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The Yahoo logo is shown at the company's headquarters in Sunnyvale, California April 16, 2013. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith

Singapore to regulate Yahoo, other online news sites

Websites that regularly report on Singapore including Yahoo News will have to get a license from June 1, putting them on par with newspapers and television news outlets, in a move seen by some as a bid to rein in free-wheeling Internet news.

Posted in International, News, Tech
Tagged Channel NewsAsia, freedom of the press, license, Media Development Authority, online news sites, Reporters Without Borders, Singapore, Yahoo
The proposed Google corporate headquarters in Mountain View, California, is pictured in this artist's rendering courtesy of NBBJ. NBBJ/Handout via Reuters

The new tech palaces: visionary headquarters, or cursed trophies?

The four most influential technology companies in America are each planning headquarters that could win a Pritzker Architecture Prize for hubris.

Posted in National, News
Tagged Amazon, AOL, Apple, Facebook, Google, headquarters, Inktomi, MySpace, Pritzker Architecture Prize, seattle, Silicon Graphics, Silicon Valley, Sun Microsystems, tech, technology, Time Warner, Yahoo
The Yahoo logo is shown at the company's headquarters in Sunnyvale, California April 16, 2013. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith

Yahoo set to move into old New York Times building

Yahoo Inc. announced on Monday that its New York employees would be moving into the old home of the New York [...]

Posted in Local, News
Tagged 43rd Street, flickr, hiring, Marissa Mayer, New York Times, times square, Tumblr, Yahoo | Reply
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Yahoo buying Tumblr for $1.1 billion, vows not to screw it up

Yahoo Inc will buy blogging service Tumblr for $1.1 billion cash, giving the Internet pioneer a social media platform to reach the younger generation.

Posted in News
Tagged business, tech, Tumblr, Yahoo
The Yahoo logo is shown at the company's headquarters in Sunnyvale, California April 16, 2013. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith

Yahoo to acquire Tumblr for $1.1 billion cash

Yahoo Inc said it is acquiring blogging service Tumblr for $1.1 billion cash, a bold bet by Chief Executive Marissa Mayer to revitalize the struggling Internet pioneer by co-opting a Web property with strong visitor traffic but little revenue.

Posted in National
Tagged advertising, blogging, cash, internet, microblogging, purchase, sale, tech, Tumblr, user-generated content, Yahoo
The Yahoo logo is shown at the company's headquarters in Sunnyvale, California April 16, 2013. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith

Yahoo to ramp up marketing to woo younger users, says CFO

Yahoo Inc. plans to ramp up marketing efforts as it seeks to break its reliance on an “aging demographic” and become more relevant among young adults.

Posted in International, Lifestyle, Money, News, Tech
Tagged AlibabaGroup, Facebook, Google, J.P. Morgan Global Technology, KenGoldman, marketing, Media and Telecom, Nasdaq, Twitter, Yahoo
Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer
Credit: Getty Images

Marissa Mayer doubles maternity leave for Yahoo employees

Two months after Yahoo prohibited employees to work from home, the company is now doubling paid leave for new parents.

Posted in News, Tech
Tagged Marissa Mayer, maternity leave, Yahoo | Reply
Working from home can be a dealbreaker for some parents — at Yahoo!, the jig is up.
Credit: Photodisc

Telecommuters, renounce your sweatpants

Yahoo! employees are banned from working from home.

Posted in Career
Tagged careers, Marissa Mayer, productivity, telecommute, working from home, Yahoo | Reply
Yahoo Inc Chief Executive Marissa Mayer attends the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum.
Credit: Reuters

Yahoo telecommute ban is much ado about nothing: Silicon Valley

Yahoo Chief Executive Marissa Mayer’s decision to ban telecommuting sparked outrage around the country, but left many in Silicon Valley wondering what the fuss was all about.

Posted in National, Tech
Tagged ban, Marissa Mayer, Silicon Valley, tech, telecommute, working from home, Yahoo | Reply
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