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Yahoo may have paid $1.1 billion (€856M) for Tumblr, but what has the Internet giant actually bought? Well, the answer is a large number of young users. According to a research, Tumblr got 73 million new accounts in the first three months of the year, which sums up to about 5 percent of the total Internet user... |
22 May 2013
09:11 GMT |
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A Tumblr user has posted a photo of a receipt received by her mother, who works as a waitress.
This woman got an amazing $1,000 (€770) tip on a $60.42 (€46) meal, from a benefactor trying to help her make her dreams come true.
This story could be fake, but it's nice to think that it isn't, espe... |
21 May 2013
08:58 GMT |
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In the midst of all the news concerning Tumblr and Yahoo today, other details have gone unnoticed, such as Tumblr’s new update for its iOS app.
The company released a small update to their app for iPhone and iPad with the version 3.3.2.
According to the change log, the update brings a “fancy new post ... |
20 May 2013
11:02 GMT |
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While there are hundreds of millions of people who have at least heard of Tumblr, there are many who haven’t. That’s mainly because the platform caters to a younger audience. Tumblr is a six-year-old company that was started by David Karp. He was only 20 at the time. Now that Tumblr is becoming even m... |
20 May 2013
10:32 GMT |
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As Yahoo signed the deal with Tumblr, many wondered what they each had to win out of the deal. Well, Yahoo gets a great blogging platform that is constantly growing and has plenty of room to evolve, as well as a great team and a young entrepreneur that cares deeply about those who use Tumblr. At the same time, Tu... |
20 May 2013
10:07 GMT |
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As Yahoo announced the biggest deal of the past year, namely buying Tumblr for $1.1 billion, the company is also moving its blog to the Tumblr platform.
This seems appropriate given that now it basically owns a proper blogging platform.
The site has one single post so far and can be found at Yahoo.tumblr.com. The... |
20 May 2013
09:34 GMT |
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Yahoo isn’t the only one happy about signing the deal with Tumblr; David Karp, the platform’s CEO, is happy as well.
Karp said in a blog post that he was “elated” to tell us that Tumblr would be joining Yahoo.
“Before touching on how awesome this is, let me try to allay any concerns: ... |
20 May 2013
09:05 GMT |
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As Yahoo announced its $1.1 billion (€856 million) acquisition of Tumblr this morning, investors are trying to buy more and more shares, making the stock price head to $27 (€21).
After years of having an extremely low price per stock, Yahoo is thriving under Marissa Mayer. Her latest acquisition of blogging platfor... |
20 May 2013
08:50 GMT |
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Yahoo has confirmed that it has acquired Tumblr after several days of rumors regarding the transaction. “Per the agreement and our promise not to screw it up, Tumblr will be independently operated as a separate business. David Karp will remain CEO. The product, service and brand will continue to be defined an... |
20 May 2013
08:25 GMT |
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Some argue that the $1.1 billion (€856 million) deal between Yahoo and Tumblr is way more than the Internet giant should have paid, while others think it doesn’t even begin to cover what Tumblr is capable of.
While the first category is generally formed by people who have no idea about Tumblr, the second... |
20 May 2013
07:49 GMT |
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Well, it’s obvious that not all users are happy about Yahoo buying Tumblr, although they don’t even know the details of the deal yet. WordPress founder Matt Mullenweg said in a blog post that imports from Tumblr to WordPress had risen from an average of 500 blog posts an hour to over 72,000 on Sunday. ... |
20 May 2013
07:35 GMT |
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Ever since news came about that Yahoo was in advanced talks to Tumblr for a buyout, users have gone into frenzy, scared of what the deal could mean to them.
However, most of their fears don’t have a solid ground to them.
For instance, one of the main worries the users had was that the blogging platform will... |
20 May 2013
02:22 GMT |
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Yahoo has bought Tumblr for a whopping $1.1 billion (€856 million), after the company’s board approved of the acquisition during a Sunday evening meeting.
The price is slightly higher than what Facebook paid for Instagram last spring, Wall Street Journal reports.
Since Yahoo has already announced they ... |
20 May 2013
01:59 GMT |
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As companies “fight” over buying Tumblr, Yahoo seems to be the one that is closest to sealing the deal. The price tag? A whopping $1.1 billion (€856 million). However, the sum doesn’t seem to be big enough for Tumblr, TechCrunch reports, citing sources with knowledge on the matter. ... |
18 May 2013
14:51 GMT |
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As Yahoo is said to be closing in on a deal with Tumblr for over $1 billion, other giants also have their eyes on the platform. Apparently, Facebook and Microsoft are also interested in Tumblr and have been negotiating a take-over, Forbes reports. If the deal with Yahoo falls through, Tumblr can look at the other... |
18 May 2013
05:40 GMT |
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The Yahoo board is said to be planning a meeting for Sunday night to decide whether to approve the $1.1 billion (€856 million) cash offer for Tumblr. According to AllThingsD, Yahoo has been thinking about the deal with Tumblr for some time after going from considering a strategic investment to an acquisit... |
18 May 2013
03:58 GMT |
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Yahoo is reportedly eyeing Tumblr for their next buyout. The deal, according to sources, could reach as high as $1 billion (€778 million), which would put it in the same league as Facebook’s Instagram acquisition last year. So far, Marissa Mayer has stayed away from big acquisitions and has resumed to sp... |
17 May 2013
02:08 GMT |
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Tumblr Touch has just received a new pack of improvements, as the developers behind this project introduced several bug fixes and new options for Windows 8 users.
