Linkpost | 2.23.2013
• Recent Cyberattacks – Microsoft says it, too, has been the subject of a malware attack similar the ones that hit Apple and Facebook. Again, a small number of employees’ computers were affected. •...
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Yahoo demands employees work at Yahoo offices: So?
A fairly benign piece of news from All ThingsD got legs last week when it came out that Yahoo would now require all employees that worked remotely to either start working in Yahoo offices or presumably...
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Too much ado about Mayer?
Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer The decision by Yahoo to tell its workers to quit telecommuting or take a hike got a lot of attention this week, including from this blog. We also did a followup on the topic...
View ArticleLinkpost | 3.2.2013
• Judge in Apple-Samsung Case Cuts Damages, Orders New Trial on Some Products, Upholds $600 Million of Verdict – U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh says the jury based its verdict on “an impermissible legal...
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Speculation flies as Yahoo looks to gobble up more business
Marissa Mayer still has big plans for Yahoo (Credit: jdlasica/Flickr) Speculation has been rampant on what company Yahoo will buy next. Last week the discussion of a large, internal meeting was leaked...
View ArticleLinkpost | 4.14.2013
• Google has a single towering obsession: It wants to build the Star Trek computer – Over the years, Google’s executive have invoked Star Trek imagery to describe projects. It’s not just PR and...
View ArticleLinkpost | 4.17.2013
• Microsoft’s Windows 8 Plan B(lue): Bring back the Start button, boot to desktop – Sources tell Mary Jo Foley that Microsoft is considering restoring the Start button and allowing users to boot...
View ArticleLinkpost | 4.30.2013
• Jony Ive paints a fresh, yet familiar, look for iOS 7 – Sources tell 9to5Mac that iOS 7 will have a flatter look to its design, similar to Windows Phone 8, and is different enough that long-time...
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Yahoo offers a new maternity leave policy and maybe a Yahoo onesie, too
Yahoo and CEO Marissa Mayer have been unwittingly at the center of the heated debate over women’s rights ever since Mayer took the reigns of the beleaguered Internet giant last year while pregnant...
View ArticleLinkpost | 5.8.2013
• Microsoft confirms Windows 8.1 ‘Blue’ public preview due end of June – And there are more hints that the Start button (though not the Start menu) will make a return in this update, which will come...
View ArticleLinkpost | 5.17.2013
• Will Yahoo Try to Get Its “Cool Again” by Doing a Deal for Tumblr? – A Yahoo executive said recently the company needs to try to regain appeal for 18-24 year olds. Would Tumblr do it for Yahoo?...
View ArticleLinkpost | 5.18.2013
• Yahoo Board to Meet Sunday to Consider $1.1 Billion, All-Cash Deal to Acquire Tumblr – If the deal goes through, it will be announced on Monday. • If Yahoo Buys Tumblr, What Will It Do With All That...
View ArticleLinkpost | 5.19.2013
• Tumblr May Reject Yahoo’s $1.1B Acquisition Offer For Being “Too Low” – Some Tumblr employees think this is just an initial offer. And Tumblr In Talks With Yahoo; Facebook And Microsoft Also Said To...
View ArticleLinkpost | 5.20.2013
• Yahoo Tumblrs for Cool: Board Approves $1.1 Billion Deal as Expected – The deal is expected to be announced as early as today. And Yahoo! and Tumblr: It’s About Display, Streams & Native at Scale...
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Yahoo-Tumblr marriage official; Marissa Mayer promises “not to screw it up”
So it’s official, Yahoo is indeed buying Tumblr for a huge wad of cash, but as you can see from this animated GIF being shared on the social blogging platform, many Tumblr members aren’t quite buying...
View ArticleLinkpost | 5.21.2013
• A better, brighter Flickr – Neglected for years by Yahoo, Flickr springs back to life with a dramatically beautiful redesign. All users get 1 terabyte of free storage, all images are displayed at...
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The new Flickr’s great, but is it enough to change habits?
I joined Flickr back in January 2006. The photo-sharing site was a little less than two years old then, and had been acquired the year before by Yahoo. I really didn’t start uploading pictures to it...
View ArticleFacebook’s Sandberg, HP’s Whitman top Forbes Most Powerful Women list
Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg, who has also authored a best-selling manifesto on women taking more leadership roles in the workplace, has risen to sixth place in Forbes magazine’s...
View ArticleLinkpost | 5.25.2013
• Do these screenshots reveal a heavily revamped Gmail for mobile and Web is on the way? – It wasn’t that long ago that Gmail’s look was updated, and it appears another, more ambitious redesign is in...
View ArticleLinkpost | 5.26.2013
• Arrested Development season four is ready for viewing on Netflix – There are 15 new episodes, all available at once. Binge away! • Google Glass facial-recognition service likely to stoke privacy...
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