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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New legislation introduced by a bipartisan group of 10 U.S. senators would nearly double the number of H-1B visas that companies can get each year to hire foreign high-skill workers, including technology employees. The Immigration ...
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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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Cheaper electricity prices could be on the way. Genesis Energy is trialling smart meters in 300,000 houses, to record electricity consumption by the half hour. Newstalk ZB business correspondent Roger Kerr says it could eventually lead ...
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Responding to a growing user base of online service providers, VoltDB has outfitted its namesake in-memory database management system with additional tools to communicate with other technologies usually found in a Web applications stack. ...
Yahoo has acquired content discovery and sharing website Snip.it, and the service has been shut down. Snip.it in San Francisco is offering users up to Feb. 21 the option to download and export their content, called snips. "As of today, ...
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The search giant saw its market share drop to 88% in December 2012. According to Experian, 2.7 billion visits were made to UK search engines in December 2012. This represents a 17% increase year-on-year for UK search. Google market ...
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The new Artline campaign, created by newly-appointed advertising agency Little Giants, follows an extensive review of the brand's previous positioning and advertising. “Building on the brand's strong credentials and market ...
The Shylock home banking malware has been updated with new functionality that allows it to spread automatically using the popular Skype Voice-over-IP (VoIP) and instant messaging client. Shylock, named after a character from Shakespeare's ...
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Computerworld - With Facebook's new search service out in the open, the social network seems to be on a collision course with search giant Google. "It appears that's the path Facebook is on," said Jeff Kagan, an independent industry ...
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Startup NuoDB is hoping to position itself as having the ideal database for the post-cloud world, now that its Cloud Data Management System is generally available. NuoDB made the announcement on Tuesday during a webcast event. Some 3,500 ...
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One-piece swimwear is now hot in Hollywood. Celebrities and style icons from curvy Beyonce and Rihanna to super slim Taylor Swift are behind the growing trend and have been sporting more one-piece styles with flirty skirts and full coverage ...
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What happens when an 11 year old is banned from Facebook twice? Well if you are 11-year-old Zach Marks with an I.Q. of 147, who has been nominated for inventor of the year by the Florida Inventors Society, you go out and create your ...
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