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Yahoo! Board Going Through More Shakeups

Things have been heating up at Yahoo! ever since it hired its new CEO Scott Thompson away from his post at PayPal. Most notably, one of its founders, Jerry Yang,…

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Yahoo!, like Google, to focus on "mobile first"

On the Yahoo! Search Blog, the company has announced a focus on “mobile first” and the related discontinuation of several of its mobile apps for iPad, iPhone, Android, and Blackberry, citing the…

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Ask.com Users are the Wordiest Web Searchers

When it comes to searching for things on the web, everyone goes about it in a different way. For example, I still know people who search for “YouTube” on Google…

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Fascinating New Visualization From Yahoo!

A new tool from Yahoo! gives you a glimpse of what’s being read on its homepage, as well as what’s popular from the last 24 hours. It’s actually a gorgeous…

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Yahoo! Should Buy Instagram, Here's Why

In case you haven’t heard, Yahoo! announced its new CEO today, Scott Thompson. Talk about walking into a storm of acquisition rumors and drama on your first day. Luckily, Thompson…

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Flickr's 2011 Year In Photos Released

One of Yahoo!’s remaining properties that still has some life in it is photo sharing site Flickr. Dedicated users still post their best photos on the site, providing us with…

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Interact With Katie Couric Live During "The Year"

Tonight, during Katie Couric‘s 2011 recap “The Year”, on ABC, IntoNow will be providing a behind-the-scenes experience for those watching the show and using its app on their iPad. IntoNow,…

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Random Hacks Of Kindness Set For This Wekend

This weekend, some of the best and brightest minds from 25 locations all over the globe will get together for an event called “Random Hacks of Kindness” to collaborate on…

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Clipboard may have just killed copypaste

Copying and pasting is something we all do. Sometimes it’s for ourselves, but when we’re on the web we’re probably copying and pasting things to share with friends. Links, photos,…

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One Touch Calendaring with TouchBase

Innovation is coming from all angles in the application world, and an area ripe for that innovation is calendars and scheduling. We have to-do apps, and Apple’s core calendar and…

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Flickr has 200 million CC photos

In a blog post today, photo sharing service Flickr announces that it has hit 200 million photos that are available for use via the Creative Commons license. By adding a…

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Yahoo! has multiple options for sale

According to a report by Reuters, Yahoo! is receiving multiple inquiries from parties interested in purchasing the company. A letter which was given to Reuters reads: Our advisers are working…

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After Yahoo Buys IntoNow, What's Next?

TV check-in apps have an interesting future, and as we noted last week there are lots of directions they could go in. Now one of the most interesting examples out…

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Yahoo announces Flipboard-style news app

Yahoo has announced it is entering the ‘Digital newsstand’ bunsiness with an app called Livestand, which is due to launch on iPad and Android tablets soon. To us, it all…

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Is AOL destroying journalism?

In a Sherlock worthy snag, Business Insider editors have gotten their paws on “The AOL Way,” a full on 58-page long company plan to turn AOL into a media empire. AOL…