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  • By Lucian Parfeni
  • June 27th, 2012
Spotify Will Start Showing Up Across Yahoo's Legion of Sites

Spotify Will Start Showing Up Across Yahoo's Legion of Sites

Thanks to a new partnership designed to get Spotify more users

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  • By Lucian Parfeni
  • June 21st, 2012
Yahoo Shamelessly Promotes Its Own Content in "Organic" Search Results

Yahoo Shamelessly Promotes Its Own Content in "Organic" Search Results

Masquerading its own images as "fresh" or "HQ" placing them above the relevant results

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  • By Lucian Parfeni
  • June 4th, 2012
Yahoo Close to Working Out a Deal with Facebook in Patent Lawsuit

Yahoo Close to Working Out a Deal with Facebook in Patent Lawsuit

Yahoo won't be getting much money, but it will be able to put the whole thing behind it

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  • By Lucian Parfeni
  • May 24th, 2012
Yahoo Axis Is Not a Browser, but It's an Interesting Search App Nonetheless

Yahoo Axis Is Not a Browser, but It's an Interesting Search App Nonetheless

The app works on desktop browsers and as a stand-alone browser on the iPad and iPhone

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  • By Lucian Parfeni
  • May 21st, 2012
$7.1 Billion, €5.55 Billion Manage to Convince Yahoo to Part with Alibaba Stake

$7.1 Billion, €5.55 Billion Manage to Convince Yahoo to Part with Alibaba Stake

Yahoo will be selling half its stake in Alibaba to the Chinese company

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  • By Lucian Parfeni
  • May 14th, 2012
With Thompson Gone Yahoo Has a Chance to Save Face in the Facebook Lawsuit

With Thompson Gone Yahoo Has a Chance to Save Face in the Facebook Lawsuit

It can drop the patent lawsuit and blame it all on the former CEO

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  • By Lucian Parfeni
  • May 14th, 2012
Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson Fired Over CS Degree Scandal, Entire Board Replaced

Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson Fired Over CS Degree Scandal, Entire Board Replaced

Yahoo's problems seem to have no end with third CEO change in three years

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  • By Lucian Parfeni
  • May 4th, 2012
Yahoo CEO Gets Caught in College Degree Scandal

Yahoo CEO Gets Caught in College Degree Scandal

His bio and SEC documents claimed he had a computer science degree

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  • By Lucian Parfeni
  • April 5th, 2012
Flickr Will Incorporate the Aviary Photo Editor, Replacing Google's Picnik

Flickr Will Incorporate the Aviary Photo Editor, Replacing Google's Picnik

Flickr users will be able to add stickers and hipster effects to their pics as always

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  • By Lucian Parfeni
  • April 4th, 2012
Facebook Countersues Yahoo over Patents, There Are No Winners in Nuclear War

Facebook Countersues Yahoo over Patents, There Are No Winners in Nuclear War

Except perhaps the lawyers which stand to make millions no matter the outcome

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  • By Lucian Parfeni
  • March 27th, 2012
Yahoo Meme to Be Shut Down in Two Months

Yahoo Meme to Be Shut Down in Two Months

The simplified blogging service, unsurprisingly, failed to gain any traction

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  • By Lucian Parfeni
  • March 13th, 2012
Yahoo Goes for the Nuclear Option, Sues Facebook over Patents

Yahoo Goes for the Nuclear Option, Sues Facebook over Patents

Stabbing one of your only friends in the back could be a solid short-term strategy

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  • By Lucian Parfeni
  • March 5th, 2012
Yahoo Labs Head Leaving for Google, Research to Get the Axe at Yahoo

Yahoo Labs Head Leaving for Google, Research to Get the Axe at Yahoo

Yahoo hasn't been much of an innovator lately, but the worst is still to come, it seems

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  • By Lucian Parfeni
  • February 22nd, 2012
Flickr to Debut a Redesigned Photo View, New Uploader in a Week

Flickr to Debut a Redesigned Photo View, New Uploader in a Week

More updated and redesigned features are on their way this year

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  • By Lucian Parfeni
  • February 18th, 2012
Yahoo Searches Predict "War Horse" as the Oscar Favorite

Yahoo Searches Predict "War Horse" as the Oscar Favorite

Brad Pitt is favored for best actor, Rooney Mara for best actress

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  • By Lucian Parfeni
  • February 17th, 2012
Yahoo Open Sources YSlow Website Performance Benchmark

Yahoo Open Sources YSlow Website Performance Benchmark

Code is available under a BSD license and contributors are encouraged to add features

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  • By Lucian Parfeni
  • February 11th, 2012
Yahoo's Snazzy HTML5 Visualization Shows What Stories are Popular and with Whom

Yahoo's Snazzy HTML5 Visualization Shows What Stories are Popular and with Whom

Showing how its homepage customization algorithm works

 
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