The app is already experiencing a great success on Windows 8, especially because an official Tumblr client is missing from the Store, so this new update s... |
30 April 2013
14:41 GMT |
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The White House has been quite connected to the social web world recently, and for good reason. Now, it's adding another social network of sorts to the list of places it has a presence in, namely Tumblr. And before you ask, yes, there will be GIFs. "We see some great things here at the White House every day, a... |
27 April 2013
08:31 GMT |
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Blog hosting site Tumblr has announced that it has updated its iOS app to version 3.3.1, adding several important features. The new version lets users share their posts via other social networks such as Twitter and Facebook. Furthermore, it comes with Instapaper and Pocket support for any content that is saved for ... |
24 April 2013
11:14 GMT |
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Tumblr, one of the most popular social services, has just released a new client for Windows Phone 8 platform. The only operating system that did not have its own Tumblr application until recently, Windows Phone 8 finally joins iOS and Android versions. With Tumblr for Windows Phone 8, users will be able to share p... |
24 April 2013
02:09 GMT |
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There are several Tumblr clients available on Windows 8, but those of you who want a full-featured app should really give a shot to Metromblr.
The app packs a great collection of features, including photo pinning, like, and comment options, photo searching, Facebook and Twitter support, user hubs, and touch-optimize... |
23 April 2013
20:41 GMT |
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Tumblr Touch is a Windows 8 application that gives you the power to control your Tumblr.com page without even leaving the Metro UI, providing users with a rich collection of features compatible with all versions of Microsoft’s new OS.
The app allows users to add new text, photos, quotes, and links to any blog,... |
22 April 2013
20:41 GMT |
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One of the most popular social video sharing applications for Android devices, Keek has just received a small update that brings a new feature, along with some bug fixes and improvements.
First of all, those who are familiar with the application should know that starting with this version, they will be able to share... |
4 April 2013
17:31 GMT |
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Tumblr has been growing like a weed in recent years and, despite taking somewhat of a backseat to more flashy competitors, it doesn't seem to be slowing down. In fact, the blogging platform has just passed the 100 million blogs mark.
That's double the number of blogs it hosted just one year ago, almost to... |
27 March 2013
08:11 GMT |
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Tumblr has released a new version of its social-photography app which packs a brand new Camera tool, the ability to create Photosets straight from the app, and more added functionality.
Tumblr version 3.3 arrives with a new camera and photosets, which you can create straight from the app itself, according to the rel... |
12 March 2013
11:20 GMT |
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Cybercriminals have been trying to lure WWE fans to their malicious websites, with Facebook posts that say John Cena has died, since August 2012. However, the scammers are now also using Tumblr as part of the scam. The scam posts are pretty much the same as they were back in August. They read something like: &ldqu... |
5 February 2013
16:01 GMT |
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Tumblr doesn't have any problem driving up traffic, but it's operating in a very crowded space and, much like everyone else, navigating a migration to mobile, so any little bit helps.
The latest addition is a brand new compose window, or pop-up rather, that makes it even easier to post to Tumblr.
Not tha... |
24 January 2013
10:54 GMT |
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Tumblr has been growing fast over the last few years to the point that it's now more popular than blogs, at least in Google searches. The term "tumblr" was used in more Google searches than the term "blog" for the first time last year.
This is due to a decline in searches for blog and a huge increase in search... |
3 January 2013
08:59 GMT |
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Social networking service Tumblr has released a universal binary iOS app that works natively on all screen sizes, including the 10-inch display of the newest iPads, as well as the elongated iPhone 5.
A Jack of all trades in the social networking segment, Tumblr lets you post anything from photos, videos, and quotes,... |
20 December 2012
11:31 GMT |
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According to security researcher Janne Ahlberg, who has thoroughly investigated the latest incident as a result of which thousands of Tumblr blogs have been hijacked, the stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability that has allowed the hackers to pull of the stunt remains unfixed.
The expert highlights the fact ... |
11 December 2012
09:39 GMT |
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Tumblr, the post-anything service, has been updated for iPhone and iPad with a new blog lookup feature, new panorama views and bug fixes. Download version 3.2.2 at the link below.
Tumblr 3.2.2 brings a new blog lookup feature which enables users to go to their account screen and tap “Find blogs” to searc... |
4 December 2012
20:41 GMT |
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Tumblr for Android has just received a minor update which brings some tweaks that make it easier for users to browse the app’s menus and interface.
