In a recent post over at Yahoo!’s blog, CEO Marissa Mayer has welcomed users into the new and more personalized Yahoo! web portal and search site, with several changes that extend from newsfeeds to apps. The new Yahoo!, according to Mayer, has been customized to better fit users’ interests and search requirements making the site [...]
Yahoo and Google have always been considered as the fiercest rivals for search, but where ads are concerned an agreement has already been worked out, as revealed in a recent blog post update by Yahoo. News on a possible Yahoo-Google ad alliance first cropped up in a report by AllThingsD, through unnamed sources. According to [...]
Yahoo! has sent in their fourth-quarter financial results, ending 2012 with a more or less optimistic note as to where this now-embattled Internet company is heading, given the burgeoning doubts by investors and financial analysts. This is the second full quarter for recently appointed CEO Marissa Mayer, who replaced Ross Levinson in 2012. The financial [...]
In blog update by Yahoo! CEO Marissa Mayer, Yahoo! Mail has been updated to sport a new design, created over all to be less distracting and more efficient. Mayer and the rest of the Yahoo! Mail team understand the importance of quick email service that gets things done in a jiffy. And given that email [...]
A Year in Review, by Yahoo US, presents everything taht made the buzz in 2012. General Rankings for most searched keywords on Yahoo United States 1. Elections 2. iPhone 5 3. Kim Kardashian 4. Kate Upton 5. Kate Middleton 6. Whitney Houston 7. Olympics 8. Political Polls 9. Lindsay Lohan 10. Jennifer Lopez Top News [...]
Written on 03 Dec 2012 by Vincent AbryDue to Yahoo’s continual efforts at restructuring, the company is set to leave South Korea before 2012 is over. According to TheNextWeb, the news – first published by Reuters this morning – was confirmed shortly by Yahoo through an official announcement. In a statement, the company released word about their plans to close down their [...]
Yahoo appoints a new Chief Executive in the person of Marissa Mayer, a former Google search executive who was responsible for the success of many Google products, including Google News, Google Images and Gmail. Mayer follows in the top position most recently held by Scott Thompson, who resigned as CEO in May after a controversy [...]
Yahoo has confirmed yesterday that they are launching a new browser – Axis. This browser, which is focused more on providing visual results, attempts to eliminate the bulky step inherent in most web searches. Rather than having to go through a long list of links, users can actually “see the results” and head to a [...]
UPDATE : ex-Yahoo chief told board he has thyroid cancer. After having gone through five Chief Executive Officers in the past 18 years, Yahoo has appointed, yet again, a new CEO – albeit on an interim basis – following the resignation of Scott Thompson. Yahoo EVP Ross Levisohn replaces Thompson after only about four months [...]
First T-Mobile, now Yahoo! In a letter to employees, the internet company has confirmed the fact that they will be laying off about 14% of their workforce, which equates to approximately 2,000 employees. Most of the layoffs will come in the products department as Yahoo struggles to move the company forward in a time where [...]
Facebook is no stranger to lawsuits, after all it is considered the most powerful social media platform. In a bold move, Yahoo! – now under the direction of a new CEO – has filed a 19 page lawsuit claiming that Facebook is violating not one, but 10 patents, effectively abusing the intellectual property of Yahoo!. [...]
Jerry Yang resigned today from the Board of Directors of Yahoo. Yang co-founded Yahoo! in 1995 with David Filo. He was the CEO of the company from 2007 to 2008. In 2008 he resigned from his position, mostly because the deal Yahoo-Microsoft was never concluded. Here are the last words of Jerry Yang at Yahoo!: [...]
Written on 17 Jan 2012 by Vincent AbryYahoo CEO Carol Bartz was fired over the phone. With just a 33% employee approval rate it was just a matter of time. Tim Morse the actual CFO, was named Interim CEO. Yahoo stock was jumping (+6%) after removing Carol Bartz from her role as CEO. Sale of the company could probably be the next [...]
Written on 07 Sep 2011 by Vincent AbryA new Yahoo! Mail has come. You can access the Beta version here : features.mail.yahoo.com/ What is new here : -faster, better speed -better spam protection -unlimited storage (send multiple files, up to a total of 25 MB) -connect with Facebook -Chat Messenger -mobile
Written on 29 Oct 2010 by Vincent AbryYahoo.com is the no 1 web portal for News, Finance, Weather, Yahoo mail, and Yahoo messenger. David Filo and Jerry Yang were two candidates studying at Stanford University and they developed both similar passions, bringing up the Yahoo! concept through the years. Yahoo! stands for “Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle” and its founders insisted on [...]
Written on 10 June 2010 by Vincent AbryYahoo has sealed a deal to buy Associated Content for $100 million. Associated content is a huge web platform for text, image and video media, regrouping some 400 000 online low-cost freelance writers (5 dollars per post). The start-up has raised a total of $21.4 million between 2006 and 2009. It was created in Denver, [...]
