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Yahoo CMO Kathy Savitt departs for Hollywood TV, movie studio STX Entertainment

Kathy Savitt is leaving Yahoo. The tech giant’s chief marketing officer announced today that she is taking a new role at STX Entertainment as president of… Read More

A top device exec at Amazon has left again, this time for Google’s advanced products division

For the second time in the past year, Jon McCormack has decided to leave Amazon. This time, McCormack, who was… Read More

Yahoo to stream NFL game for free in October, reportedly paid $20M for rights

You’ll be able to watch an NFL regular season game online later this year for free, thanks to Yahoo. Back… Read More

Apple’s revenue, profits and cash top Google, Microsoft, Yahoo and Facebook — combined

Here’s a different way to look at Apple’s latest quarter: The company’s revenue of $58 billion was $14 billion more than the… Read More

Yahoo’s first quarter financials disappoint with shrinking profits, below-expected revenue

Yahoo’s first quarter financial results didn’t quite live up to Wall Street’s expectations. The company’s revenue for the period from… Read More

Microsoft and Yahoo add new escape clause to search agreement

A new provision in the renewed search agreement between Microsoft and Yahoo gives either company the ability to end the… Read More

Microsoft and Yahoo loosen ties as Mayer and Nadella renew search deal

Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella have revised the landmark search alliance struck by their predecessors nearly six years… Read More

Bing’s desktop search share in U.S. hits 20 percent for the first time

Microsoft has nabbed search share from Google and Yahoo to grab a fifth of the total desktop web search market… Read More

Web developers left scrambling after Yahoo kills smush.it image optimization service

Yahoo’s Smush.it image optimization service has been taken offline without warning, leaving hundreds of thousands of websites in the lurch. The free service, which allowed… Read More

Microsoft and Yahoo search alliance in flux, as revised contract changes key deadline

Yahoo and Microsoft may be modifying an agreement that has tied the fates of the two companies together for the past five… Read More

FTC report alleges Google took product rankings from Amazon to boost its search results

A confidential report prepared by staffers at the U.S. Federal Trade Commission found that Google took product rankings from Amazon… Read More

Hulu, Amazon and Yahoo reportedly in running to grab ‘Seinfeld’ streaming rights

The puffy shirt. Risk, a game about world domination being played by two men who can barely run their own… Read More

Yahoo unveils new Mobile Developer Suite, expanding its advertising reach

SAN FRANCISCO – Yahoo is offering a new suite of tools to help app developers build their businesses, as part of an effort… Read More

Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer: Mobile is now a quarter of company’s revenue

SAN FRANCISCO — Yahoo is betting big on mobile as the company tries to revitalize itself and compete with Google… Read More

Facebook helps companies share security threat info with new platform

Facebook launched a new platform today for companies to share information about security threats and work together to solve them.… Read More

Yahoo’s deal with Mozilla pulls searchers from Google, but Bing stays flat

Yahoo’s deal with Mozilla to become the default search provider for U.S. Firefox users has paid off. The company handled almost… Read More

Google loses search share to Yahoo after losing default search spot in Firefox

Yahoo’s decision to become the default search provider for Firefox has paid off in spades. According to new data released… Read More

New book on Yahoo: Marissa Mayer disses Goop’s Gwyneth Paltrow

Well, this little tell-all could be quite the read. The book Marissa Mayer and the Fight to Save Yahoo, out… Read More

Yahoo to unveil new tools at first conference for mobile developers

In another move to shore up its image, Yahoo announced today that it will hold a conference for mobile app developers… Read More

Yahoo and Microsoft looking for search engine love from Apple

Yahoo and Microsoft are fighting to be the search engine provider for the iPhone when Apple’s contract with Google expires… Read More

Firefox ditches Google and makes Yahoo its default search engine

In a massive shift, Mozilla has signed a five-year partnership with Yahoo to be the default search provider for Firefox… Read More

Microsoft, Apple and 7 other tech giants call for NSA reform before year’s end

The year may be winding to a close, but a coalition of 9 tech companies want lawmakers in Washington, D.C.… Read More

Tech Moves: Amazon’s top ad exec leaving for Yahoo; Bsquare names CFO

—Amazon.com’s top online advertising executive, Lisa Utzschneider, is leaving the company to join Yahoo, reports AdAge. The news follows a report… Read More

Yahoo beats expectations, promises to give some Alibaba cash back to shareholders

Yahoo’s financials this quarter have blown past expectations set for the company by Wall Street at a time when there… Read More

How’s that search alliance working out? Yahoo’s U.S. search share hits all-time low as Microsoft Bing grows

Yahoo just can’t catch a break. ComScore’s new U.S. search market share numbers for June will show that the company’s piece of… Read More

Yahoo executive, a former Seattle startup CEO, sued for sexual harassment by employee

Follow-up, Feb. 24, 2016: Yahoo exec and Seattle startup founder Maria Zhang on her vindication against sexual harassment suit Former… Read More

German publishers want a cut of Microsoft, Google and Yahoo’s search revenue

Providing links to content from German publishers could become costly for Microsoft, Google and Yahoo. VG Media, a collection agency… Read More

Microsoft hires its own chief economist, from Google

Microsoft this morning announced a new position of chief economist inside the company, and named Preston McAfee — most recently… Read More

Yahoo producing two comedies, jumping into original TV content

Yahoo announced today that it will be launching a pair of new original comedies next year through its Yahoo Screen… Read More

China’s Alibaba may file for record-breaking IPO next week

The Chinese e-commerce company, known for having twice as much revenue as Amazon, may file for an IPO as soon… Read More