Posts Tagged ‘ yahoo ’

Yahoo Announces Realignment Plan
Yahoo has announced a new organizational "realignment plan." As part of the plan, the company is creating a handful of new teams: an audience products division, responsible for product strategy and management; a U.S. marketing division, responsible ... continue
Yahoo Sends Shareholders Strong Plea
Following yesterday's rumors of rekindled talks between Yahoo and Microsoft, Yahoo execs have sent a letter to shareholders basically begging to keep their jobs while saying nothing new. The letter emphasizes the fact that the Google ad deal ... continue
Who Profited from the Latest Microsoft/ Yahoo Rumors?
With news being strategically leaked earlier today that Microsoft and Yahoo had resumed talks again (although over what seems to be depending on which leg of the Chinese whisper you listen to), Yahoo shares bounced to close ... continue
The Neverending Microsoft-Yahoo Saga
Will it ever end? Microsoft and Yahoo may be back in talks, according to information obtained by CNET. The site's source says Microsoft is looking at increasing its offer to buy Yahoo's search business -- something Yahoo's ... continue
Yahoo’s People Loss Is Long Overdue
If headlines are to be believed, there is a massive exodus of staff from Yahoo at the moment. The flight of the Yahooites (Yahoos...what's the collective noun for Yahoo employees??) started before the Microsoft takeover bid, but ... continue
Yahoo Unveils New Domains
Yahoo has announced the introduction of two new domains for its Yahoo Mail users: ymail.com and rocketmail.com. The company says it obtained the domains to make it easier for people to get shorter and simpler addresses with the ... continue
Yahoo-Google Deal Confirmed
As expected, Yahoo has announced a search ad agreement with Google, just hours after officially ending its Microsoft talks. The company will now run Google-supplied AdSense ads next to its search results as well as on some of ... continue
Microsoft Chirps In About Yahoo Conclusion
Microsoft has released a statement of its own regarding its concluded talks with Yahoo, following Yahoo's release of the news earlier this afternoon. "In the weeks since Microsoft withdrew its offer to acquire Yahoo, the two companies have ... continue
Yahoo-Microsoft Talks Are Over
Yahoo says its talks with Microsoft are absolutely over. The company just released a statement indicating its board members had met with Microsoft execs again this week. They were told, the statement says, "unequivocally that Microsoft is ... continue
Google Gains Another Winning Month
Google's got another strong month under its belt in terms of web traffic. Media measuring company HitWise released its May data this morning. The researcher found Google took a full 68 percent of all U.S. ... continue
Viewzi Opens Its Door To The Public
Viewzi, the visual search engine I described back in May as "visual search nearly done right" has opened its doors to the public. According to the Viewzi team, the private beta program has been "a great success" ... continue
Technician Finds MySpace Privacy Hack
A Canadian computer technician says he's found a way to get around MySpace security and see any user's private photos, and he's using Lindsay Lohan and Paris Hilton as examples. The guy found a simple roundabout process in ... continue