Troubled Internet giant Yahoo has named Scott Thompson, president of eBay's PayPal division, as its new chief executive. Yahoo has been without a permanent CEO since September.
Yahoo Inc. on Tuesday fired CEO Carol Bartz (pictured), ending a disappointing two-and-a-half-year tenure during which she failed to devise a strategy to boost the sagging revenues of the internet giant.
By posting these photos of Egyptian State security officers on Flickr, cyber activist Hossam el Hamalawy was hoping to get their faces seen by as many people as possible. The photos were removed from the site however. The reason given: the activist did not take the photos himself, as required in the terms of use. This case illustrates the dilemma facing social networks. They try to remain neutral and are used increasingly by political activists.
Cyber activism forces social networks into an ethical quandary. Protesters are using satire to poke fun at leaders in the Arab World. And a French web documentary focuses on the problem of substandard housing.
An AOL-Yahoo merger seems imminent as AOL reportedly hired new financial advisors to oversee a potential merger. Both companies could benefit from a partnership. Jennifer Schenker, Founder and Editor-in-chief of Informilo.com tells us more.
The Yahoo! email accounts of several journalists and activists whose work relates to China were hacked into by unknown cyber pirates, in an incident similar to that which led Internet giant Google to shut down its Chinese website.
Microsoft and Yahoo! said on Thursday they would move forward with their planned tie-up in Internet search after winning antitrust clearance from the United States and European Union.
Software giant Microsoft and Internet stalwart Yahoo have completed their web search agreement announced late October, it being their latest attempt to stab Google were it hurts: in its online ad business.
Internet firm Yahoo! has announced a tripling of its profits, thanks largely to aggressive cost-cutting, while actual revenue fell. The company has laid off some 2,000 staff over the past year.
