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Outgoing Yahoo Chairman Roy Bostock’s Farewell Letter (And Other Stuff)

Kara Swisher in News on February 7 at 1:11 pm PT

Bygones, Roy?

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Four Yahoo Board Members to Depart, Two New Ones Arrive and Three More on the Way (Like I Said)

Kara Swisher in News on February 7 at 12:38 pm PT

Yahoo moves chairs around the deck some more.

Track Changes on an iPad

Walt Mossberg in Mossberg’s Mailbox on January 25 at 6:02 pm PT

Walt answers a reader’s question on whether a new Microsoft Office app for the iPad tracks changes.

News Byte

VMWare Co-Founder Diane Greene Joins Google’s Board

Arik Hesseldahl in News on January 12 at 3:02 pm PT

Search giant Google said today it had appointed Diane B. Greene to its board of directors. Greene, 56, is a co-founder of VMWare and took that company public in 2007. She was its CEO and president for 10 years ending 2008, and was executive vice president at EMC, which partially owns VMWare. She also sits on the board of Intuit.

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Intuit’s GoPayment Mobile Credit-Card Reader Beats Square’s into Canada

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on January 9 at 7:00 pm PT

Intuit will soon launch its mobile credit-card reader in Canada, beating the well-funded-and-recognized Square to the market. Both companies distribute devices that allow small-scale merchants to accept credit cards on a cellphone or tablet; so far, Square only operates in the U.S. Intuit, the publicly held company that sells other small-business resources, such as QuickBooks, said its GoPayment device will be available in Canada early this year; it plans to push into other international markets in the future.

Yahoo Okays Initial Term Sheet to Sell Stakes Back to Asian Partners — While Also Hoping to Keep PE Firms in Fray

Kara Swisher in News on December 23, 2011 at 11:23 am PT

It’s on.

Three Months After Bartz’s Firing, It’s Hurry Up and Wait at Yahoo (A Big Honking Update)

Kara Swisher in Media on December 7, 2011 at 9:43 am PT

Still no sale or investment deal. No new CEO. No Asia resolution. And, perhaps most importantly, no clearly articulated strategy going forward. Other than that …

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Intuit Plans to Offer Free Phone Tax Advice

Ben Worthen, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on December 1, 2011 at 4:30 am PT

Tax-preparation software made by Intuit Inc. is supposed to help taxpayers avoid using accountants.

Square Adds Some Polish to Its Payment Solution, but Some Retailers May Want More

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on November 15, 2011 at 1:00 pm PT

Mobile payments provider Square has added a couple new features that won’t require retailers to completely change the way they are doing business.

With No-Yahoo-CEO Pledge, David Kenny Back in the Strategic Fray

Kara Swisher in Media on November 8, 2011 at 12:42 pm PT

What will David Kenny do? Maybe get something cooking in the whole what-will-Yahoo-do stakes, now that one of Yahoo’s more active board members is back.