Свежие новости и отзывы о Yahoo

В 2015 году из Yahoo уволилось более трети сотрудников, сообщает The New York Times со ссылкой на бывших сотрудников компании, пожелавших сохранить анонимность. По их словам, «утечка мозгов» связана с неуверенностью в будущем Yahoo под управлением нынешнего гендиректора компании Мариссы Майер.... →

Business Insider reports that Yahoo is prepping to layoff about 10% of its workforce. The struggling company, even under Marissa Mayer's leadership, has not seen the recovery expected from its investors...... →

Posted by tommcloughlin Many small businesses see content marketing as something that you can only be successful with if you are a huge company with a big budget. I was in the same boat for a long time, but after much research, many (many) failed attempts and a lot of perseverance, I’ve finally started to see some predictability in how to get results from content marketing. Nothing illustrates this better than a project we managed for a travel company that was inspired by the finale to the fifth season of t... →

It’s been a doom-and-gloom week for Yahoo. First it shuttered its premium video hub, Yahoo Screen, and then we learned that it’s facing a class action lawsuit for sending unsolicited text messages to users. But as of late Wednesday, reports are flying that Yahoo is preparing to lay off 10 percent of its workforce — […]... →

The number of mobile addicts is increasing, according to a new report released this morning from Yahoo-owned mobile analytics firm Flurry, which found that 40 percent of the 58 percent total growth in mobile app sessions came from existing users in 2015. That’s a significant increase from the prior years, the company noted, as existing users only accounted for 20 percent of growth in… Read More... →

(By Jonathan Stempel, Reuters) — Yahoo Inc was ordered by a Chicago federal judge on Monday to face a class action lawsuit accusing the Internet company of sending unsolicited text messages to Sprint Corp cellphone users in violation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act. U.S. District Judge Manish Shah said the users could sue as […]... →

Yahoo has shut down its video service called Yahoo Screen, putting an end to an effort to compete against YouTube and capturing the video market. Instead of having a centralized hub for shows like “Community”, “Saturday Night Live”, and a line up of original series, it’s now being divided up among the various magazines and […]... →

According to a report by Variety, and confirmation by Yahoo, Yahoo Screen will be closing its doors with its content being split amongst its various magazine properties. Screen launched in 2013 as a place to house Yahoo’s original content, which the company has since backed away from. From bringing back the show “Community” to airing an overseas NFL game, the plan was to… Read More... →

It took back-to-back acqui-hires for me to learn there’s a right way and a wrong way to do them. We had made it. Despite running low on money and having little traction, my company was acqui-hired by Yahoo in October of 2013. I was thrilled to have a large salary at a well-respected company. Seventeen months later, I was laid off. Read More... →

Yahoo Kids died a quiet death two years ago, but to BJ Heiney (who worked on the product from 1996 to 2000) the shutdown was a “travesty,” depriving kids and parents of a valuable place to find fun, safe content. He’s aiming to fill that hole with a new search engine called Thinga. Heiney’s been building Thinga for the past year under the umbrella of The Bear James… Read More... →

Пользователи заметили, что Yahoo тестирует новый формат и дизайн главной страницы портала Yahoo.com. По сравнению с текущей, в новой версии страницы появилось больше «воздуха», она выглядит менее загруженной и более организованной. Напомним, что ещё один вариант дизайна интерфейса главной страницы Yahoo тестировала в июле.... →

Американский Forbes в пятый раз опубликовал свой ежегодный список руководителей компаний, которые совершили больше всего ошибок за последние 12 месяцев. В 2015 году в перечень попали глава Yahoo Марисса Майер, самая молодая женщина-миллиардер Элизабет Холмс, «самый ненавистный человек в США» Мартин Шкрели, сооснователь Tinder Шон Рэд и другие.... →

Yahoo is testing a new format and design for their popular home page. Ruben Gomez captured it and posted it on his blog and on Twitter. The new layout looks a bit cleaner, more spacious and a bit more organized than the current design...... →

Российский предприниматель  Алишер Усманов частично продал свою долю в Alibaba Group. Об этом он рассказал в интервью телеканалу  «Россия 24». По его словам, первоначальные вложения USM Holdindgs в Alibaba выросли в 5-6 раз. В ноябре 2014 года Алишер Усманов сообщил в интервью CNBC, что заработал на инвестициях в китайского ритейлера Alibaba Group около 500% прибыли.  Alibaba провела IPO в 2014 году, в ходе которого Алишер Усманов акции не продавал. Конкретный размер доли, которой владеет Усманов, не сообща... →

Разработчики Yahoo существенно обновили мобильный поиск, добавив ряд новых функций. В числе основных нововведений – поддержка AMP-страниц, интеграция c Twitter, обновлённый поиск картинок и интерфейс поисковой выдачи для новостей. Поддержка AMP Вскоре после запуска проекта AMP (Accelerated Mobile Pages) Google в Yahoo также добавили поддержку нового формата. Теперь в поисковой выдаче Yahoo Mobile будут отображаться AMP-статьи издателей. Интеграция с Twitter Благодаря интеграции, в мобильной выдаче Yahoo... →

Who said making money in the stock market is easy? In a year the market was essentially flat, a few tech stocks had a really tough time staying afloat. Companies like Twitter, Groupon, and Yahoo all suffered at the hands of the public markets. Click through to read about nine of the worst performing public technology companies of 2015. And, check out part one which highlighted some of… Read More... →

Google confirmed this morning it’s now testing a new way to sign into your Google account without having to type in a password. Instead, those who have been invited to try this new method of logging in authenticate by responding to a notification sent to their smartphone. The idea is similar to Yahoo’s recently launched “Account Key,” which also offers a… Read More... →

Meet Alto Mail, a new mobile app to manage your emails on your phone. The app was created by AOL (TechCrunch’s parent company) but supports Gmail, Outlook, Yahoo!, iCloud and AOL Mail. While it shares many features with Google’s Inbox app, it doesn’t try to reinvent the wheel. At its core, Alto Mail remains an email app, and a pretty good one. Read More... →

Google and Ford are planning to develop and build self-driving vehicles together in a joint venture and will announce the deal at next month’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, says a report in Yahoo Autos. The partnership would represent a significant collaboration between two of the biggest names in the tech and automotive industries. Read More... →

Today, Yahoo announced that one of their crown jewels, a relationship that they have with NBC Sports, has been renewed. In a post, Ian Weingarten, SVP, Corporate Development and Partnerships, said: We’ve renewed our partnership with NBC Sports Group, bringing even more content to Yahoo/NBC Sports viewers, including Premier League highlights, NBC Sports Regional Network team reports, and… Read More... →