Google is hanging onto its dominant share of the search market, while its competitors inch up and down. Google edged a bit further ahead in January, going from 66.7% of the search market in December to 67%, industry tracker comScore said. ...
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Yahoo is bidding to strengthen its presence in the increasingly important mobile space with the acquisition of Alike, a location discovery app. The move comes as Yahoo faces rising pressure to stay relevant and offer mobile products for ...
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Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer thinks there are problems with checking email on a smartphone, but her company is working on a solution. "Mail isn't done. There are a lot of things about it that can be improved," she said Tuesday during Goldman ...
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Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer has identified new products and mobile investments as among several strategies aimed at keeping the company relevant as it tries to compete against the likes of Google and Facebook. On Monday, Mayer highlighted ...
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Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer says the company plans on a big comeback in the Internet search business, which means directly taking on industry giant Google. Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland last ...
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Yahoo’s revenue climbed 2 percent in the fourth quarter, though its display ad business shrank and profit was down from a year earlier. Yahoo’s revenue for the quarter ended Dec. 31 was US$1.35 billion. Subtracting commissions ...
Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer has declared a projected upturn in the company's fortunes, in its first financial outlook since she took over as CEO in July 2012. "While the road to growth is certain, it will not be immediate," said Mayer, during ...
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Digital rights and privacy advocates have welcomed Yahoo's decision to provide its users with an option to enable HTTPS (HTTP Secure) for their entire webmail sessions. "We're really happy that Yahoo! is starting 2013 right by letting ...
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Yahoo's revenue dropped slightly but earnings rose during the third quarter, the first complete one under the helm of new CEO Marissa Mayer. Revenue came in at $1.2 billion in the quarter ended Sept. 30, down 1% year on year. Subtracting ...
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Yahoo's new CEO, Marissa Mayer, is expected to unveil her plan to turn around the ailing Internet company on Tuesday. Industry analysts say it's time for Mayer, who joined Yahoo in July, to lay out a vision for the company's future that ...
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Yahoo has announced new versions of its Yahoo Mail in the first major product overhaul since Marissa Mayer became CEO. As well as revamping standard Yahoo Mail, Yahoo has released new versions of the web mail service for smartphones and ...
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Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer appointed another former Google employee as her chief operations officer on Monday, her first day back at work since the birth of her baby. Henrique De Castro, formerly an vice president global media and ...
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Yahoo Mail has gotten a makeover intended to make it faster, streamline its interface and simplify its use. The improvements are being applied to Yahoo Mail’s Web version and to its Android application, as well as to new apps for ...
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Yahoo's new CEO, Marissa Mayer, was absent from the company's quarterly earnings call on Tuesday, disappointing any analysts who might have been hoping for an early clue about the direction she will chart for the company. Yahoo CFO Tim ...
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Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer is continuing her efforts to rebuild the company's management team by recruiting ex-Google colleague Henrique de Castro as chief operating officer(COO). Brought in to oversee global sales,operations,media and ...
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