo on Thursday, the number of startups the Internet g... [read more >>] Yahoo is finally rolling out the revamped homepage it's been working on for the last few months. It's probably the biggest change since Marissa Mayer took over as CEO and it's certain that she put her imprint on it, she spent years designing the Google search page.
One of the first things yo... [read more >>] The not-so-veiled threats of a couple of weeks ago have materialized, Yahoo has sued Facebook for patent infringement. It dug up a list of 10 patents to hit Facebook with, not targeting particular features, but common functionality in the social network. Yahoo claims that it was first and that this counts ... [read more >>] Several months ago, Yahoo introduced the brand new Yahoo Mail. It boasted several improvements and new features, plus some performance enhancements. But not everyone was impressed, in fact, quite a lot of people liked their old Yahoo Mail. Yet Yahoo kept on pestering them to upgrade to the newest version. ... [read more >>] Yahoo has been struggling for years to turn things around and start seeing some solid growth and revenue once again. Previous CEOs tried, and failed, to turn the tides and now the latest, Carol Bartz, has been ousted after the board got tired of waiting for things to start looking up.Bartz was brought in to... [read more >>] Yahoo has just announced the first beta of the upcoming Yahoo Messenger 11. The future version of the popular instant messaging client comes with a couple of big new features, social games and the possibility to keep up and chat with Twitter and Facebook friends, but also a few additions and updates for the... [read more >>] The revamped Yahoo Mail interface previewed last month is now available in beta form for everyone. The Yahoo Mail Beta is available to users worldwide and promises a speedier interface and a number of new features like social networking integration and even a "Priority Inbox" of sorts. "If you follow our bl... [read more >>] It's done, Yahoo has completed the switch to Bing technology to power its searches in the US and Canada. The deal announced a year ago has come to fruition as all Yahoo searches in the two countries now wear the 'Powered by Bing" logo. "First let me say, wow, what a week! As I hope everyone saw ou... [read more >>] Having become somewhat of an underdog, ironic for what is still one of the biggest websites on the planet, Yahoo is maybe starting to look interesting again. For more than a year, CEO Carol Bartz has talked about content being the new focus and about dropping internal social-networking efforts in favor of t... [read more >>] Yahoo has announced that it has acquired Associated Content for an undisclosed sum. Several sources put it at $90 million to $100 million, with the first sum being the most likely. Yahoo says the move will bolster its content offering especially for niche interests. It plans to expand Associated Content&rsq... [read more >>] |
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