Tag: Yahoo
Yahoo Places a Bid for Hulu
Yahoo has been on a very aggressive acquiring spree lately and they have just placed a bid for the streaming video site Hulu, the service is currently owned by a conglomerate of big companies that include: NBC Universal, Fox and Disney. Yahoo however is not the only bidder; they have competition from Direct TV, [...]
Flickr goes Down Four Days after a Major Revamp
Yahoo have been very busy lately with them acquiring Tumblr and revamping their business model, but just four days after they unveiled a Flickr revamp the service went down for some users. The official Flickr Twitter account tweeted “Experiencing slowness or having trouble accessing the site? We’re on it, and are working to fix the [...]
Yahoo acquires startup PlayerScale
Yahoo’s acquisition spree continues, in the shadow of the biggest deal this year, a $1 billion acquisition for Tumblr, the company has just bought gaming infrastructure startup PlayerScale. The amount has not been disclosed and this seems to be another small stakes acquisition, although it seems unlike others where Yahoo went for the talent or [...]
Tumblr CEO feels the $1.1 billion offer from Yahoo is too low
Tumblr CEO David Karp has said that he thinks the amount that Yahoo wants to lay down for the acquisition of the blogging service, the amount that the Yahoo board have officially agreed upon that they are willing to spend on acquiring the company is $1.1 billion. Not too shabby for the company, if they [...]
Yahoo rumoured to be making a $1 Billion Acquisiton of Tumblr
Earlier today rumours have come to light saying that Yahoo who has been making a lot of cut backs recently is serious about acquiring tumblr the social site that allows you to create your own personal blog. Various sources are saying that they are planning on acquiring the company out right and they have plans [...]
Yahoo reportedly makes bid for Hulu
Yahoo has been in preliminary talks with Hulu over a possible acquisition and Marissa Mayer is currently in informal meetings with the company about content deals and how Hulu would work with Yahoo. The possibility of an acquisition could be very possible, according to AllThingsD, even though Hulu is wanted by more than one buyer. Former News [...]
Yahoo! News comes with Summly natural language
Yahoo! News has just sprouted on the iOS store and looks a lot like the app Yahoo just bought a few weeks ago, called Summly. Summly had natural language processing to make articles shorter, for people who enjoy quick to read summaries. Summly was bought by Yahoo for $30 million and became the sixth mobile [...]
Yahoo restrategizes to focus on mobile
Yahoo has announced a change in its business strategy, they are changing it up to try and keep up with the rest of the internet in this the age of mobile. The core products that Yahoo will continue to focus on including mail and weather apps. The products that are for the chopping block include [...]
Yahoo builds impressive iOS weather app
Yahoo has always been an information company, in many respects. This information directive sometimes meant the designs and user interface on the web and on applications was second grade, compared to many other providers. Google suffered from the same problem, until Larry Page stepped in as CEO, many of Google’s products were scattered, unconnected and [...]
Dropbox Partners With New Yahoo Mail For Attachments Of Any Size
One of the limitations of Yahoo Mail is that attachments are only limited to 25 MB. This means that if you’re going to send a huge file you either have to cut it into parts or just use another email service altogether that allows for sending of huge files. This is about to change as [...]
Yahoo Mail Users Still Getting Hacked Despite Vulnerability Fixes
Is using Yahoo Mail still safe to use? This is a question a lot of users are asking as user accounts have been compromised as early as January. While Yahoo isn’t the only tech company attacked by hackers the ongoing issue that still prevails months after it was first reported is very concerning. As reported [...]
Yahoo’s new social network Mash to connect like never before
Yahoo has ‘long’ been holding the ‘short’ end of the stick when it comes to social networking and technology. It has lost out to Google both with email and search engine services where Google has the largest share of the social pie. Making an attempt to turn tables and get back on top, Yahoo is [...]
Yahoo Boss Marissa Mayer Sees Opportunity on Mobile Industry
Yahoo Inc. Chief Executive Officer Marissa Mayer provided just little details of her company’s next plans but stressed the importance of the booming mobile industry to the internet giant during last night’s event hosted by Fortune. Mayer, who assumed Yahoo’s top front office job since July 16, graced Fortune’s Most Powerful Women dinner in New [...]
