Yahoo! has appointed Marissa Mayer as the President and CEO of the company. Mayer who previously worked in Google for products like Local, Maps, Location Services, Google Maps, Earth, Street View will assume the position from today and will head the company to “renew focus on product innovation to drive user experience and advertising […]
Carol Bartz fired as Yahoo!’s CEO
Carol Bartz has been fired as the CEO of online giant Yahoo! The news has been confirmed by Bartz who says the removal decision came to her by the Chairman of the Board via a phone call. Meanwhile, Yahoo!’s Board has appointed Timothy Morse who is the CFO will take the role of an […]
Watch Bollywood Movies for Free on Yahoo! Movieplex
Following the launch of YouTube’s Box Office, Yahoo! India has also launched a similar initiative. The service is known as Movieplex that will allow viewers to watch full length Bollywood movies for free and also allow advertisers to target them with video content. There are just eight movies in the library but hopefully more […]
Nokia and Yahoo! join hands to bring co-brand services on PC and Mobile
As expected, Nokia and Yahoo! announced their global strategic partnership in New York yesterday. The alliance aims to bring different services to PC and mobile by leveraging each other’s advantages. The partnership will also make both the companies to co-brand their services. For instance: – Nokia will be the exclusive, global provider of Yahoo!’s […]
Yahoo to announce partnership with Nokia?
Yahoo is holding a press conference on May 24 in New York. While the details regarding the announcement is pretty light, AllThingsD seem to have got the intrinsic details of the announcement. Apparently, Yahoo will announce their “Project Nike” partnership with Nokia that will allow the Finnish phone maker to pre-install email, search and […]
Microsoft-Yahoo! Search deal is on
Microsoft and Yahoo! have gone official about their search deal which we reported earlier today. It’s a long term alliance between two search giants spanning 10 years that allows Microsoft to acquire Yahoo!’s core search technologies and use it into their existing web platforms. As known before, Yahoo! will handle the premium ad sales […]
Microsoft, Yahoo closing in a Web Search deal
The two major search engines will soon join their hands to take on the mighty Google. The Associated Press liaised with one of its sources who claim that Microsoft and Yahoo have formed an alliance and the formal announcement is expected later today. According to him, the deal will not have Microsoft to pay […]
Jerry Yang steps down as CEO, search ensues
Will Yahoo be able to turn the tables now? Jerry Yang, co-founder of Yahoo and CEO since June 2007 has decided to step down from his duty of CEO-manship. However, he revealed that he will retain the former role of Chief Yahoo! and will also sit on the Board of Directors. Yang had been […]