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Yahoo follows Tumblr with complete overhaul of Flickr

@gordonmacmillan — Tue, 21 May 2013 08:52:23 +0000

On the same day Yahoo confirmed its acquisition of Tumblr, and promised not to “screw it up”, it announced an over haul of Flickr the photo sharing service it screwed up over a number of years.

Yahoo confirms deal to buy Tumblr and promises not to “screw it up”

@gordonmacmillan — Sun, 19 May 2013 17:45:20 +0000

UPDATE: Yahoo has officially confirmed its acquisition of Tumblr. In a blog post, Yahoo CEO, Marissa Mayer, reassured Tumblr users as she promised Yahoo would try “not to screw it up”.

As Yahoo looks to regain its cool is it looking to buy Tumblr?

@gordonmacmillan — Fri, 17 May 2013 11:47:21 +0000

Can Yahoo get its “cool back”? As that is what it is trying to do according to CFO Ken Goldman and one of the ways it might try and achieve that is to buy Tumblr.

Yahoo! to integrate Twitter into its newsfeed in battle to stay relevant

Charlotte Henry — Fri, 17 May 2013 07:45:16 +0000

Yahoo! will integrate Twitter into its news frontpage, continuing its battle to be relevant in the social age. Certain tweets will now be included amongst the aggregated news headlines, although it’s not yet clear how they will be selected.

The Social Media era of sponsorship

Neil Oakley — Wed, 08 May 2013 11:58:46 +0000

As its legacy continues to grow, last year will forever be the year of London 2012, one of the greatest events ever to grace the sporting world. It also happened to fall within what the industry is calling ‘The Social Era’ of sponsorship.

Yahoo snaps up British news app Summly for $30m

@gordonmacmillan — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 09:30:47 +0000

Yahoo has finally woken up and done something about mobile as it buys news app Summly, which was created by London teenager Nick D’Aloisio, for a reported $30m (£20m), as it struggles to turn itself and its lacklustre business around.

Sheryl Sandberg sparks controversy with new book on female leadership

Charlotte Henry — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 14:56:31 +0000

Facebook COO and board member Sheryl Sandberg has long been an advocate of a very modern form of feminism. It’s the type of feminism that demands a lot of women, or as Sandberg put its in her new book, encourages them to ‘lean in’ to their careers.

Pinterest vs Flickr – the battle for photo dominance

Charlotte Henry — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 09:26:00 +0000

In services like Pinterest, Flickr, and Instagram (not to mention Facebook and Twitter,) photos have become a critical frontier in the battle for web dominance, particularly in the social space.

While Instagram is dominating in mobile, an interesting war is raging between Yahoo’s Flickr, and online pinboard Pinterest. They may different style services, but fundamental comparisons can be made, and are very revealing about the directions the web is going in.

Were Yahoo right to ban flexible working?

Amanda Phillips — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 14:44:51 +0000

Yahoo caused a bit of a stir this week with the news that head of HR Jackie Reses had sent an internal memo announcing that, as of June, flexible working arrangements would be banned completely.

Yahoo traffic shows steep decline in private comScore stats

@gordonmacmillan — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 09:19:17 +0000

Yahoo chief executive Marissa Mayer has a problem on her hands. Two out of three of Yahoo’s biggest sources of traffic, namely email and search, are declining rapidly, according to new private ComScore numbers reported by AllThingsD. That only leaves its prime location homepage as one major area that is growing. Considering Mayer’s goal is to take Yahoo back to its roots “as a consumer internet company” that could prove to be a huge problem.