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Yahoo buying Tumblr for $1.1 billion
Yahoo is buying online blogging forum Tumblr for $1.1 billion as CEO Marissa Mayer tries to rejuvenate an Internet icon that had fallen behind the times. The deal announced today represents Mayer’s boldest move yet since she left Google 10...Tags: Arts and Culture, Google Inc., Social Sciences, Sergey Brin, Computer Networking and Internet
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The Internet likes Kanye; not such a big fan of the Tumblr purchase
Yahoo has added another major property to its portfolio, Kanye West went dark and political for his SNL gig, and France is buying military equipment. Welcome to your post-weekend trends report for May 20, 2013. With the exception of television show...Tags: The New York Times, Google Inc., Corrections Corporation of America, Justin Bieber, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Verizon, Jennifer Lopez launch Viva Movil stores aimed at Latinos
Verizon Wireless and Jennifer Lopez teamed up Wednesday to launch Viva Movil, a new brand of cellphone retail store that will target Latino customers. The brand launched its website and a Facebook shopping app Wednesday and will roll out physical retail...
Tags: Verizon Wireless, Google Inc., Apple iPhone, Media Industry, Jennifer Lopez
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'Star Trek Into Darkness' finishes first. Yahoo buys Tumblr.
After the coffee. Before going through two weeks' worth of mail. The Skinny: Well, I didn't win the Powerball lottery, which means I'll be heading back to the office today after a long trip to New York. Ask me around Thursday if it's good to be home....
Tags: Mary McNamara, The Wall Street Journal, Media Industry, Lifestyle and Leisure, Iron Man 3 (movie)
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Yahoo buys Tumblr in $1.1 billion deal
ReutersYahoo Inc. said Monday it will buy online blogging service Tumblr for $1.1 billion in cash. The deal is the largest since Yahoo Chief Executive Marissa Mayer took the reins in July in order to reverse a multi-year decline in Yahoo's business and its Web...Tags: Google Inc., Advertising, Yahoo! Inc., Media Industry, Manhattan (New York City)
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Google vows to support Voice within new Hangouts app
Google last week introduced Hangouts, a new app meant to integrate all of the company's messaging services into one, but a key service was glaringly left out: Google Voice. Voice is a communication service Google introduced in 2009 that gives users a...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Google Inc., Sociology, Google+, Culture
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Flickr photo-printing service could bring more revenue to Yahoo
This week’s flashy redesign of Flickr shifts the Yahoo-owned photo-sharing website away from subscription revenue and more toward ad revenue. But Yahoo also could look to monetize another Flickr feature: printing hard copies of photos. Flickr...
Tags: Facebook, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Google+, Printing Service
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Yahoo, Tumblr take to social network to confirm $1.1-billion deal [video chat]
Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer and Tumblr CEO David Karp both took to Tumblr Monday morning to confirm what we all suspected: Yahoo is buying Tumblr. Mayer's Yahoo will be paying $1.1 billion for Tumblr, most of it in cash, but the social network will continue...Tags: Arts and Culture, Corporate Officers, Conservation, Sociology, Culture
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Help your tween focus by limiting distractions
Many parents wonder how to cope with an older child’s busy digital lifestyle. With TV, tablets and mobile phones, it seems like they’re always texting, chatting on Facebook, playing games or watching videos. But it’s important for...
Tags: Apple iPhone, Physical Fitness and Exercise, American Academy of Pediatrics
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Nutella maker decides not to stamp out World Nutella Day; 5 Nutella recipes
If you're one of the many people who lived through college on jars of Nutella and a spoon, you'll be happy to learn: World Nutella Day lives on. Ferrero, maker of the chocolate-hazelnut spread, made a move that would have stamped out the Feb. 5...
Tags: Google Inc., Bars and Clubs, Media Industry, Lifestyle and Leisure, Memorial Day
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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: Advertising, Twitter, Inc., YouTube, Microsoft Corporation, Media Industry
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Britain: Horror attraction combines dark ride with haunted maze
A unique new haunted attraction opening this summer at a small United Kingdom theme park will combine a walk-through horror maze featuring live actors with a dark ride journey inside an abandoned mine shaft. The Hobs Pit maze and ride is set to open...
Tags: Travel, Media Industry, Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, Frankenstein (movie, 1931), Tourism and Leisure Industry
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