Kail -- with 23 years of IT operations at Netflix and Attensity under his belt -- brings both experience and vision to his new post at Yahoo, according to Marissa Mayer.…
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Yahoo buys Aviate, focuses on context and content on mobiles
Can Marissa Mayer make Yahoo more relevant at a time where mobile usage is skyrocketing and consumers are bombarded with information? The jury is out but several initiatives give her a chance: New digital magzines and apps for easily digestible content.…
Read MoreKatie Couric’s next show will be on Yahoo.com
Katie Couric is leaving ABC News for Yahoo, where she will become David Pogue's new boss, and do some features for Yahoo's homepage.…
Read MoreWait, what? Dell wants more people to work from home?
As Yahoo and HP restrict employees ability to work from home, Dell moves in the opposite direction…
Read MoreMicrosoft drops stack ranking system: Did the incoming CEO make that happen?
We’ve heard that Microsoft’s board is eager to bring on a new CEO before the end of the year to replace outgoing…
Read MoreWho’s calling the shots?
Who Will Be Calling The Shots At Microsoft? I wrote this week about Stephen Elop’s willingness to ax some of Microsoft’s products…
Read MoreNew York Times’ David Pogue is going to Yahoo to launch a consumer tech site
The New York Times' tech columnist David Pogue is leaving the paper for Yahoo, where he'll help launch a consumer tech site.…
Read MoreMinted mints $41 million in new funding for its crowdsourced design market
Crowdsourced product design and independent art marketplace Minted has received $41 million in a Series C round to scale its burgeoning stationery business.…
Read MoreHP’s Meg Whitman follows Marissa Mayer’s lead: All Hands On Deck
Meg Whitman’s turnaround has not been going well. In late August Whitman told analysts that she doesn’t expect the company to grow…
Read MoreCEO Marissa Mayer: Yahoo has passed 800 million monthly active users
Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer explains her plans to get Yahoo back on the path of growth, attract new users and embrace mobile. She also said the company now has about 800 million monthly active users.…
Read MoreWhat we can learn from Marissa Mayer’s new logo for Yahoo
Marissa Mayer’s newest bit of non-strategic putzing around — which I fear may be the case in the acquisition spree she’s been…
Read MoreWhy Foursquare’s new feature makes a Google takeover offer even more likely
Foursquare is reportedly looking for investment from a large technology company, and the most obvious fit is Google -- because features like its real-time recommendations would fit perfectly with Google Now.…
Read MoreYahoo is back on top! Of ComScore’s 50 U.S. web properties, that is.
For the first time since May 2011, Yahoo tops the list of most trafficked websites in ComScore's Media Matrix.…
Read MoreMarissa Mayer appoints former Google Zagat head to lead Flickr
Flickr has a new leader who comes from Google, where he was in charge of integrating Zagat into the company's products.…
Read MoreYahoo continues acquisition spree, picks up social news company Rockmelt
Yahoo has acquired Rockmelt, the company that raised funding from top Silicon Valley investors to build a social browser for the web, but which had since pivoted to building social news apps intead.…
Read MoreYahoo adopts the New York Yankees’ approach instead of Moneyball
Can Mayer and company build a social mobile architecture and sell ads on it?…
Read MoreWhy is Dan Loeb selling his Yahoo stock? And why now?
Dan Loeb, the activist investor and CEO of Third Point, is selling a substantial part of his Yahoo stock, making a profit of $655 million and leaving the board along with his two appointees. The question is why, and more importantly, why now?…
Read MoreMarissa Mayer’s had a year at Yahoo, and I’ll give her a B
After a year at Yahoo, I have to give Marissa Mayer at least a B. She’s managed to keep investors happy —…
Read MoreYahoo revenue flat (again) in second quarter, but Mayer focused on “second spring”
Yahoo announced second quarter earnings on Tuesday, and while the company saw some bright spots and investors have liked Mayer's new leadership, the company is still struggling to produce big gains in revenue.…
Read MoreMarissa Mayer has been on a shopping spree at Yahoo, but is there any sign of a strategy?
Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer has spent more than $1 billion on over a dozen acquisitions, deals that have been all over the map in terms of size and focus. Is there any coherent strategy at work here?…
Read MoreBrit + Co. raises $6.3 million to build DIY-driven media company
Brit + Co. wants to help you make all the projects you see on Pinterest and turn them into real-life goods. The company has built a personality-driven media company that capitalizes on the trends we've seen in commerce and social media.…
Read MoreYahoo devours conference call service Rondee and photo app makers GhostBird
Marissa Mayer's hunger for fresh talent has clearly not yet been sated -- in the last day alone, Yahoo has snapped up and announced the closure of two more startups.…
Read MoreGoogle sends big bags of fresh cash to Waze’s early backers
Four years after it launched at our Mobilize conference, Waze is finally sold to Google for about a billion. It certainly was a windfall for its early investors. And one surprising one!…
Read MoreWhat cities, data and Yahoo have in common: Interaction matters
A recent study from MIT suggests the likelihood of face-to-face interactions within a city means more productivity. It seems to apply equally to companies and even data, which suggests engineers and architects of all types should take notice.…
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