Citizen Sports offers fantasy leagues for sports such as football, soccer and basketball that fans can manage online at social-networking sites and through mobile applications for Apples iPhone and smart phones running Google Inc.s Android operating software.
With Citizen Sports, Yahoo is looking to boost its social-networking offerings, an area the company has struggled in even [...]
In a Tuesday meeting to celebrate Yahoos 15th anniversary, Bartz reminded reporters that Apple still struggled after Jobs became CEO in 1997. That marked his return to a company he had co-founded two decades earlier.
It wasnt until Jobs unveiled the iPod in late 2001 that Apples profits and stock price began to soar again. Apple [...]
In its latest attempt to make its Web site more compelling, Yahoo Inc. is plugging its services into the rapidly growing craze of posting short messages, or “tweets,” on Twitter.
Although Yahoo planned to announce the Twitter partnership Wednesday, most of the new features wont be available until later this year. Among other things, anyone with [...]
The all-cash deal marks another step in Yahoo CEO Carol Bartzs effort to jettison services that have been struggling or dont fit with the Internet companys efforts to focus more on its news, entertainment and communications features.
Yahoo already has closed several unprofitable services and last month agreed to sell e-mail provider Zimbra to VMWare Inc. [...]
The announcement by both companies Monday didnt disclose the financial terms of the agreement, which allows Yahoo to continue posting AP content on its site.
The AP says it is still negotiating to renew its online licensing agreements with two other companies with far deeper pockets, Google Inc. and Microsoft Corp. Google stopped posting fresh AP [...]
“It was a little tougher internally than I think I had anticipated,” Bartz, 61, said in an interview at Yahoos headquarters in Sunnyvale, California. “I did move fast, but this is a big job.”
Bartz, who marks her one-year anniversary as CEO [...]
Provocative remarks by Yahoo Inc. CEO Carol Bartz at an investor conference in New York this week illustrate how major Internet channels and niche publications are benefiting from the Woods controversy.
Known for her off-color commentary, Bartz told financial analysts Tuesday that the Woods story is “better than Michael Jackson dying” for helping Yahoo make money, [...]
The quest to find out what happened to Jackson in his final hours on June 25 and celebrate his legacy elevated the late entertainer to the top of the Internets search charts for 2009. On Yahoo, it ended singer Britney Spears four-year reign on top.
The annual lists released Tuesday were compiled separately by Google Inc. [...]
The quest to find out what happened to Jackson in his final hours on June 25 and celebrate his legacy elevated the late entertainer to the top of the Internet companys annual breakdown of the most frequent online search requests.
The self-proclaimed King of Pop ended singer Britney Spears four-year reign atop Yahoos search rankings.
The list [...]
Beginning Thursday, Yahoo will mine the short messages posted on Twitter to find fresher information about hot topics.
Microsoft Corp. and Google Inc. had earlier announced plans to incorporate Twitter messages into search results, but Yahoo said it will be the first among them to include such “tweets” on its main search results.
The addition comes at [...]