While Tumblr’s sale to Yahoo back in May was generally acknowledged as a needed influx of cash for the company that was struggled to make money through advertising, new documents reveal… Read more »
Yahoo has acquired Rockmelt, the company that raised funding from top Silicon Valley investors to build a social browser for the web, but which had since pivoted to building social news… Read more »
Yahoo announced second quarter earnings on Tuesday, and while the company saw some bright spots and investors have liked Mayer’s new leadership, the company is still struggling to produce big gains… Read more »
Yahoo announced that it acquired Qwiki, a company that provides a storytelling app on mobile. Yahoo has been on an acquisition tear recently, from large companies like Tumblr down to smaller… Read more »
Here’s how nine Silicon Valley companies have responded to reports that the U.S. government can reach into their servers and extract personal data, almost at will. Read more »
Just as the Mad Men of the 50’s and 60’s tapped into consumer desires and emotions for a new school of advertising, modern companies like Instagram and Pinterest will need a… Read more »
Introducing advertising to previously ad-free platforms is a tough sell for anyone, but Tumblr users might be even less accepting of the new dashboard ads considering how they use Tumblr for… Read more »
What are teenagers up to on social media? Twitter use has grown dramatically since 2011, while Facebook stays dominant but shows flat growth. Read more »
There are plenty of reasons why the announced Yahoo Tumblr deal makes sense for those companies. But Marissa Mayer might have seen a much greater payoff from acquiring Pinterest instead. Here’s… Read more »
Pinterest is unveiling a new pin structure for different types of products and an integration with a large number of retail brands, as it continues buildng up the platform and paving… Read more »