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Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) dominated the headlines Monday when it introduced iOS 7, a refreshed line of Macs, and iTunes Radio. Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) was in the news Tuesday when it held it’s first-ever shareholders meeting and faced backlash from investors who want to why the stock is down and a...

With only a few days to go before media and developer events from Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), Sony (NYSE: SNE) and Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: EA), this week has been fairly quiet. There were a few notable developments from Samsung, Microsoft, Yahoo (NASDAQ: YHOO) and Sony, and a...

In a move described by Bloomberg as “creepy,” Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) Monday began telling users of their popular email service that they must agree to have their email messages (incoming and outgoing), as well as instant and SMS messaging scanned and analyzed to help drive targeted ads. Oh...

Monday was a big day for Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO). First, it announced that it was buying social blogging platform, Tumblr for $1.1 billion in an all cash deal. Investors would agree that a billion dollar acquisition is plenty of news for one day but Yahoo! had more to announce. Yahoo CEO...

With Yahoo's (NASDAQ: YHOO) acquisition of Tumblr receiving the thumbs up from its board, pundits from across the web have engaged in all sorts of speculation about the merits of the Marissa Mayer-led purchase of the trendy social network. The $1.1 billion acquisition is Mayer's biggest gamble yet...

With the blessing of its board on Sunday, Yahoo (NASDAQ: YHOO) acquired Tumblr, the trendy social network most popular among teens, at a favorable valuation of $1.1 billion. This means Marissa Meyer and company shelled out about a quarter of the company's cash on the chance that they can...

A new report from Glassdoor has surveyed employees around the country and captured their sentiments on the prospects of their employers. The survey is voluntary and anonymous, containing the question: Do you believe your company's business outlook will get better, stay the same or get worse in the...

Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC) is interested in acquiring the Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) of television -- AKA Hulu. According to Bloomberg, discussions are "at an early stage and a transaction isn't certain." Another, unidentified pay-TV company is also interested in acquiring Hulu. Interestingly,...

Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) has made the comeback of a century, quadrupling in value over the last seven months. This unheard of (and highly unexpected) turnaround story came after Netflix approached $300 per share and then plummeted to the low $50s. It was a painful moment for investors, but they got...

Nine months ago, Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) traded for less than $55 a share. Any major company -- Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA), Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) or any other firm that has an interest in content deals and millions of subscribers -- could have purchased the firm at that low...

If you can't beat 'em, buy 'em. If you can't buy 'em, acquire one of their competitors and hope for the best. That has been the strategy of Yahoo (NASDAQ: YHOO), which has been on the lookout for a snazzy YouTube clone ever since Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) acquired the real YouTube and turned it into...

While shopping for new content, Yahoo (NASDAQ: YHOO) had hoped to take home a shiny-new streaming video site this year. There were rumors that the Internet giant would acquire Hulu from its current owners, Disney (NYSE: DIS), Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA) and News Corp. (NYSE: NWS). Thus far, those...

Well, that’s embarrassing. How macabre it must be to find out that you’ve passed away. At one point, it was number four on Yahoo’s (NASDAQ: YHOO) most search list on Friday. That’s especially extraordinary when that day is Friday, April 19—where the understatement of the year might be that it...

Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) will report earnings on Thursday after the bell with a conference call scheduled for 4:30 pm EST. It’s all about online ad revenue just as it was with Yahoo (NASDAQ: YHOO). Of particular importance will be ad revenue generated from mobile sites as an increasing number of...

eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY) will report Q1 2013 earnings after the bell on April 17, with its conference call beginning at 5:00 pm EST. The early innings of earnings season in the technology space hasn’t impressed investors. Yahoo (NASDAQ: YHOO) reported on Tuesday that display advertising, its main...