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There’s a Robot in Your Pocket

When I was a kid, I dreamed of someday having my own robot. Today, I’m very excited to see my dream come true because, in fact, there is a robot in each of our pockets.

Exclusive: Amazon Starts Bringing the Art of Recommendations to Daily Deals

In the daily-deals space, men still are being offered Brazilian bikini waxes and women are pitched discounts to the barbershop. Here’s how Amazon is starting to fix that.
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Yahoo’s Q1 Earnings: New CEO Will Get Some Satisfaction!

New Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson is making list and taking names.
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Vaunted Yahoo Techie Departs for Microsoft (Surprised? Me Neither.)

Raghu Ramakrishnan has left the purple building.
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Un-Personalize Yahoo With Its New Editorial Algorithm Visualization

Yahoo has built a visualization of its “CORE” content optimization and relevance engine technology, which helps power story selection on its home page and other verticals.
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Groupon’s Mason on Strategy, Investment and (Finally) a Way to Stop Those Pole-Dancing Offers

Groupon’s CEO Andrew Mason is known for his sense of humor, but during the company’s first earnings call today, it was all business … pretty much.
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Like Yahoo Founder, Like New Yahoo CEO: Data Is Now King?

Advertising and media at Yahoo are now hereby a viscount and baron.
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oBaz Wants to Rebuild the Online Deal Site, With Help From Groupon’s Founders

The rise of limited-stock daily deal sites has brought the stress of holiday shopping to the Web. But oBaz, a new online boutique start-up, is trying to quiet the storm with a little help from you.
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Here’s the Video Groupon Wants You to Watch About Its Important New Feature

Groupon just launched a new way for its customers to see the offers they want the most. Here’s the video that consumers are expected to watch.
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Yahoo’s Product Runway: Are You In or Out?

I am here at Yahoo HQ in Sunnyvale, Calif., to check out “Product Runway,” which is the Silicon Valley Internet giant’s attempt to show that it can still innovate.
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Is My Email Address My Identity?