Tagged: Yahoo!
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Yahoo! reveals 'game-changing' Axis browser News
24.05.2012 Yahoo! is muscling in on the busy browser space with its own mobile browser technology called Axis, which it says will redefine search and browsing.Categories: Web, Software & Web Development, Social Media, Search Engines, Search, Phones, Mobility, Mobile, Internet, Consumer Tech, Computers -
36pc of CV padders lose job when found out - survey News
23.05.2012 Recent headlines have brought the issue of CV padding under the spotlight and job applicants should also heed the fact the internet provides employers with means to verify... -
Yahoo! and Alibaba in US$7bn stock deal News
21.05.2012 Chinese internet giant Alibaba Group is to purchase back a 20pc stake Yahoo! holds in its company as part of a US$7.1bn deal. The deal values Alibaba at US$35bn. -
Apple’s Cupertino HQ targeted by Greenpeace activists News
15.05.2012 Two Greenpeace activists today barricaded themselves in a giant Greenpeace version of an iPod outside of Apple’s Cupertino HQ in California. Why exactly? Well the tirade from...Tags: iPod, Apple, iCloud, Data centres, Cloud, Clean Energy, Yahoo!, Google, Amazon, Facebook, Cloud Computing -
Yahoo!’s Scott Thompson steps down following CV gaffe News
14.05.2012 UPDATE - Yahoo! CEO Scott Thompson has sensationally resigned from the post after just months in the job for “personal reasons.” The move comes just a week after a controversy... -
The digital business week News
14.05.2012 A digest of the top business and technology news stories from the past week. -
Yahoo! director who led CEO search stepping down News
09.05.2012 The director who led the hiring of Yahoo! CEO Scott Thompson, who has apologised to Yahoo! employees for an error in his educational credentials, will not seek re-election on... -
Lessons learned from failed tech CEOs News
09.05.2012 Despite the fact some technology companies are picking themselves up and brushing themselves off following the tumultuous reigns of their previous CEOs, there are lessons to be... -
The digital business week News
08.05.2012 A digest of the top business and technology news stories from the past week. -
Yahoo! to review 'error' in CEO's background News
04.05.2012 Digital media giant Yahoo confirmed a discrepancy in the academic background of its CEO Scott Thompson and said it will review the matter and report the findings to shareholders. -
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Yahoo! Q1 profit increases 28pc News
18.04.2012 Increasing advertising revenue fuelled by improvement in Yahoo!'s search business bumped up the online media company's first-quarter earnings by 28pc. -
The digital business week News
10.04.2012 A digest of the top business and technology news stories from the past week. -
Yahoo! to hold an organisation reshuffle meeting next Tuesday? News
06.04.2012 Yahoo! CEO Scott Thompson is apparently planning to brief staff next Tuesday about his long-term vision for the ailing internet company, Reuters reports.Categories: Web, IT Organisation, IT Management, Internet, In the Workplace, Financial Results, eCommerce -
Yahoo! to cut 2,000 workers – 14pc of workforce – in restructure News
04.04.2012 Internet portal Yahoo! said today it will be making up to 2,000 redundancies – about 14pc of its workforce – as part of a restructuring of the company. The plan is expected to... -
Now Facebook is suing Yahoo! over patent infringements News
04.04.2012 Facebook has replied to Yahoo!’s patent suit with a suit of its own alleging Yahoo! ripped off its content optimisation and photo-sharing technologies. The move comes as Yahoo!...Categories: Social Media, Legal, Internet, Intellectual Property, Digital Media, Development, Design, Apps, Software, Software & Web Development, Web, Web 2.0 -
Facebook halts secondary share trading, about to hit the road News
29.03.2012 Facebook’s decision to halt trading of shares on secondary markets is a necessary calming manouvre intended to pave the way for the necessary investor road show ahead of May’s IPO.Categories: Social Media, Research, R&D, Investments, Internet, Intellectual Property, Digital Media, Digital Marketing, Digital Business -
Yahoo! board appoints three new independent directors News
27.03.2012 Three new independent directors are joining the board of digital media company Yahoo! on 5 April 2012 as the company works to increase shareholder value.