The application has been bumped to version 3.1.8 and long-time users will surely notice that featured tags are now much easier to browse on Tumblr’s redesign... |
4 December 2012
07:21 GMT |
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Yesterday, several thousand Tumblr blogs were blogs were “defaced” with the aid of a worm that most likely exploited the service’s reblog feature. Experts from security firm Sophos have determined that the attackers relied on a JavaScript code in order to trick victims into publishing a ... |
4 December 2012
07:00 GMT |
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Tumblr seems to be suffering from a viral hack at the moment, as several blogs appeared to have been compromised and are now displaying a message from the notorious troll organization GNAA.
The problem seems to be with Tumblr, which has acknowledged it, so account credentials probably haven't been compromised.... |
3 December 2012
12:11 GMT |
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Tumblr getting bigger and bigger is as surprising as Twitter getting larger or Facebook amassing even more of your photos. Which is to say, it's not.
To give you an idea of just how big Tumblr has become, in just a few years, the company brags that it's now part of the top 10 US sites, as measured by Quan... |
27 November 2012
08:45 GMT |
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Tumblr is happy to announce a native experience for iOS customers. The formerly web-centric client now features animations and swiping gestures, and a completely redesigned Dashboard.
“We're so thrilled to tell you that our app is now completely native! Get ready for a faster, smoother, and more responsiv... |
8 November 2012
16:21 GMT |
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With the likes of Instagram and even cooler mobile social networks, Tumblr is beginning to look old, or at least old-fashioned. Still, the site, with a little help from the rather slick mobile app, is still growing and growing fast.
Whereas it was seeing some 15 billion page views per month at the start of 2012, it... |
6 November 2012
04:35 GMT |
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There are some people which have misunderstood the purpose and goal of the Linux operating system and have chosen to express their anger in terrible wallpapers.
Quite a few years ago, when Microsoft had a larger market share, a few Linux users took upon themselves to battle the giant. One of the weapons of choice we... |
2 November 2012
15:41 GMT |
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Few people know what Google App Engine is, but just like any other thing you depend on but don't even know it exists, everyone noticed when it was gone. An outage at Google's venerable cloud platform took down several major internet services including Dropbox and Tumblr, both of which rely on the Google ser... |
26 October 2012
18:03 GMT |
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One of most popular social apps for Android devices, Tumblr exceeded 5 million downloads in Google Play store a long time ago.
The application has just been updated with new tweaks and features in order to offer a smoother user experience. The Post screens have been redesigned and rebuilt, while the blog notificatio... |
23 October 2012
09:45 GMT |
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Tumblr is growing ever more popular and it's seeing huge amounts of traffic. A big part of the reason for its success is that, despite being a blogging platform at core, it's a completely revamped and simplified one.
But this has disadvantages too, one of them being that some of the tools pro or even hobb... |
5 October 2012
07:11 GMT |
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Tumblr, the app that lets you share content, manage your blogs, and find people to follow, has been updated on the iPhone to add messages, tags, dashboard shortcuts, and more.
Tumblr iOS now lets you send Fan Mail to your favorite blogs, use tags, and view tracked and featured tags, as well as track or untrack tags.... |
7 September 2012
18:41 GMT |
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Tumblr has been growing bigger and bigger, but the type of things it's best at, small, media heavy posts, are now done, more and more, on mobile devices.
The new wave of mobile first or mobile only services, Instagram and friends, is the big threat, so Tumblr is treating mobile very seriously.
Earlier this ye... |
6 September 2012
10:51 GMT |
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GIFs have been obsolete for a decade now but they've never really gone away. Even as bandwidth and browsers are more than capable of handling high quality images, GIFs have a few qualities that are really their own, transparency, small file size and so on.More recently though, it's one thing that made them ... |
1 September 2012
13:41 GMT |
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Twitter is not done abusing all of the developers and companies that helped it become what it is today. It's now aiming its "I'm too cool for you" gun at Tumblr which has removed the find friends on Twitter functionality. Not voluntary, mind you, Twitter doesn't want developers getting any value out ... |
23 August 2012
04:41 GMT |
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Security researcher Riyaz Ahemed Walikar has identified a persistent cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability on the popular microblogging platform Tumblr. XSS flaws are highly common on websites these days, but most of them are non-persistent and implicitly less dangerous. “XSS can cause a lot of serious pr... |
13 July 2012
10:41 GMT |
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The developers of Tumblr are telling fans to “get ready for a faster, completely-rebuilt app that’s better in every possible way.” And they’re not wrong. Users who update today will be greeted by a completely re-imagined dashboard view which makes it much easier to navigate the app, including... |
22 June 2012
16:11 GMT |
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Independent Indian security researchers Aditya Gupta and Subho Halder have identified a dangerous cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the popular blog hosting platform Tumblr.
According to the experts, the security hole is not something that should be left unaddressed since it poses a lot of risks ... |
11 June 2012
03:28 GMT |
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Tumblr users are advised to be careful who they become friends with and what links they click on, especially if they’re posted by a customer whose only messages read “follow me, I follow back.”
That’s exactly how the latest Tumblr phishing campaign begins. A shady user starts following random... |
22 May 2012
05:31 GMT |
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