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Yahoo seeks turnaround with $1.1-billion deal to buy Tumblr
SAN FRANCISCO — Yahoo Inc. Chief Executive Marissa Mayer is attempting a bold — and risky — strategy to turn around the struggling Internet giant with the $1.1-billion acquisition of Tumblr, a trendy social blogging service popular...
Tags: News Corp., Computer Hardware, Yahoo! Inc., Online Advertising, Marketing
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Yahoo's board is said to OK buying Tumblr for $1.1 billion in cash
SAN FRANCISCO -- Yahoo's board of directors has approved a $1.1-billion cash acquisition of blogging site Tumblr. A deal could be announced as soon as Monday, the Wall Street Journal reported Sunday. It's the biggest -- and riskiest -- deal yet for...
Tags: Marissa Mayer, The Wall Street Journal, Media Industry, Social Media, Business Enterprises
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Will Yahoo splurge on $1-billion acquisition of Tumblr?
SAN FRANCISCO -- Will Yahoo buy Tumblr? That's the $1-billion question du jour courtesy of All Things D. The struggling Internet giant is reportedly in serious talks to buy the blogging service in a deal that could be worth as much as $1 billion....
Tags: Marissa Mayer, Media Industry, Social Media, Computing and Information Technology Industry
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Chinese military unit said to resume cyber spying
WASHINGTON -- A Chinese military unit that a private U.S. computer security company accused of launching more than 115 cyber attacks against American companies over seven years has resumed hacking after a three-month hiatus, the firm’s chief...
Tags: National Security Agency, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, U.S. Congress, National Government, Elections
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Is your TV a smart TV? How to connect to the Internet
It's not enough these days to wonder what to watch on your TV; a growing question for many is how to watch. Just like any device in your life, TVs can now connect to the Internet. This lets you grab shows from the Internet and watch content whenever you...
Tags: Television, Entertainment, Pandora Media, Inc., Gaming Industry, Xbox 360
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Rupert Murdoch warns about Facebook, sees echo of 'crappy' Myspace
Today marks the one-year anniversary of Facebook's initial public offering, a milestone that often prompts reflection and introspection. And in the case of Rupert Murdoch, the occasion provided an opportunity for a nanny-nanny-nah-nah tweet: "Look out...
Tags: Media Industry, News Corp., Social Media, Viacom Inc., Rupert Murdoch
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Smart TV: The industry push to keep getting smarter
For decades we've been watching TV. Now a new generation of televisions is beginning to watch us. Technological advances are giving the old clunky "boob tube" an I.Q. injection. Some of the new breed of smart TVs comes equipped with facial recognition...
Tags: Interior Policy, Television, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Entertainment, Big Brother (tv program)
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Bitcoin concept is gaining currency
Not that long ago, the virtual currency Bitcoin was one of the Internet's great rebel causes, a digital form of money embraced by libertarians and anti-establishment types who saw it as a way to diminish the power of big governments and big corporations....
Tags: Metal and Mineral, Bitcoin, Mining
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New videos from Syria spotlight conflict's brutality
New video surfaced on the Internet on Thursday purporting to show Syrian rebel fighters killing 11 prisoners they accused of taking part in massacres by forces loyal to President Bashar Assad. It was the latest of many grisly videos that have...Tags: Beirut (Lebanon), Human Rights, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Prisons, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present )
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Female tech entrepreneurs flourish in L.A.
It seemed like a typical dinner party for the well-heeled set: eight women, some dressed in stilettos and skinny jeans, gabbing over glasses of wine and endive spears with goat cheese at a lavish Hollywood Hills home. But amid the Kate Middleton...
Tags: Sales, Media Industry, Corporate Officers, Clothing and Textiles Industry, Luxury Goods Industry
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Unsolved mystery of woman's poisoning stokes passions in China
BEIJING — She was a promising student at Beijing's prestigious Tsinghua University, a talented musician who loved to swim and dreamed of studying German and computer science. But in her sophomore year, Zhu Ling began suffering acute stomach...Tags: National Government, Beijing (China), Lab Tests, Health and Safety at School, Colleges and Universities
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Bieber vs. Beethoven; a new twist on battle rap
Comedian Lloyd Ahlquist steps onto the stage, girded for battle. Wearing the uniform of a Soviet officer, with medals dripping from his chest, he channels dictator Joseph Stalin and prepares to deliver a rhyming smackdown on Russia's mad monk, Grigori...
Tags: F-bomb Dropping, Black Entertainment Television (tv network), Justin Bieber, Epic (movie), Wu-Tang Clan (music group)
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