"I am honored and delighted to lead Yahoo, one of the internet's premier destinations for more than 700 million users," Mayer said in a statement. "I look forward to working with the company's dedicated employees to bring innovative products, content, and personalized experiences to users and … Read more
In today's show, Yahoo gets a fresh coat of CEO, iCloud gets a lift and it's IPO week for Facebook:
After four months on the job, Scott Thompson resigned as Yahoo's chief executive. Although he has been in the middle of a scandal about the false statements made about his education, he also is leaving for health reasons. It's been reported that Thompson told the board he's battling thyroid cancer. Yahoo named ad-guru Ross Levinsohn as interim CEO. Levinsohn is the sixth Yahoo CEO in the past five years.
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In today's show, Google takes the wheel, Microsoft listens to your movements, and 'resumegate' fires up:
Yahoo's "resumegate" has claimed it's first victim -- but it's not the CEO. Yahoo board member Patti Hart said she plans to not seek re-election to Yahoo's board. She's tied up in the drama because she was in charge of the search to hire the chief executive and vet his resume. The scandal, which has been developing for nearly a week now, surrounds Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson and his bios that claimed he had a computer … Read more
In today's show, it's time to Hangout with the world, seek out new smartphones and take a ride on the Yahoo drama train:
Your Google+ Hangout video chat sessions can now broadcast live to the world. Google made it easy to share the live stream of a Hangout on your Google+ page, or embed it on another Web site. You can see how many people are watching, and once the live show is done it can be uploaded to YouTube.
Google has been working with some television shows to broadcast their Hangouts live. If you want to check it out, … Read more
In today's show, Microsoft makes things more difficult, jurors wrestle over Java, and the CEO of Yahoo has his pants on fire:
Yahoo's CEO Scott Thompson is being accused of lying about his college degree for years, and shareholders demand he's fired by Monday... or else.
The FBI says in this age of Internet communication, the department needs the power to wiretap into online chat and video services to find the evil-doers. CNET has learned that the FBI is talking to Internet companies like Facebook and Google, asking them to work with the FBI to build backdoors … Read more
Amid talks of a sale, Yahoo hires PayPal President Scott Thompson to replace fired CEO Carol Bartz. Thompson promises the company will reclaim its tech leadership, but serious challenges await.
Yahoo hiring Thompson may aid Andreessen Horowitz bid Yahoo's new CEO, Scott Thompson, once worked for Andreessen Horowitz partner Jeff Jordan at PayPal. With Jordan working on the venture firm's Yahoo bid, the pair could be reunited. (Posted in Digital Media by Jay Greene ) January 4, 2012 10:15 a.m. PT
New CEO: Yahoo will reclaim its tech leadership As Yahoo's leader, Scott Thompson plans to … Read more
Yahoo is looking for a new CEO and anyone interested in the job will need an answer to this core question: Can this company be saved?
Listen to the analysts, the few Yahoo supporters, and an army of critics and you're excused for not having a great answer. Yahoo is at an inflection point. Yahoo will either become an also-ran that will fade or it will leverage its top 5 Web property standing and evolve into something new.
The negatives are well-known. Yahoo's board of directors is a joke--who can forget the idiotic move to turn down Microsoft'… Read more
A search outsourcing deal with Microsoft could leave Yahoo with a little more cash in its wallet, potentially up to $1.3 billion more, according to a research report released Tuesday by Jefferies & Co.
With reports that Yahoo and Microsoft are holding preliminary talks to explore a search and display advertising partnership, Jefferies analyst Youssef Squali noted that such a deal could save the Internet search pioneer a tidy sum of money.
The parties could, for example, have Yahoo outsource its search infrastructure to Microsoft, and in turn, Microsoft would outsource its display advertising to Yahoo.
In his report, … Read more
Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz has one word for investors attempting to gather any information floating in the wind about whether Yahoo will, or won't, do a deal with Microsoft: chill.
Bartz, speaking Tuesday in San Francisco at her first investor conference since taking the helm as Yahoo CEO more than six weeks ago, relayed the same message she conveyed to Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer.
"I said this to Mr. Ballmer, I will not negotiate with you and 30,000 of my closest friends. I will negotiate privately," said Bartz, adding to investors, "If something happens, you … Read more
Yahoo's tab in its efforts to fight off Microsoft last year ran $79 million, according to the company's filing Friday with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Yahoo spent much of that bill on outside advisers who helped it weigh Microsoft's proposals, which ranged from a total buyout bid for $33 a share to an eventual offer to acquire only Yahoo's search business. Yahoo rejected all of Microsoft's proposals.
Part of the $79 million bill was also attributed to hiring outside advisers for fighting off a proxy contest by activist shareholder Carl Icahn, who eventually settled … Read more
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