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2 hrs ago | SocalTECH.com

How YP Is Growing A Giant Tech Team In Glendale

One of the largest concentrations of technical talent in Los Angeles is in Glendale, at YP -- staffed with a surprising number of Los Angeles startup vets.

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Related Topix: Startups, Yahoo!, Emerging Technology, Search Engines, Citizen Sports, Bessemer Venture Partners, Koprol

Tue May 21, 2013

SiliconValley.com

Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer's big Tumblr bet offset by Asian holdings

Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer's $1.1 billion acquisition of blogging service Tumblr will be a test of her ability to revive the aging Web portal.

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Related Topix: Startups, Yahoo!, Canaan Partners, Citizen Sports, Bessemer Venture Partners, Koprol

Connecticut Post

Should we let wunderkinds drop out of high school?

In this Oct. 1, 2012 file photo, Tumblr founder David Karp participates in the "Bloomberg Leadership Summit" seminar in New York.

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Related Topix: Tumblr

Search Engine Watch

Google's Search Market Share Drops as Bing Passes 17%

Google's search market share dropped slightly once again, with Microsoft and Yahoo slightly edging up, according to comScore's April 2013 search engine rankings .

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Related Topix: Google, Startups, Emerging Technology, Search Engines, AdMob, Microsoft, Groove Commerce

Reuters

Us Stocks-Wall St inches up as deals provide support for rally

U.S. stocks rose slightly on Monday as acquisition activity gave support, but investors were hesitant to rush into the market with indexes hovering around record levels.

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Related Topix: Financial Markets, Citizen Sports, Real Estate, Freeport

Money Morning

Yahoo-Tumblr Deal a Hail Mary Pass That May Never Pay Off

Cherry-picks the very best investment opportunities from all 11 research services - in energy, commodities, currencies, biotech, and more.

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Related Topix: Startups, Yahoo!, Canaan Partners, Koprol, Citizen Sports, Bessemer Venture Partners

Mon May 20, 2013

KMPH-TV Fresno

Yahoo looks to regain its cool with Tumblr deal

White House chief of staff Denis McDonough and other senior presidential advisers knew in late April that an upcoming report was likely to find that IRS employees had inappropriately targeted conservative political... White House chief of staff Denis McDonough and other senior advisers knew in late April that an impending report was likely to say ... (more)

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Related Topix: Tumblr, Citizen Sports, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Representative Mary Fallin, Republican, US House of Representatives, Oklahoma

Daily Mail

Former Yahoo! employee killed after falling from roof during San...

A former Yahoo! employee died over the weekend after falling from the roof of a four-story house in San Francisco while attending a party for the city's annual 'Bay to Breakers' foot race.

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Related Topix: Citizen Sports, San Francisco, CA, Demandforce

The Beaumont Enterprise

Tumblr CEO's mom gushes over billion-dollar baby

In this Oct. 1, 2012 file photo, Tumblr founder David Karp participates in the "Bloomberg Leadership Summit" seminar in New York.

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Related Topix: Tumblr

CBC News

Yahoo buys Tumblr blogging site for $1.1B

Yahoo announced Monday that it will pay $1.1B cash to purchase Tumblr, a blogging service that says it has massed more than 50 billion posts from 108 million blogs.

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Related Topix: Startups, Yahoo!, Tumblr, Blog News, Reuters, Emerging Technology, Search Engines

KTEN-TV Denison

Yahoo takes big leap with $1.1B deal for Tumblr

Experts say the officer who killed a Long Island college student and a home invasion suspect on Friday was confronted with a split-second choice.

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Related Topix: Citizen Sports, Tumblr, Oklahoma, Lottery

Sun May 19, 2013

Examiner.com

Yahoo to buy Tumblr: $1.1 billion cash offer according to source

Yahoo to buy Tumblr for $1.1 billion cash says a source close to the deal according to The New York Times.

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Related Topix: Citizen Sports, Blog News, Startups, Facebook

Alabama Live

Report: Yahoo to buy Tumblr for $1.1 billion in cash

Yahoo! Inc. is set to purchase Tumblr, a blogging tool, for $1.1 billion, according to the Wall Street Journal.

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Related Topix: Startups, Yahoo!, Canaan Partners, Citizen Sports, Bessemer Venture Partners, Koprol

Sat May 18, 2013

CBS Local

Yahoo Reportedly Nearing $1.1B Acquisition Of Tumblr

Yahoo may be on the verge of closing its biggest acquisition during the 10-month reign of CEO Marissa Mayer as she tries to attract more traffic and advertisers to the Internet company's website and mobile applications.

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Related Topix: Startups, Yahoo!, Canaan Partners, Citizen Sports, Bessemer Venture Partners, Koprol

Fri May 17, 2013

Benzinga

Time Warner Cable Looking to Buy Hulu Before Yahoo

According to Bloomberg , discussions are "at an early stage and a transaction isn't certain." Another, unidentified pay-TV company is also interested in acquiring Hulu.

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Related Topix: Publishing, News Corporation, Startups, Yahoo!, Canaan Partners, Citizen Sports, Bessemer Venture Partners

Thu May 16, 2013

Mashable

Is Marissa Mayer About to Buy Tumblr for $1 Billion?

In a deal that would vault Yahoo into the premiere league of social media, Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer is said to be closing in on a $1 billion acquisition deal with David Karp , the CEO of New York-based Tumblr .

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Related Topix: Tumblr, Citizen Sports

Wed May 15, 2013

Paradise Post

Yahoo to woo younger users in effort to be cool again

Yahoo plans to ramp up advertising and marketing efforts as it seeks to break its reliance on an "aging demographic" and become more relevant among young adults, the company's finance chief said on Tuesday.

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Related Topix: Startups, Yahoo!, Canaan Partners, Koprol, Citizen Sports, Bessemer Venture Partners

Tue May 14, 2013

MediaPost

Bing It On, Yahoo

Oh, please. The reports that Yahoo wants to wiggle out of the 10-year deal with Bing should not come as a surprise to anyone, especially with Marissa Mayer at the helm.

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Related Topix: Startups, Yahoo!, Google, Emerging Technology, Search Engines, AdMob, Microsoft

MarketNewsVideo

Analyst Moves: YHOO, V, SODA

This morning, Cantor Fitzgerald increased its price target on shares of Yahoo! to $30 based on the increasing value of its stake in Alibaba.

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Related Topix: Startups, Yahoo!, Canaan Partners, Citizen Sports, Bessemer Venture Partners, Koprol

Daily Political

Yahoo! Receives "Conviction-Buy" Rating from Goldman Sachs

's stock had its "conviction-buy" rating reaffirmed by research analysts at Goldman Sachs in a report released on Tuesday, StocKRatingsNetwork.com reports.

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Related Topix: Startups, Yahoo!, Canaan Partners, Citizen Sports, Bessemer Venture Partners, Koprol

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