Given the disastrous shape Yahoo was in when Mayer took over as CEO, her most important accomplishment over the past year may simply have been to get people talking positively about Yahoo again.
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The New Flickr Is Worth Another Look
The photo service, which Yahoo acquired in 2005, is now offering a whopping one terabyte of free storage, with no size limits.
Fun Fact: There Was Once a Yahoo DVD Player
Forget Yahoo the web portal, forget Yahoo the e-mail service, forget Yahoo the company that just bought Tumblr: Back in 2005, there was a Yahoo DVD player.
What Is Tumblr?
What you’re about to read can only be fairly categorized as a technoerotic thriller.
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Yahoo-Tumblr: It’s Not What You Buy, It’s What You Do With It
Yahoo has a long record of buying cool companies — and failing to benefit from that coolness. Here’s hoping history doesn’t repeat itself with Tumblr.
Report: Yahoo Board Approves Billion-Dollar Tumblr Deal
Internet icon Yahoo is in talks to buy New York-based social blogging platform Tumblr for as much as $1 billion, according to multiple reports.
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Yahoo’s New IntoNow Update Lets You Do More with TV
“You are doing important work. Please don't stop.”
The Ten Most Influential Women in Technology
Marissa Mayer’s appointment as CEO of Yahoo! was an exciting development for her legion of fans — both male and female. It was also an undeniable cause for celebration among those who would like to see more women in positions of …
Online Blockbuster?: Tom Hanks’ ‘Electric City’ Debuts on Yahoo Today
Hanks’ 90-minute, 20-episode series is being touted as a “first-of-its-kind, 360-degree online interaction of digital, social, mobile and gaming media.”
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Can Google Star Marissa Mayer Save Yahoo?
Google’s 20th employee is one of Silicon Valley’s brightest stars and a ‘tireless champion’ of the user experience.
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Marissa Mayer: Yahoo!’s Utterly Surprising, Completely Logical Pick for CEO
There was a time, out here in Silicon Valley, when Marissa Mayer seemed to have as symbiotic a relationship with Google as its founders, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, and its CEO, Eric Schmidt, did.
As the company’s 20th hire, …