Marissa Mayer, CEO of Yahoo. (credit: Google+)
In 2008, Microsoft bid almost $ 45 billion in an attempt to buy Yahoo. That deal fell through, but with Yahoo putting itself on the chopping block and planning to divest its core Internet business, the software giant is once again expressing an interest. This time,...
Yahoo’s sale is moving slowly, but new money from Microsoft may help accelerate it.
A new report from Kara Swisher in Re/code today said that Microsoft executives are meeting with private equity firms as they consider a takeover of the struggling internet giant. According to the report, Microsoft is...
Live professional hockey games are coming to Yahoo.
The tech giant today announced a deal with the National Hockey League to live stream four...
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The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ruled that companies are allowed to monitor employees' Internet activities, including online chats, provided they have been warned beforehand that the private use of company resources is forbidden. Because this decision has been handed down by the ECHR, the highest human rights court in Europe,...
Yahoo's once-iconic San Francisco billboard, pictured here in 2011. (credit: Scott Schiller)
In late 2013, Yahoo was hit with six lawsuits over their practice of using automated scans of e-mail to produce targeted ads. The cases, which were consolidated in federal court, all argued that the privacy rights of non-Yahoo users, who "did not consent to Yahoo's interception and...
Don't expect to see such a splash screen on a TV series for a while—at least, certainly not through the Yahoo Screen portal, which has now been officially shuttered. (credit: Yahoo)
Yahoo's push to host exclusive TV and video content appears to have hit a major speed bump, as the company confirmed it had closed its dedicated...
Yahoo investors are saying they're fed up with corporate vacillation and excessive spending. (credit: Photograph by Randy Stewart)
In recent days, Yahoo investors have been calling for a new plan and new leadership to restore the value of the company. Some argue for Yahoo to sell its core businesses as quickly as possible. Others are trying to build...
Marissa Mayer, CEO of Yahoo. (credit: Google+)
One of Yahoo’s best decisions was investing in a large chunk of Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba before it went public last year. Alibaba broke records with its initial public offering, and now Yahoo’s 15 percent stake in the company is worth $ 31 billion, according to...
