Yahoo’s Parting With Thompson Will Be for “Cause” (aka CSLie)

And not cancer, as unfortunate as the timing is for the ousted Yahoo CEO.
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Exclusive: Yahoo’s Thompson Out; Levinsohn In; Board Settlement With Loeb Nears Completion

The final shoe — shoe store, really — drops.
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Voices

How to Improve the Worst Mother’s Day Gifts Ever (Comic)

Here is the latest comic from our Joy of Tech friends at Geek Culture, Nitrozac and Snaggy. Joy of Tech appears three times a week in the Voices section of this site.
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Exclusive: Yahoo Director in Charge of Botched CEO Vetting to Step Down From Board

CSLie has claimed its first victim, although the mystery is still unsolved.
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CEO Says Sorry to Yahoos for Borked Bio “Distraction” — But Will Mea Culpa Work Without an Apology for Error? (Memo)

He’s sorry. Deeply regrets. Apologizes. Takes full responsibility for the distraction. You know the drill.
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As Yahoo CEO Reaches Out to Top Staff, Board Meets to Weigh “Options” (I.E., Deciding Who Gets to Take the Borked Bio Blame)

On tonight’s Silicon Valley version of “Game of Thrones,” King Scott Thompson tries to assuage, while the board potentates sharpen their knives.
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Yahoo’s Thompson Asks Employees to “Stay Focused” — Except Not on Him

Of course, the Yahoo internal memo of the week for the Yahoo internal crisis of the week!
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Sony’s SmartWatch Not Ready for Primetime

The wearable device pairs with some Android smartphones to send notifications and snippets of info straight to the watch.
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News Byte

Gmail Down for Some Users

Some of Gmail’s 350 million users took to Twitter this morning to complain that their Gmail accounts were down. Google has since acknowledged the outage, saying, “We’re aware that some users are experiencing an error when accessing their Gmail. We are working on a resolution and apologize for the inconvenience.” In the meantime, Google has directed users to the Google Apps Status Dashboard for updates.

It’s Official: Yahoo Reorgs Itself Just Like We Said (Memo Time!)

Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson just sent this note to Yahoo employees, about a new leadership organization for the company.
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Better Gmail on the iPhone