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Follow This Year’s Summer Blockbusters With the ‘Movieland’ Boardgame Follow This Year’s Summer Blockbusters With the ‘Movieland’ Boardgame

Superhero movies are expected to dominate this year’s summer movie list. The Avengers is still topping the box office right now, drawing huge amounts of ticket sales. But the season is just getting started, and there are many more big …

Thompson Leaves Yahoo with No Severance but Makes Millions Thompson Leaves Yahoo with No Severance but Makes Millions

As you may recall, Yahoo and CEO Scott Thompson have agreed to part ways as of yesterday. Thompson, who found himself locked in a battle with activist Yahoo investor Dan Loeb and his venture capital firm Third Point, was accused …

Yahoo! Unveils Genome Yahoo! Unveils Genome

Yahoo Inc. just announced Genome, a new online advertising solution, at Internet Week New York. Below is a clip regarding the new platform: Genome, set to be available sometime in July, combines Yahoo! data, interclick’s third party data and advertisers’ …

Scott Thompson Leaves Yahoo After Cancer Diagnosis Scott Thompson Leaves Yahoo After Cancer Diagnosis

Some of us may have had our doubts about Scott Thompson’s claim that he had nothing to do with the perpetuated myth about him having a computer science degree, but regardless he has agreed to step down from his position …

Yahoo Elects New Leadership as Thompson Steps Down Yahoo Elects New Leadership as Thompson Steps Down
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As I reported earlier today, Scott Thompson has decided to step down at Yahoo as CEO citing recently discovered health problems as the main reason. Some may say it comes at very convenient time as he was actively trying to …

Yahoo CEO Resigns and Third Point Wins Proxy Battle Yahoo CEO Resigns and Third Point Wins Proxy Battle
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Last week was a tough one at Yahoo. It started early in the week with CEO Scott Thompson trying to sidestep direct accusations that he purposefully introduced false academic credentials that showed he held a computer science degree. Claiming that …

Conflicting Report Shows Google Sinking, Yahoo! Rising Conflicting Report Shows Google Sinking, Yahoo! Rising
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Earlier today, comScore numbers were leaked showing that both Google and Bing were rising slightly in market share at the combined expense of Yahoo! Now, Experian Marketing Services, a different digital information marketer, has released April search engine market share …

Yahoo! Sinks as Google and Bing Rise Yahoo! Sinks as Google and Bing Rise
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The comScore search engine data for April isn’t out until tomorrow, but Search Engine Land has an unnamed source that has given them a rundown of the numbers. The story they tell is one we saw unfolding as far back …

Yahoo! CEO Never Actually Gave Out False Credentials Yahoo! CEO Never Actually Gave Out False Credentials
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The newest development in the Yahoo fake credentials debacle has surfaced and it has to do with how the fake credentials made their way into CEO Thompson’s biography. The first thing is that Thompson claims he never actually provided a …

Yahoo! Stole Its Logo From Mad Magazine Yahoo! Stole Its Logo From Mad Magazine
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Given Yahoo’s paranoia about other companies stealing ideas from them, they may want to take a look in the mirror. This picture from StartUp Grind’s Derek Anderson, shows some striking similarities between Yahoo’s current logo and a 1963 Mad Magazine …

Yahoo Goes All Out With 2012 Olympic Coverage Yahoo Goes All Out With 2012 Olympic Coverage

Yahoo has been gaining a reputation for exceptional Olympic coverage, and this year won’t be any exception once the events are underway. Their goal is to bring their over 700 million users closer to the events via creations like their …

Yahoo Director Resigns After Discovery of False Credentials Yahoo Director Resigns After Discovery of False Credentials
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The latest development in the Yahoo scandal over false credential is here and this time one of the parties involved has resigned their position. Patti Hart, who was listed in a letter to the board from activist investor Dan Loeb, …

Scott Thompson is Sorry About the Disruption Scott Thompson is Sorry About the Disruption
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I am sure by now you have heard that the proxy battle between the Yahoo board of directors and activist shareholder Dan Loeb and his firm Third Point has gotten a little ugly for the leadership over at Yahoo. Essentially …

ComScore Shows Google Dominates the Mobile Web ComScore Shows Google Dominates the Mobile Web

ComScore, a leading digital metrics company, today released details from its report on social media brands. The results were obtained using comScore’s new mobile behavioral measuring service, which the company calls “Mobile Metrix 2.0.” Using the measurements, comScore was able …

Microsoft, Yahoo Search Alliance Transition Complete in UK, Ireland, France Microsoft, Yahoo Search Alliance Transition Complete in UK, Ireland, France

In mid-April, Microsoft announced that the Microsoft-Yahoo Search Alliance was nearly final in the UK, Ireland and France, after announcing the expansion into these countries in February. The ad transition began on April 18. Today, Microsoft announced that the transition …

Richard Rosenblatt Says Yahoo’s CEO Should Resign Richard Rosenblatt Says Yahoo’s CEO Should Resign

Demand Media CEO Richard Rosenblatt is joining the debate about how Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson should react to the recent uncovering of his false credentials by activist investor Dan Loeb. If you recall, Loeb and his investment firm Third Point …

Yahoo Selling Shares to Alibaba Yahoo Selling Shares to Alibaba

Alibaba, China’s largest online business-to-business trading platform, posted Q1 2012 profits of $53.8 million, though Yahoo Inc. is looking to sell a large portion of its shares with the company. Yahoo bought a 40% stake in the platform in 2005, …

Yahoos Still Stirring About Thompson’s False Credentials Yahoos Still Stirring About Thompson’s False Credentials
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Looking back to last week you’ll probably remember that shareholder activist, Dan Loeb and his investment firm Third Point was stirring the pot big time over at Yahoo. In fact, Loeb is darn right pissed off about the professional path …

Yahoo Claims Patents For Open Source Technologies Yahoo Claims Patents For Open Source Technologies

Facebook is really into the open source movement. Just looking at their developer’s page should tell you that they care about developers and aim to provide them with the best in open source development tools. Yahoo has open sourced some …

Yahoo! Browser Comes To Android Phones In Japan Yahoo! Browser Comes To Android Phones In Japan

Yahoo! has released their own web browser for Android phones. Interestingly, the browser is only available in Japan. It brings with it a slew of security features, and (as you might expect) defaults to Yahoo as the search engine. That …

“Burning Love”: Ken Marino’s New Show Launching On Yahoo Channel “Burning Love”: Ken Marino’s New Show Launching On Yahoo Channel

If you’re old enough to remember the MTV that played actual music videos (entire videos, not just thirty seconds of a band followed by screaming teenagers in a studio. If you think you detect bitterness, you are correct), you probably …