Internet corporation Yahoo! Inc. has recently announced that co-founder Jerry Yang has resigned from the Board of Directors and all other positions with the company. He has also quit from the Boards of Yahoo Japan Corporation as well as Alibaba Group Holding Limited. More »

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Nowadays, with apps such as the like of WhatsApp and Kik Messenger, free text messaging isn’t uncommon. Yahoo! also want to provide the same and have now released their Hub application to do just that. Hub users can send messages to each other via the app which is effectively just a free way to text, dependent on a data connection. More »

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According to a report on Tuesday, Microsoft, Yahoo, and AOL have announced a partnership that would allow for the buying and selling of each others’ advertisement spaces. More »

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Right now, to think of this situation as a reality would be quite over the line. However, talks have began, even at this early stage in time. No private equity firms have been pointed out for involvement as of yet, so there’s a long way to go. More »

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Reuters reported that there were rumors that Microsoft may have plans to bid for Yahoo, again. However, this deal will likely not happen soon, as there are reportedly sections inside Microsoft that are against the acquisition. More »

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Recently, the CEO of Yahoo, Carol Bartz, was kicked out of the company after a phone call with Chairman Roy Bostock. Furthermore, it was announced that the Chief Financial Officer will fill in as a temporary CEO, while the company searches for a new leader to gear up and get ready to face the rivals like Facebook and Google Inc. More »

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Software company Droplets filed a lawsuit last week against Amazon, Apple, Google, Facebook, Yahoo, and YouTube. More »

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Well, I’m sure that most people who have been paying attention to the news know that Yahoo has fired CEO Carol Bartz after 2 years on the job. And by phone, which means that Yahoo cares so little about her. More »

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A new search feature has been launched by Yahoo. It anticipates queries as users write them. Search Direct is similar to the Instant Search Feature that Google released back in September. Yahoo distinguished in a press release that it will act as a query tool for answer but not links. More »

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A study conducted by Yahoo! featuring 8,384 U.S. residents aged 13-64 has found that a staggering “86% of mobile Internet users (and 92% of 13-24s) are using their mobile devices simultaneously with TV.” More »

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The social networking world is becoming increasingly popular, something that investors are making note of. Websites such as Yahoo and eBay were beaten by Facebook this year when it came to value. This news adds yet another high for Facebook’s ever-growing list of achievements at a time where the year is about to end. More »

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Apparently some Yahoo! users using the search engine may recently have stumbled upon some… less-than-classy material in their search results. For a brief time interval, it seems that a glitch or bug in the system caused almost any search resulting in thumbnails to lead to pornographic images! More »

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Doesn’t seem like it’s a rumor anymore. It was reported earlier that around 20% of Yahoo’s workforce will be cut, with Yahoo saying that that number is misleading. But which company would want to admit to how much people they have to layoff? Someone first alerted the public of these layoffs on November 23rd, saying that they will being after Thanksgiving, but before “XMAS.” Here are some of the other tips received: More »

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I’m sure most of you already know that Starbucks provides free internet, but now every store will be providing a new network full of online content on a platform designed by Yahoo for free. The network offers mobile optimized versions of content that will only be accessible when connected to a Starbucks Wi-Fi Network. More »

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Google’s a search engine, check. Facebook does social networking, check. Yahoo, erm, well I use it for the weather? But it has games, and sometimes my mom checks her mail on it. Oh, and there’s news, too. About celebrities and movies and stuff. What is Yahoo? Looks the other way. More »

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