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Judge OKs private domain seizures, orders search engine filtering
- Chanel, a luxury goods company, has gone after roughly 700 websites thought to be selling counterfeit, Chanel-branded goods. As a result, a federal judge in Nevada has given the company authority to seize domains and has ordered search engines and…
Microsoft considers acquiring a minor stake in Yahoo
- It seems Microsoft's interest in owning Yahoo -- or at least part of it -- hasn't waned. According to multiple reports, the company has signed a confidentiality agreement with Yahoo, allowing it to take a closer look at the struggling…
Yahoo acquires ad targeting company Interclick for $270 million
- Yahoo has acquired data-driven ad company Interclick for $270 million. Interclick specializes in high volume ad targeting and optimization across multiple platforms and is expected to give Yahoo more premium inventory to sell.
Report: Microsoft considers buying Yahoo, again
- A unnamed source talking to Reuters revealed yesterday that Microsoft is considering a bid for Yahoo, currently estimated to be worth around $18 billion (£11.6 billion), after the internet search company publicly stated recently it was considering selling. The source is…
Yahoo News strikes deal with ABC News to share content
- Yahoo has struck a deal with ABC News to use the media company's news content on its website, work jointly on journalism projects and sell web advertising.
Yahoo board fires CEO Carol Bartz effective immediately
- Yahoo's CEO Carol Bartz has been fired from the Internet company after two and a half years on the job. The executive broke the news herself in a short but blunt email sent to Yahoo’s more than 13,000-person staff: …
Google, Facebook top US web destinations in July
- Google and Facebook were among the top US web destinations in July, according to a new Total Internet Audience metric from Nielsen. The study incorporates hybrid audience measurement data to provide insight into online activity.
Hulu bidding reportedly ranging up to $2 billion
- Initial bids for a Hulu acquisition are due in by Wednesday and the offers are expected to vary wildly. According to the Wall Street Journal, they could range from $500 million up to $2 billion for the streaming service, with…
Rumor: Apple also interested in buying up Hulu
- Video streaming website Hulu has been considering its options after a potential buyer approached it with an unsolicited offer. Google, Microsoft and Yahoo have been mentioned as possible suitors and now it seems another giant has entered the fray: Apple.…
Google, Microsoft, Yahoo reportedly in talks to buy Hulu
- Hulu seems to be drawing the attention of quite a few potential buyers after it was suggested that the company was considering the sale of its video streaming business.
YouTube founders buy Delicious from Yahoo
- YouTube co-founders Chad Hurley and Steve Chen have acquired Yahoo's Delicious for an undisclosed sum. The once popular service, founded in 2003, enabled people to bookmark websites, tag them and discover new sites from other people. It's regarded as one…
Yahoo to retain search data for 18 months
- Yahoo has announced the intention to change its log file data retention policy to offer "consumers a more robust individualized experience." The company has decided to expand the time it keeps users' search records: from three months to 18 months.…
Yahoo to kill Buzz later this week
- Yahoo has announced that it will shut down its Buzz service later this week. The service was an attempt to rival news aggregators with voting algorithms, such as Digg and Reddit.
Yahoo to Google: what you paid for YouTube is "still crazy"
- Speaking on a panel at the Global Technology Symposium in Menlo Park on Friday, Steven Mitzenmacher, Senior Director of Corporate Development at Yahoo, took a swipe at Google while discussing acquisitions. First he said that his company went through a…
Yahoo magically restores Flickr account with 4,000 pictures
- Yahoo recently deleted Mirco Wilhelm's Flickr account by accident. After apologizing and saying the account would be restored, but the 4,000 pictures could not be recovered, the story received a lot of coverage. In a surprise turnaround, Flickr has managed to restore Wilhelm's account.
Yahoo accidentally deletes Flickr account with 4,000 pictures
- Update: After the story received plenty of coverage around the Web, and in a fortunate turnaround for German photographer Mirco Wilhelm, Flickr has managed to restore his account. The original story is below.
Media value: Apple and Google down, Microsoft and Yahoo up
- Long Island, New York-based General Sentiment has issued a report for "media value" in Q4 2010, saying that the net loss was nearly $460 million. The company took the total number of news stories, social media mentions, and tweets about…
Yahoo cuts 140 workers, Google plans to hire 6,000
- Yahoo has dismissed some 1% of its workforce prior to releasing its fourth quarter financial results later today. This marks the second round of layoffs in six weeks, following a 4% (600+ person) reduction in December. The company hasn't mentioned…
Facebook passes Yahoo, becomes world's third largest website
- It was only a matter of time, and now it's finally happened. Facebook has passed Yahoo in traffic to become the third largest website in the world, according to recent numbers from Comscore. Facebook only just surpassed Yahoo, grabbing 648…
Yahoo to announce layoff of up to 700 employees
- Yahoo is reportedly on the verge of announcing a new round of job cuts that would affect around 5% of its current staff, or somewhere between 650 and 700 employees. A formal announcement is expected as early as today. This…
Yahoo Messenger bringing 3G video chat to iPhone, Android
- A new version of Yahoo Messenger with cross-platform video chat is headed to the iPhone and Android devices. David Katz, Yahoo' s VP of Mobile for the Americas region, recently told Reuters that the instant messaging app will work over…
Yahoo: creepy Facebook could be our biggest competitor
- Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz has admitted that Facebook could one day become Yahoo's number one competitor, according to USA Today. When asked what company was Yahoo's single biggest competitor, Bartz replied: "Facebook — not today, but they could be. If…
Facebook passes Yahoo as second largest video site
- Facebook has passed Yahoo in video viewership, according to August data released by comScore. Facebook climbed to number two with over 58.6 million unique viewers and a total of 243 million viewing sessions, while Yahoo settled for third place with…
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