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Quora Sets Up a Leaky Pay Wall — But for Registrations, Not Money

Liz Gannes in Social on February 14 at 9:45 pm PT

Quora responds to growing frustration about locking down access to user-generated content.

As Yahoo Sales Reorg Proceeds, Former Interclick CEO Katz Departs

Kara Swisher in Media on December 17, 2012 at 12:07 am PT

The well-known ad exec’s exit from the Silicon Valley Internet giant was less than amicable.

Why Zynga Should Have Seen Draw Something’s Fall Coming

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on October 22, 2012 at 10:59 am PT

A study conducted by Flurry, a mobile-analytics provider, found that social games can be among the most intensely used apps, but they have a short shelf life.

The $56 Million Man: Yahoo Confirms Hiring of Google’s De Castro as COO

Kara Swisher in News on October 15, 2012 at 2:34 pm PT

Yes, that’s a lot of dough for the multi-lingual sales exec.

Add Another Log to the Fire: HP Employees Grumble About Loss of Stock Grants

Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on January 24, 2012 at 5:00 am PT

Executives at Hewlett-Packard are upset that a key stock-based benefit has evaporated before their very eyes. Even the man many blame, fired CEO Léo Apotheker, got hit.

Zynga Makes Big Claims With IPO Only a Week Away

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on December 9, 2011 at 2:03 pm PT

How about doubling the number of paying gamers? Done!

No to YESS — Yahoo Employee Satisfaction Survey Shows Morale Morass

Kara Swisher in News on October 26, 2011 at 12:07 pm PT

Apparently, Yahoos can’t get no satisfaction.

Yahoo’s Interim CEO in Internal Meeting: “Time Is a Constraint” (Also, Blame the Media!)

Kara Swisher in News on October 6, 2011 at 2:59 pm PT

I don’t know why I am not just invited to these Yahoo gatherings, since it would make my life a lot easier.

Exclusive: Efficient Frontier Buys Context Optional for $50 Million

Kara Swisher in Social on May 4, 2011 at 9:15 am PT

Online performance marketing firm Efficient Frontier is acquiring San Francisco-based social marketing software and services start-up Context Optional, the company said. While terms of the deal were not revealed, sources said the price was $50 million. The purchase of San Francisco’s Context Optional is the first one for Efficient Frontier.

Video: The Cashmere Stylings of Yahoo Chief Product Officer Blake Irving

Kara Swisher in News on March 30, 2011 at 3:07 pm PT

Yesterday, BoomTown spent a good part of the day at Yahoo’s HQ in Sunnyvale, Calif., meeting with various product execs and seeing some cool new stuff in the works. That included its Chief Product Officer Blake Irving, who got to the company a little less than a year ago with the goal of finally getting the company to actually get those innovations out the door.