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A Handy Guide to Deleting Digital Accounts
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Yahoo Snags DreamWorks-Incubated Mobile Video App Ptch
Ptch, a mobile photo and video editing app that was created by a team spun out of DreamWorks, is shutting down so it can become part of Yahoo, the company told users today (co-founder Ed Leonard was already back at DreamWorks). Over the years, Yahoo has bought various video editing startups, including Jumpcut and more recently Qwiki. Ptch closes down Jan. 2.
Grokker Gets $5.5 Million to Build Out Expert Video Network — Here’s Founder Lorna Borenstein (Video)
Trying to intro passions to the passionate.
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Yahoo Snags SkyPhrase for Natural-Language Processing
Yahoo has gone and bought another company, pushing its acquisition tally for the year up to 23. The Internet giant today said it has purchased natural-language outfit SkyPhrase for an undisclosed sum. SkyPhrase and its small team of four will become part of the Yahoo Labs team in New York, where they will presumably bring their natural-language-processing acumen to bear on Yahoo’s search and mail products.Bitcoin, Schmitcoin — Tech Stocks Also on a Frothy Run
Up, up, and away.
While Yahoo Gave Few Details About Couric’s New Role, Here’s What a Previous Deal With Her Wanted (Memo)
“This was a long time coming,” said one Yahoo exec. “It just took a very long time.”
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Yahoo Completes $1.25 Billion Offering
In a regulatory filing, Yahoo said that it completed its previously announced offering of $1.25 billion in convertible senior notes due in 2018. The Silicon Valley Internet giant said it would use the net proceeds for a number of corporate purposes, including “acquisitions or other strategic transactions, additional repurchases of common stock and working capital.”I Shot the Serif — Why Didn’t Anyone Notice the Tumblr Logo Change?
But I did not shoot the deputy.
Mayer Confirms Hire of News Star Couric as “Global Anchor,” Calling Her the “Face of Yahoo News”
And so it goes.
Clinging to Outlook, Only 25 Percent of Yahoo Employees Willing to Eat Mail “Dogfood” (Best Memo Ever!)
According to Yahoo Comms head, for those circling the hippocampian wagons of amygdalian resistance: Hold on a sec, pilgrim. No, really.
Katie Couric Deal to Become Yahoo’s “Global News Anchor” Set to Be Announced Monday
It looks like the deal that AllThingsD wrote about in August is finally happening.
