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Spotify and Facebook Designer Rasmus Andersson Joins Dropbox

Liz Gannes in News on March 22 at 9:43 am PT

Dropbox, that fast-growing Silicon Valley company with a product that regular people actually pay money to use, has made another big hire. Rasmus Andersson joins the company’s design and engineering teams from Facebook, where he spent two years after being the chief designer at Spotify.

Outbox: Yahoo Mail Head Sharma Leaves Company

Kara Swisher in Media on March 13 at 5:29 pm PT

Signed, sealed, delivered, he’s gone.

What Will Marissa Do?: Yahoo CEO Zeroes in on Search, While Her Ad Team Eyes Tech Upgrade Options

Kara Swisher in Media on September 21, 2012 at 12:27 pm PT

Free food and iPhones do not a turnaround make. Now it’s time for the hard part of remaking the Silicon Valley giant.

Sweet! Mayer Declares That It’s Peanut Butter and Jelly Time at Yahoo.

Kara Swisher in News on August 25, 2012 at 10:05 am PT

Good riddance to the Peanut Butter Manifesto and hello to Process, Bureaucracy & Jams.

Is Yahoo’s Human Resources Department Next to Get a Mayer Shakeup?

Kara Swisher in News on August 10, 2012 at 12:46 pm PT

Will the man in charge of jobs loses his as the new CEO takes charge of talent at the Silicon Valley Internet giant?

Revolving Door: Yahoo Departures Begin, Even as Mayer’s Team Still TBD

Kara Swisher in News on August 2, 2012 at 5:09 pm PT

Round and round it goes — as the Silicon Valley’s best Internet drama turns!

Yahoo Hires Google Exec Barrett as Chief Of Revenue, as Big Ad Changes Loom

Kara Swisher in News on June 18, 2012 at 5:30 am PT

Get ready for a new Yahoo ad strategy, too.

Exclusive: Twitter’s VP Engineering Mike Abbott Departs

Kara Swisher in News on October 13, 2011 at 5:49 pm PT

According to sources close to the situation, Twitter VP of Engineering Mike Abbott has left the company. He is apparently interested in doing more investing.

Google Confirms That Groupon COO Will Be Google's Margo Georgiadis

Kara Swisher in News on April 21, 2011 at 11:14 am PT

Margo Georgiadis, VP of Global Sales Operations at Google, will be COO of Groupon, Google confirmed. She is currently located in Chicago, where the social buying site is headquartered. Besides COO, BoomTown will officially bestow the title of “Chief Cat Wrangler” on her in recognition of the massive organizational job ahead of her at the notoriously chaotic start-up.

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Groupon Hires One of Its Own Investors in Growth Spurt

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on April 11, 2011 at 12:44 pm PT

Groupon is aggressively hiring–so much so, it has stolen away one of the partners from its own investors. David Thacker, an associate partner at Greylock Partners, is joining Groupon’s product management team in Palo Alto, according to an amicably worded blog post on Greylock’s site. Thacker led investments in Gowalla and 1000 Memories. While that’s one down, Groupon is still on the hunt for a new COO.