Verizon confirms plans to acquire Yahoo's Internet business for $4.83B in cash; deal excludes some IP, stakes in Alibaba and Yahoo Japan
Transaction will create a new rival in mobile media technology reaching over 1B users* with an unrivaled roster of the world's most beloved brands
Marissa Mayer says she plans to stay at Yahoo but does not specify for how long, in company wide email
Today is a big day for Yahoo! This is the email that I sent to Yahoos around the world today. Given the interest around our journey to this point, I wanted to share more about today's announcement.
Police asked this 3D printing lab to recreate a dead man's fingers to unlock his phone
Last month, law enforcement officers showed up at the lab of Anil Jain, a professor at Michigan State University. Jain wasn't in trouble; the officers wanted his help.
Nintendo stock plummets after it warned on Friday that the financial impact of Pokémon Go will be limited
Shares can fall as much as 18 percent today, per exchange rule — Nintendo's U.S.-listed shares dropped 11 percent on Friday — Nintendo Co. shares plunged after the company …
Nintendo did not create Pokémon Go, and the game's success is not an indication that the Japanese company finally gets mobile
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Google Maps is rolling out Wi-Fi only mode and mass transit delay notifications to some users
A couple of very useful features have started rolling out to a few lucky Google Maps users in the last couple of days. If you've been following along with our APK Teardowns …
Sources: Apple taps highly regarded hardware executive Bob Mansfield to oversee car project
Highly regarded executive helped bring to market many of Apple's signature products — Apple Inc. has tapped a highly-regarded senior executive who helped bring to market many of Apple's signature pr...
Spotify launches programmatic ads, lets advertisers target its 70M non-paying users by age, gender, genres, and playlists globally
STOCKHOLM—Swedish music-streaming company Spotify AB on Wednesday launched programmatic ad buying for all its markets, allowing advertisers to target …
German fintech startup Number26 receives EU-wide banking license, rebrands as N26
Number26, a Peter Thiel-backed mobile banking startup that's setting out to create the bank account of the future, has finally received its banking license, giving the company full regulatory approval...
Remaining Yahoo to rebrand after sale of assets to Verizon in 2017
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Redbox and Coinstar maker Outerwall agrees to $1.6B buyout from private equity firm
Outerwall, the Bellevue-based operator of Redbox movie rental kiosks and Coinstar coin counting machines, today announced that it has entered into a deal to be acquired by Apollo Global Management for...
Security-as-a-service startup StackPath nabs $180M, 4 acquisitions including MaxCDN
A mass migration of IT services to the cloud, coupled with a huge growth of connected devices, has created a perfect storm for security breaches with some 400 million malware attacks identified last y...
Semiconductor Industry Association: transistors to stop shrinking in 2021, but processors can continue to fulfill Moore's Law with increased vertical density
After more than 50 years of miniaturization, the transistor could stop shrinking in just five years.
After announcing deal with Visa, PayPal stock had its biggest single day drop since splitting from eBay, as investors fear increased transaction costs
PayPal has gained access to Visa's mobile-payments system but given up a lot in return — PayPal has buried the hatchet with Visa, but the peace has come at a great cost.
Ericsson CEO Hans Vestberg ousted after profit plunge, following layoffs of 8,000 at the firm this year, with plans for more; CFO to take reins as interim CEO
Move comes as the Swedish telecom-equipment maker struggles with slowing demand and fierce competition
Review of $50 Blu R1 HD smartphone subsidized by Amazon with lock screen ads: so-so performance, terrible camera, but works for basic tasks
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Judge Orders Yahoo to Explain How It Recovered ‘Deleted’ Emails in Drugs Case
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Huawei reports revenue rose to $36.67B for the first half of the year, up 40% YoY, but operating margins shrank to 12% from 18% in same period of 2015
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ITC judge invalidates Fitbit's patents in Jawbone lawsuit, cancels the trial set for August
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Neil Young's Pono music store goes offline for several weeks as it switches from audio provider Omnifone to 7digital
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Phineas Fisher, the hacker behind the Hacking Team and FinFisher breaches, talks about his motives and views of the hacking tool industry
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Publishers are pouring more resources into the production of audiobooks after seeing sales grow 21% in the US and Canada in 2015
Jennifer Maloney / Wall Street Journal : Tweets: @nadiasdaly and @raju Tweets: Nadia Daly / @nadiasdaly : It's shaken the music, publishing and, yes, news industries but the digital revolution has se...
Jet.com execs talk about first 12 months since launch, future plans, say company is now on a $1.1B annual run rate
Leena Rao / Fortune : Tweets: @sub8u Tweets: Subrahmanyam KVJ / @sub8u : What Amazon's competitors hope... “This has never been a winner take all market” - http://jet.com/ CEO. http://fortune.com/...
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