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Yahoo! is an Internet search and web portal company founded in 1994 by Jerry Yang and David Filo. Yahoo! was one of the premier search engines of the 1990s, and though Google dominated the search market in the subsequent decade, Yahoo! still accounted for roughly 20% of all searches by June, 2008. As of October, 2007, Yahoo! received 3.4 billion page views per day.

In addition to its search features, Yahoo! features multiple portal services, including Yahoo! Mail, Yahoo! Sports, and and Yahoo! Messenger. Yahoo! Buzz monitors the most popular and fastest-rising searches on Yahoo! each day. The company makes the vast majority of its revenue off its marketing and advertising services. According to Yahoo!'s 2008 annual report, the company made $7.2 billion dollars in 2007.

Despite its popularity, Yahoo! underwent a crisis in the second half of the 2000s in the wake of competition from sites like Google. In 2007, a proposed merger with Microsoft failed after extensive negotiations and an offer of $44.6 billion in cash and stock from Microsoft.

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Original Technorati articles tagged “yahoo”

• in Social Media
  Tumblr Social Blogging Site to be Bought by Yahoo?
  Yahoo, Facebook and Microsoft May Offer To Buy Tumblr
  by joshner / on May 18, 2013
• in Business
  Dailymotion Partners with Joshfire For Turnkey App Solutions
  Dailymotion has partnered with Paris based Joshfire to create an easy to use and powerful app creation tool.
  by cebsilver / on May 15, 2013
• in Business
  Marissa Mayer Can Make Me "Say Anything"
  Yahoo's CEO can do no wrong in my eyes. But I'm not sure the feeling is mutual.
  by fbocchino / on Mar 15, 2013

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “yahoo”

 

• Yahoo raises the stakes for free Flickr storage: 1 terabyte

  
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  Its official: Yahoo! CEO Marissa Meyer has gone completely bonkers, as the Yahoo-owned Flickr has just announced that all users now have a free terabyte of storage . Thats a thousand gigabytes, folks. For free. As the Flickr website touts, 1 terabyte will hold 537,731 photos at an average size of 6.5 megapixels ...
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• The Daily Roundup for 05.20.2013

  
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  You might say the day is never really done in consumer technology news. Your workday, however, hopefully draws to a close at some point. This is the Daily Roundup on Engadget, a quick peek back at the top headlines for the past 24 hours -- all handpicked by the editors here at the site. Click on through the break, and ...
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• New Flickr Walkthrough: So Pretty, So Much, So Free

  
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  After languishing for years as a neglected acquisition, Flickr has finally been given the jumpstart it so desperately needed and deserved. As of right now, not only to you get a free terabyte of storage and extremely high res photo uploads, you get it in pretty stellar package. Heres what youre dealing with. ...
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• File Under: Yeah I think that is actually a question

  
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  selfdoubtandsyphilis : dankestrnemes : do animals think in english or in the sounds they make this is what yahoo paid $1.1 billion for I think it’s a valid question! We all know that Pandas speak Chinese and Koalas have Australian accents. That’s at least worth $10 Million or so.
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• Yahoo’s $1.1B Tumblr Acquisition And A CEO’s Promise To Not Screw Up

  
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  Yahoo is acquiring blogging platform Tumblr in a $1.1 billion deal, substantially all of which is payable in cash. The transaction, which is subject to customary closing conditions, is expected to close in the second half of the year.  Following the… Read more → The post Yahoo’s $1.1B Tumblr Acquisition ...
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• Yahoo Reinvents Flickr UI for Android, Web with 1TB of Free Storage

  
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  Yahoo took the stage in New York City today—the site of its new headquarters—and discussed the future of Flickr. The company said that it wanted... The post Yahoo Reinvents Flickr UI for Android, Web with 1TB of Free Storage appeared first on ioTechie Technology News .
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• Flickr Makes a Comeback With New Design and 1 Terabyte of Free Storage

  
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  Yahoo has made a couple bold moves in an effort to make Flickr the premier destination for storing and sharing photographs. Flickr user’s homepages have been completely redesigned to make thephotos more prominent than ever. There’s also a spot to upload a profile feature and a customizable banner. ...
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• Flickr App Updated, Brings High-Res Photo-centric Look

  
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  On top of all the other exciting news from Yahoo! today, the company just launched an update to their official Flickr Android app through Google Play, bringing a very polished look with it. The app’s UI is centered solely on photos and Yahoo doesn’t seem scared to recommend some great photographers that you should ...
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• How Yahoo’s Acquisition Could Affect Tumblr’s Fashion Community

  
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  Today, Tumblr –home of gifs, memes, and NSFW photos–joins the ranks of corporate America: It’s just been bought by Yahoo for $1.1 billion. Besides goofy cat videos and loads (seriously, loads) of porn, Tumblr also hosts one of the most passionate, creative, and irreverent fashion communities out there on the ...
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• Sir Alex Ferguson named LMA Premier League Manager of the Year

  
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  The retiring 71-year-old becomes the first manager to win the award four times after a season in which he guided Manchester United to a record 20th league title.
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• NASAs Curiosity Rover Drills Into 2nd Mars Rock

  
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  NASAs Mars rover Curiosity has broken out its trusty drill again, pulling samples from deep within a Red Planet rock for the second time ever.
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• Nearly 19 Feet! Longest Burmese Python Captured in Florida

  
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  Florida has a long list of problematic invasive species, from the vervet monkey to the lionfish, but the Burmese python might be the states public enemy No. 1 ? so much so that residents will hop out of their cars at night to catch one double the normal size.
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• 1st British Space Station Astronaut Launching in 2015

  
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  LONDON ? The first British astronaut ever to visit the International Space Station will launch in 2015 for a six-month mission that may involve spacewalks, wrangling visiting robotic spacecraft and space experiments, the UK Space Agency announced today (May 20).
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• Small company stock are a bright spot

  
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  Small-company stocks were a bright spot in a subdued start to the week for Wall Street. The Russell 2000, an index of small-company stocks, climbed above 1,000 points for the first time and ended higher ...
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• What Explains the Recent Outbreak of Tornadoes?

  
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  Tornado season has been relatively quiet this year. But within in the last week, tornado outbreaks have been erupting from North Texas to Minnesota.
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• Army of Underwater Vehicles to Unravel Ocean Mysteries

  
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  SAN MATEO, Calif. ? Mr. Spock may think space is the final frontier, but Earths deep oceans are just as mysterious and unknown. Now, one scientist says thousands of people could explore the oceans using cheap, remotely controlled robots.
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• Broadways biggest theater sold to British group

  
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  NEW YORK (AP) ? Britains biggest theater group has reached across the Atlantic Ocean and bought Broadways biggest theater from Live Nation Entertainment for about $60 million.
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• Publicist: Founding member of The Doors dies at 74

  
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  Ray Manzarek, the keyboardist who was a founding member of The Doors, has died. He was 74.
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• Bernard Waber, childrens author, dies at age 91

  
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  NEW YORK (AP) ? Bernard Waber, the author of such childrens favorites as "The House on East 88th Street" and "Lyle, Lyle Crocodile," has died.
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• Chile miner happy to be played by Banderas in film

  
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  SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) ? Antonio Banderas will play the charismatic miner known as "Super Mario," who in 2010 became the public face of 33 Chilean miners trapped deep underground for 69 days.
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