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Yahoo's rise in Asia offsets risk from Tumblr bet
ReutersSAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc Chief Executive Marissa Mayer's $1.1 billion acquisition of blogging service Tumblr will be a test of her ability to revive the aging Web portal. Luckily for her, her performance may be graded generously. Mayer faces...Tags: Social Media, Consumers, Advertising, Facebook, Customs and Tradition
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Payvia buys mobile marketing firm Mogreet
Mobile payments company Payvia Inc. has acquired Mogreet, a Venice mobile marketing start-up. The companies declined to disclose the financial terms of the deal. The Mogreet team will join Los Angeles company Payvia, and Mogreet founder and Chief...Tags: Consumers, Business, Marketing, Consumer Goods Industries, Cox Media Group, Inc.
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Mobile payments company Payvia buys L.A. marketing firm Mogreet
Mobile payments company Payvia announced Monday that it had acquired Mogreet, a Venice mobile marketing start-up. Payvia, based in L.A., said the deal would create a simplified all-in-one platform that enables companies to target consumers and provide...
Tags: Computer Hardware, Business, Marketing, Consumer Goods Industries, Cox Media Group, Inc.
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Bold move: Yahoo makes $1.1 billion bet on Tumblr, Internet whiz kid in bid to be hip again
AP Technology WriterSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — After falling woefully out of fashion, Yahoo wants to be cool again while catering to the capitalistic demands of its shareholders. That goal led CEO Marissa Mayer to make a $1.1 billion bet on online blogging forum Tumblr in...Tags: Social Media, Social Sciences, Advertising, Marketing, Larry Page
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He done Ma proud: 26-year-old Tumblr founder's transformation from whiz kid to tech king
Associated PressNEW YORK (AP) — As a teenager, Tumblr CEO David Karp would canvass the streets of New York City's Upper West Side, offering to build websites for local businesses. After his freshman year of high school, the precocious, computer-savvy kid decided to...Tags: Social Media, Career and Workplace, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Japan, Marissa Mayer
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Yahoo takes big leap with $1.1B deal for Tumblr
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Yahoo is buying online blogging forum Tumblr for $1.1 billion as CEO Marissa Mayer tries to rejuvenate an Internet pioneer that had fallen behind the times. The deal announced Monday is Mayer's boldest move since she left...
Tags: Social Media, Advertising, Marketing, Social Sciences, Larry Page
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You must protect your electronics, digital data
Whether you stay or go, it's smart to back up important files, photos and other information from your computer and other electronic devices. Computers MICROSOFT allows users to store data in the cloud with SkyDrive. Once you create a free account, you...
Tags: Apple iCloud, Car Safety Tips and Advice, Electronics, Software Industry, Verizon Communications
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What to know before giving up on cable
Need more proof that the world is changing? Last week, the president of the National Cable & Telecommunications Association, Michael Powell, told the Senate that "the largest subscription video provider in the country today is Netflix." If you haven't...
Tags: Services and Shopping, Consumers, Google Play, Satellite and Cable Service, Amazon.com Inc.
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Yahoo seeks turnaround with $1.1-billion deal to buy Tumblr
SAN FRANCISCO — Yahoo Inc. Chief Executive Marissa Mayer is attempting a bold — and risky — strategy to turn around the struggling Internet giant with the $1.1-billion acquisition of Tumblr, a trendy social blogging service popular...
Tags: Social Media, Marketing, Advertising, Mark Zuckerberg, Culture
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Google Glass: The Specs
With a lightweight metal and plastic frame, Glass looks something like a pair of high-tech spectacles without traditional lenses. Here are some specifications: >> Hardware: High-resolution display, 5-megapixel camera, bone conduction transducer for...Tags: Eric Schmidt, Google Inc., Google Glass, The New York Times
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How to avoid a return to the hospital
The only thing less pleasant than a stay in the hospital is having to go right back there to deal with complications. And experts say it happens all too often. One in 8 elderly patients is readmitted to the hospital within 30 days of being discharged...
Tags: Health Insurance, Yale University, Chemical Industry, Medicaid, Diabetes
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Orange Clerk of Courts Lydia Gardner remembered at memorial
Mourners packed First United Methodist Church of Winter Park on Friday to attend a memorial service for Orange County Clerk of Courts Lydia Gardner, who died last week at 68 after a long battle with cancer. The service, which featured heartfelt...
Tags: Teresa Jacobs, Buddy Dyer, Human Interest, Winter Park, Orange County (Florida)
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