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59 min ago | IT Business

Flickra s new look could threaten Canadian photo startups May 21st, 2013

Yahoo Inc. has relaunched Flickr with a full-on redesign and retooling of the popular photo-sharing service it acquired for $35 million in July 2005.

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Related Topix: Flickr, Social Software, Startups, 500px

5 hrs ago | Local Tech Wire

Google, Yahoo, other tech firms join Apple in avoiding taxes

U.S. Senate scrutiny of Apple Inc.'s tax strategies turned the spotlight on a unit with $30 billion in profit since 2009 that's incorporated in Ireland, controlled by a board in California, and doesn't pay taxes in either place.

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Related Topix: Startups, WebMD, Emerging Technology, Search Engines, Biotech, Medicine, Forest Labs, Healthcare Industry, Internet, Science / Technology, Cupertino, CA

9 hrs ago | Insider Monkey

Facebook Inc (FB) Joins This 'Net Freedom-but-Privacy Group

Facebook Inc can certainly be known as a social network that has often advocated for social causes and social activism, and it has been a valuable tool in many of those areas, including calls for blood donation in the wake of natural disasters in other parts of the world and calls against censorship and for freedom of expression in repressive ... (more)

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Related Topix: Startups, Facebook, Privacy, Social Software, Google

11 hrs ago | Reuters

Former Yahoo executive Shashi Seth to head Tribune digital

Former Yahoo Inc executive Shashi Seth has joined Tribune Co to lead its digital ventures as the newspaper and broadcast company seeks new revenue sources.

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Related Topix: Tribune Company, Startups

12 hrs ago | Examiner.com

Mother punishes daughter for bullying with ugly clothes

A Utah woman has decided to give a bully a taste of her own medicine. According to a May 21 Yahoo! Shine! report, Ally Olsen was upset when she found out her fiance's daughter, Kaylee, 10, was bullying a classmate because of the way she dressed.

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Related Topix: Startups

13 hrs ago | Fortune

How much did Tumblr's VCs really make?

Yesterday there were several news reports about how Union Square Ventures had generated a "5,000% return" on its early investment in Tumblr, based on data from research firm Privco.

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Related Topix: Tumblr, Startups

17 hrs ago | Wall St. Cheat Sheet

Is Marissa Mayer a Winner?

With shares of Yahoo! Inc. trading at around $26.89, is YHOO an OUTPERFORM, WAIT AND SEE or STAY AWAY? Let's analyze the stock with the relevant sections of our CHEAT SHEET investing framework : Yahoo has made a bold move by planning to acquire Tumblr for $1.1 billion.

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

21 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, Emerging Technology, Search Engines, Dapper, Citizen Sports, Bessemer Venture Partners, Koprol

Tue May 21, 2013

BetaNews

Suddenly, I care about Yahoo again

My oldest email address, circa 1996, is with Yahoo -- just three letters. I joined Flickr in October 2005 and Tumblr in May 2008.

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Related Topix: Startups, Social Software, Flickr, Tumblr, Emerging Technology, Search Engines, Google

Reuters

France Tel to invest up to 50 million euro in Dailymotion: report

France Telecom plans to invest between 30 and 50 million euros in its video-sharing website Dailymotion and begin a fresh search for a partner in the autumn, its chief executive said on Tuesday.

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Related Topix: Dailymotion, Startups

Fortune

What it takes to become a female Fortune 500 CEO

As Marissa Mayer stood with David Karp to announce Yahoo's acquisition of Tumblr on Monday, you couldn't help but notice the vast educational divide between the two principals.

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Related Topix: Startups, Tumblr, Google, Emerging Technology, Search Engines, Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook

Bradenton.com

Stocks retreat from all-time highs

U.S. stocks finished lower Monday after comments from Chicago Federal Reserve President Charles Evans knocked them from new all-time highs set earlier in the day.

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Related Topix: Financial Markets, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Banking, Financial Services, Startups

Home

The Question for Yahoo: Will Tumblr Be More Like Google or More Like Craigslist

Yahoo Chief Executive Marissa Mayer speaks at a news conference in New York May 20, 2013.

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Related Topix: Startups, Tumblr, Local Search, Craigslist, Google, Emerging Technology, Search Engines

MarketWatch

Tech Stocks: Apple weighs down techs; Yahoo gains

Tech stocks traded sideways Tuesday morning, weighed down by a drop in Apple Inc.

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Related Topix: Startups

Townhall

Crista Huff: Stocks in the News: Yahoo, Campbell's Soup, General Electric

Stocks in the News is produced by Ransom Notes Radio and Goodfellow, LLC. Crista Huff manages Goodfellow LLC , a website that recommends outperforming stocks using fundamental and technical analysis.

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Related Topix: Startups, Financial Markets, General Electric, Financial Services, Aerospace-Defense, Tumblr, Social Software, Opinion

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, Canaan Partners, Koprol, Dapper, Citizen Sports, Bessemer Venture Partners

Business News

Yahoo Now Needs Execution

Yahoo's investments in Flickr and Tumblr are steps toward fixing gaps in its business, but it's only the beginning of a longer journey, Mark Mahaney of RBC Capital Markets says.

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Related Topix: Startups, Entertainment, Television, Fast Money, Financial Markets

CNN

Photos: Big moves in the tech world

Yahoo announced it bought the blogging site Tumblr for a whopping $1.1 billion on Monday, May 20.

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Related Topix: Startups, Microsoft, Bill Gates, StyleFeeder, Magento

Mon May 20, 2013

The Washington Post

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Tumblr, used by approximately 8 percent of online users, skews heavily toward the younger crowd.

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Related Topix: Startups, Blog News, Social Software, Sports

Business Journal

Tumblr! Times Square! Flickr! No wonder Yahoo's Marissa Mayer is losing her voice

1. Sunnyvale, California-based Yahoo will move its 500 New York City employees into new offices into the former offices of The New York Times in Times Square.

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Related Topix: Startups, Tumblr, Social Software, Sunnyvale, CA, Publishing, Media, New Times

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