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Amitabh Bachchan threatens to go off Tumblr, here's why

Senior Bachchan miffed after Tumblr marks his daily blog 'objectionable'

Internet is all about data and every second counts — Here's why

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Tumblr founder David Karp leaving Yahoo-owned blogging platform

Karp said that he will leave by the end of this year and chief operating officer Jeff D'Onofrio will take his place at the helm of Tumblr.

Yahoo extends deadline for opening bids: Report

The struggling Internet pioneer has been briefing prospective buyers, according to US media reports that indicated the list of suitors included telecommunications titan Verizon, Google-parent Alphabet, and Time.

Yahoo CEO says monthly traffic surpasses 800 mn users

Marissa Mayer, Yahoo's chief executive said that the website has more than 800 million monthly active users which, she said, represented 20 percent growth.

Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer's one-year report card

Unlike her three predecessors, Marissa Mayer has now managed to make it through an entire year as the Yahoo CEO. She even got a $1.1 million bonus halfway through. Did she earn it?

Tumblr had $16.6 mn in cash when Yahoo acquired it

The deal for Tumblr was the largest since Yahoo Chief Executive Marissa Mayer took the role in July with a focus on reversing a long decline in Yahoo's business and web traffic. The deal also made Tumblr founder and CEO David Karp, 27, a multimillionaire.

Falling ad prices stresses doubt over Yahoo turnaround plan

The price the company charges per ad slid 12 percent in the April to June period, six times the decline just a quarter ago - a fall that some say highlights how Yahoo has been caught unprepared for the industry shift to automated, programmatic ad buying.

Think of Tumblr as a media network: David Karp

Tumblr's founder David Karp wants to grab advertiser attention. He says coming up with the next best idea, staying ahead of the curve and keeping up with the technology and letting all the creative people all over the world have the tools to make the thing that is way ahead of the curve is what they aim for.

Google buys Israel's Waze to keep mobile maps lead

Google's acquisition ranks among the largest purchases of an Internet company this year as technology deals begin to heat up. Last month, Yahoo Inc closed a USD 1.1 billion acquisition of blogging service Tumblr.

Kids turn to Twitter, shun Facebook 'drama'

Of the 802 teens aged 12-17 that were surveyed by Pew, 80 percent said that they used social networking sites and one in four online teens are using Twitter, a social network previously perceived as dominated by adults.

FACTBOX: Yahoo's acquisitions: from Geocities to Tumblr

Yahoo has been criticized for making big acquisitions that have not always reaped lasting returns.

Tumblr CEO's mom gushes over billion-dollar baby

When he was a little boy, Karp showed an early fascination with electronics and liked to pull toys apart and reassemble them, his mother recalled. By age 14, he liked girls and playing video games like other teenagers, but they never fascinated him as much as the promise of computers.

Yahoo looks to regain its cool with Tumblr deal

After falling woefully out of fashion, Yahoo wants to be cool again while catering to the capitalistic demands of its shareholders.

Yahoo takes big leap with $1.1-bn deal for Tumblr

Yahoo is buying online blogging forum Tumblr for USD 1.1 billion as CEO Marissa Mayer tries to rejuvenate an Internet icon that had fallen behind the times.

Yahoo! eyes Tumblr? 10 buys of once-iconic Internet firm

Tumblr is likely to give Yahoo a younger user base that would bolster the older website's 'cool factor'.

Yahoo nearing $1.1bn acquisition of Tumblr

Yahoo's Marissa Mayer tries to attract more traffic and advertisers to the Internet company`s website and mobile applications. The Sunnyvale, Calif., company`s board of directors will meet Sunday evening to consider approving a USD 1.1 billion acquisition of online content-sharing site Tumblr in a deal Mayer negotiated