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Yahoo joins bidding war for web broadcaster Hulu
Reports link tech giant to online video service which is also coveted by Time Warner, William Morris and more The online video service Hulu is at the centre of a frenzied bidding war, according to US media reports, with the tech giant Yahoo rumoured to have made an offer for…
Yahoo prepares to buy Tumblr for up to $1.1 billion
Marissa Mayer, the former Googler who is now chief executive of Yahoo, is poised to create yet another nothing-to-riches tale in the web industry with a rumoured $1.1bn (£720m) acquisition of the blogging site Tumblr. Mayer called Yahoo’s board together on Sunday afternoon to discuss the company’s latest attempt to regain the glamour it…
Yahoo worker benefits to include gifts for babies, puppies, and kittens
New mom and Yahoo! chief Marissa Mayer has added gifts for babies, puppies and kittens to employee perks as part of a campaign to bolster morale, the pioneering Internet firm confirmed on Tuesday. “We’ve been very focused on making Yahoo! the absolute best place to work,” a spokesman for the…
Yahoo buys mobile newsreader app Summly from 17-year-old London kid
Yahoo! announced plans Monday to buy mobile news reader app Summly from the London teenager who invented it, likely transforming him into one of the world’s youngest self-made multimillionaires. The company did not disclose the terms of the deal it struck with 17-year-old Nick D’Aloisio, but the London Evening Standard…
Yahoo buys personal recommendation app Jybe
Yahoo! on Wednesday announced that it has bought Jybe, the startup behind a smartphone application that makes local entertainment or dining recommendations based on what people like. The Jybe team of five employees, all former Yahoo! workers, will return to the fold at the Sunnyvale, California-based firm, according to cloud…
Yahoo CEO orders end to working from home
Marissa Mayer has ordered an end to ‘remote’ work as all staff are told to be in the office as part of a new era of collaboration Surfing the web from at home might be just what Yahoo‘s chief Marissa Mayer wants her audience to do – but she has banned employees of…
Yahoo plans to end South Korea operations by the end of the year
Yahoo Inc. said Friday it will close its South Korean operations by the end of this year, citing a challenging business environment as it struggles to compete in a market dominated by local web portals. “The Korean operation has been faced with a lot of challenges and has slowed Yahoo’s…
Yahoo News chief fired for saying GOP likes partying while black people drown
Yahoo! fired its Washington bureau chief Wednesday after he was caught on a live mic at the Republican convention joking that Republicans were, “happy to have a party with black people drowning.” David Chalian, the now former head of Yahoo News’ DC bureau, was referring to the fact that the GOP…
Yahoo Voice hack leaks 450,000 usernames and passwords
Usernames and unencrypted passwords posted online after hack attack on Yahoo Voice network More than 450,000 usernames and unencrypted passwords appear to have been stolen from Yahoo Voice, a user-contribution services on Yahoo’s network, and posted online. Similar attacks have been reported separately against other online services, including Android Forums…
Security researcher warns of Android ‘botnet’
Malware has been spreading on Android mobile phones that takes control of certain email accounts to create a “botnet” to send out spam, a security researcher said this week. Microsoft security engineer Terry Zink said the malware has infected phones of users’ Yahoo email accounts to send out spam messages.…
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