Mayer’s 10X Challenge: Yahoo’s Homepage, Mail and Search Traffic Show Significant Year-Over-Year Declines

The reality of traffic falloffs on key properties is a vexing issue.
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Yahoo Gets Googley Q&A Tool at Friday FYI and Uses It to Ask About Exec Accountability and Leaks

Here’s my question for Mayer’s new query machine: When do I get my free lunch?
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FTC’s Jon Leibowitz Takes Your Privacy Very Seriously: The Full D10 Interview (Video)

A top government regulator talks “privacy by design.”
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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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It’s Official: Arrington Out at AOL; Schonfeld New TechCrunch Editor (Plus Armstrong Internal Memo Too!)

Our long, national non-nightmare in tech is finally over. Godspeed, CrunchFund!
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Ridiculously Transparent

I had a real struggle preparing to be a public company CEO. And it had little to do with having scalable internal systems or making the quarterly numbers: I just couldn’t keep secrets from my employees.

Murdoch & Son Visit Parliament and Return With a Big Helping Of Humble (and Shaving Cream) Pie

News Corp. CEO and majordomo Rupert Murdoch tells British lawmakers he is sorry on the “most humble day of my life”, survives a surprise attack and loses his jacket. Other than that, the hearing turned into a what didn’t the Murdochs know and when didn’t they know it Q&A session.
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Groupon Updates Privacy Rules, Including on Mobile Tracking and Sharing of Personal Information

Groupon sent out emails to its users this weekend, about changes it has made to its privacy statement and terms of use. Among the most notable changes is more information about the Chicago-based social buying start-up’s collection and use of mobile location information. In other words, if you let them, in order to improve the experience and make the app more useful, you’re being tracked.
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Godspeed on That Investing Thing, Yertle–But I Still Have Some Questions for Your Boss, Arianna

Would it surprise you to know that BoomTown doesn’t really care anymore if TechCrunch editor Michael Arrington sidelines as a blogger while he makes investments in tech companies his tech news site covers? Especially after reading his post yesterday that made a good argument about who he is and, frankly, who he has always been. But that does not mean his boss, AOL content head Arianna Huffington, doesn’t have some ‘splainin’ to do.

Apple Reports Progress on Supplier Responsibility, But Major Violations Doubled Last Year

Apple was recently accused of ignoring hazardous and unhealthy conditions at its overseas suppliers, so the company’s 2011 Supplier Responsibility Progress Report arrives at a particularly apt time.

ISS Calls for Apple CEO Succession Plan

BoomTown as Judge Judy, Um, Judge BigApps

Where in the World Is America's CTO?