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Searches Powered by Microsoft Bing Increasing at an Impressive Rate [Infographic]

Kenna McHugh — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 09:45:22 +0000

Without a doubt Google owns a majority of U.S. search traffic on the Internet. But, according to Experian’s Hitwise report Microsoft’s Bing might be coming up the ranks as it continues month after month gradually wearing down Google’s control over search traffic. With that said, if your current SEO strategy has principally Google in its system, now may be the time to broaden your horizons.
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Yahoo! Livestand for iPad: Seems Like a Nice News App Until You Try to Use It

Todd Ogasawara — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 06:30:41 +0000

Struggling Yahoo finally released the Livestand for iPad news reading app that was first announced way back in February. Yahoo discusses the technical details of the server and client technologies developed and used for the app in their developer blog.
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Google Propeller & Yahoo! Livestand News Aggregation Apps on Their Way?

Todd Ogasawara — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 05:00:02 +0000

Yahoo! Livestand for iPad.

Google’s rumored iPad mobile aggregation app has been discussed since September while Yahoo!’s Livestand was announced way back in February. All Things D reports that both Livestand and Propeller are expected to be available for the iPad and Android tablets (the latter in the case of Propeller).
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Yahoo Withdraws from Hulu’s Bidding Process

Kenna McHugh — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 11:18:07 +0000

Yahoo has withdrawn from the bidding process for Hulu, according to the Wall Street Journal.
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Which Social Media Company Has the Smartest People?

Tom Johansmeyer — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 17:00:25 +0000

Facebook, right? It’s always Facebook! And, to a certain extent, this is true. When you look at the war for talent currently being waged in Silicon Valley, Facebook is one of the winners. Google, LinkedIn and Apple, however, are doing pretty well, too. Unsurprisingly, Microsoft and Yahoo! are at the other end of the spectrum.

The battles over the best minds in the Valley directly affect the users of the many social media platforms on the market. There are endless races to develop and launch new features that will attract more users and get them to commit more of their time. Just look at Facebook’s latest developments, not to mention the launch of Google Plus and the coming of a new iPhone, and you’ll see how important it is to have smart folks working for you in this space.

And maybe the latest hiring trends will show us who the ultimate winners in social media will be! Let’s take a look:

Facebook: there are no surprises here. According to Top Prospect, Facebook hires 15.5 people from Google for every one person Google hires from Facebook. It’s almost double that between Facebook and Microsoft!

Google: sure, Google is already publicly traded, so the big employee payouts are in the past, but it’s still considered a great place to work. And let’s not forget that Google is still the online leader, even if not in social. While Facebook has been raiding Google for talent, according to Top Prospect, Google has been taking people from Microsoft, Yahoo! and Apple. The biggest loser is Microsoft, which gives Google 5.2 employees for every one it takes.

LinkedIn: even after the big opening bell on the NYSE earlier this year, people want to work for LinkedIn. For every one person that Google takes from LinkedIn, LinkedIn picks up 4.8. It wins a whopping 43 new employees from Yahoo! for every one it loses to the once-upon-a-time leader of internet search.

Apple: Steve Jobs may be gone, but many new people are still coming in. Apple trades employees with LinkedIn one-for-one, but it’s still in a net-winning position with Microsoft. For every one person lured from Apple up to Redmond, Washington, the maker of the iPhone draws five. Like everyone, it seems, Apple pulls people from Yahoo! … at a ratio of 7.6:1.

Yahoo!: does anyone really want to work for Yahoo! anymore? Yahoo! is the only company in the Top Prospect study that isn’t pulling talent from at least one other company. Sure, the board of directors is in disarray. The massive portal doesn’t have nearly the prestige it once enjoyed. The real question, now, is what this means for the future of Yahoo! Could it wind up losing even more market share to its online competitors? That’s my guess, at this stage of the game. A great CEO and board provides leadership, but you need smart people below that level to come up with new product ideas and execute them efficiently. It’s pretty clear that Yahoo! is losing the race by a widening margin.

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Google Desktop Retires

Kenna McHugh — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 15:39:47 +0000

Google Desktop retired as of yesterday, and I don’t think the 7 year-old application will be getting the proverbial gold watch.
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Yahoo Chairman Fired CEO Carol Bartz Over the Phone

Kenna McHugh — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 13:55:27 +0000

Yahoo issued a statement late Thursday confirming its removal of Carol Bartz after the news was first reported by blog AllThingsD. The blog reported that Bartz had sent an email to her former staff at Yahoo. She wrote that the Yahoo’s Chairman of the Board fired her over the phone, “It has been my pleasure to work with all of you and I wish you only the best going forward.”
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Yahoo Dives Back into Original Series with TV-style Programming

Kenna McHugh — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 13:40:25 +0000

One of the principal online giants, Yahoo, will launch its first-ever slate of original series beginning in October. The platform will mix some traditional TV programming along with its own unique programs geared toward the female audiences.
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The “Small World Experiment”: Yahoo and Facebook Help Research Six Degrees of Separation

Kelsey Blair — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 09:43:36 +0000

They are practically brothers; Facebook and Yahoo join forces to test the “six degree of separation” theory, and you can participate.
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Pepsi Using Foursquare on Worldwide Social Media Campaign

Kenna McHugh — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 13:19:50 +0000

Pepsi is using a Foursquare badge on a worldwide campaign as a very important part of the company’s “Summer Time is Pepsi Time” social media and TV campaign.
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Is Hulu for Sale?

Kenna McHugh — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 09:04:18 +0000

Late Tuesday afternoon it was reported by the Wall Street Journal that Hulu had been approached by an undisclosed potential buyer to take over the company. The offer was so good that reportedly Hulu’s board of directors called a meeting to discuss the offer and solicit bids from other potential bidders.
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A “Delicious” Deal for YouTube’s Founders

David Cohen — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 14:56:40 +0000

Yahoo! promised in December that it would try to find a buyer for online bookmarking service Delicious, rather than shutting the service down. The search-engine giant kept its word with the help of YouTube founders Chad Hurley and Steve Chen.

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TV-Sharing Service IntoNow Launches in January, Bought by Yahoo! Monday

David Cohen — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 13:00:48 +0000

Now you see it, now you don’t: IntoNow, a TV check-in platform that launched in January, already found a buyer in Yahoo!, which announced the acquisition Monday.

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Why Is Yahoo Now Keeping Your Search Data for 18 Months?

Katie Kindelan — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 09:30:25 +0000

Yahoo!, they’re watching you! Two years after the search engine broke from the rest of the industry by announcing it would hold users’ Internet search data for just 90 days, the company is backpedaling. Yahoo! will now keep tabs on your browser’s tabs for six times as long as they used to, but why?

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