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Yahoo Declines MicroIcahn’s Search and Seizure Proposal

Sun, 13 Jul 2008 18:54:50 +0000

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Just about everyone under the sun is inclined to seek good food if/when it’s available -and cost-effective, too. Food is also a social commodity. Most tend to eat with others, be they family members, friends, colleagues, strangers, or a general mix of people. So it’s only sensible that some enterprising folks would create networks for […]

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I’m tired. Really I am. I’m tired of hearing refrain after refrain of how Microsoft played hardball with Yahoo, only to capitulate to an increase of its initial purchase offer. I’m tired of Yahoo’s CEO masking his personal opposition to a buyout by Redmond with lawyerly evasions and his clear conviction that the publicly-owned company […]

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Yahoo to Shareholders: We Want Your Vote!

Mon, 09 Jun 2008 20:35:35 +0000

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Yahoo’s annual meeting isn’t until August 1st, but the company isn’t wasting any time in launching a campaign to keep its board from being replaced by Carl Icahn’s henchmen. The company has sent a letter to shareholders urging them to re-elect the current board of directors. Jerry Yang and Roy Bostock’s main argument:

“Mr. […]

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Icahn Talks Angry To Yahoo (Again); Names His Price

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 16:45:34 +0000

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For a long time YouTube has managed to feel the love from a wide variety of people. From musicians to political theorists and comedians, the site has grown to be a large meeting place for voices around the globe.
More and more, YouTubers have been using the site as a means for reporting events, debating about […]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “YouTube: New Reporter Channels Encourage Citizen Journalism”, url: “http://mashable.com/2008/06/06/youtube-reporter-channel/” });

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Updated: What’s a week without Carl Icahn making more noise on the Microshoo front? Yet another letter has been sent the way of Yahoo chairman Roy Bostock by the activist investor. This time Icahn is talking share price.
The number Icahn is now officially willing to see Microsoft give Yahoo to finally force control of the […]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “Icahn Talks Angry To Yahoo (Again); Names His Price”, url: “http://mashable.com/2008/06/06/yahoo-icahn-price/” });

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@Yahoo is Twittering: @Microsoft: Sure, We’ll Consider an Alternative

Mon, 19 May 2008 02:55:43 +0000

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Yahoo has issued a brief response to Microsoft’s comments from earlier today regarding a possible “alternative … but not an acquisition.” Here’s Yahoo’s statement:

“Yahoo! has confirmed with Microsoft that it is not interested in pursuing an acquisition of all of Yahoo! at this time. Yahoo! and its Board of Directors continue to consider a […]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “@Yahoo is Twittering: @Microsoft: Sure, We’ll Consider an Alternative”, url: “http://mashable.com/2008/05/18/yahoo-responds-to-microsoft-alternative/” });

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Confirmed: Wired Buying Ars Technica

Sat, 17 May 2008 00:52:34 +0000

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Glubble is a developer of a parental control plugin for Firefox, which aids adults in the ability to watch over their kids internet usage.
In their approach is something similar to the Kidzui method, where they create a whitelist of kid-friendly sites. Instead of working on generating the list themselves, the sites on the whitelist are […]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “Glubble Filters a $3 Million Series A”, url: “http://mashable.com/2008/05/16/glubble/” });

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It seems the rumors reported earlier today by TechCrunch were spot on, and Wired is the proud new owner of Ars Technica. In a call to Alexandra Constantinople, Executive Director of Communications for Wired, she confirmed that, “the story is accurate, but (Wired) won’t be issuing an official statement until next week.”
This is sure […]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “Confirmed: Wired Buying Ars Technica”, url: “http://mashable.com/2008/05/16/confirmed-wired-buying-ars-technica/” });

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Jerry Yang To Workforce: Nevermind The Pitchforks And Torches. Keep Coding.

Fri, 16 May 2008 16:50:25 +0000

Source:Mashable!
Vodafone, the largest mobile network operator in Europe, has announced the acquisition of ZYB, a company based in Denmark with an eye on content backup as well as social networking. Vodafone intends to add ZYB to its “Total Communications” strategy, in which it seeks to serve customers with an integrated mobile phone and PC experience.The […]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “Vodafone Buys ZYB, Cites Likeminded Interest And Philosophy”, url: “http://mashable.com/2008/05/16/vodafone-zyb/” });

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The past 24 hours have been thoroughly intriguing. It hasn’t been very long since Yahoo and Microsoft ceased their deeply fouled rendezvous with a reversal from Redmond. And though Yahoo seems to have staved off a shareholder mutiny in post-prod, at least for the short term, it is now forced to contend with a purportedly […]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “Jerry Yang To Workforce: Nevermind The Pitchforks And Torches. Keep Coding.”, url: “http://mashable.com/2008/05/16/yang-icahn/” });

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More Love Notes: Yahoo Responds to Icahn’s Master Plan

Thu, 15 May 2008 23:45:35 +0000

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Surprise! Yahoo doesn’t agree with Carl Icahn’s assessment that “it is unconscionable that you have not allowed your shareholders to choose to accept an offer that represented a 72% premium over Yahoo’s closing price of $19.18 on the day before the initial Microsoft offer.” Those were the words used by Icahn in a letter […]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “More Love Notes: Yahoo Responds to Icahn’s Master Plan”, url: “http://mashable.com/2008/05/15/yahoo-responds-to-icahn/” });

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Icahn Announces Plans to Seize Yahoo Board with Help from Mark Cuban

Thu, 15 May 2008 18:36:46 +0000

Source:Mashable!
There is a reason why web sites ask you for your age, gender, and zip code – the ability to target advertising based on demographic data. Now, YouTube is putting that data in the hands of video producers, allowing you to see on a video-by-video basis the demographic breakdown of your viewers.
For now, you […]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “YouTube Insights: Now With Demographic Stats”, url: “http://mashable.com/2008/05/15/youtube-demographic-data/” });

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As expected, Carl Icahn has sent a letter to Yahoo Chariman Roy Bostock indicating his plans to nominate an alternative board of directors, which, amongst others, includes Mark Cuban, who has been a proponent of a combined Microsoft-Yahoo since the news first broke. Ironically, Cuban made his fortune when he sold Broadcast.com to Yahoo […]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “Icahn Announces Plans to Seize Yahoo Board with Help from Mark Cuban”, url: “http://mashable.com/2008/05/15/yahoo-icahn-board-of-directors/” });

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