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Yahoo takes big leap with $1.1B deal for Tumblr
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Yahoo is buying online blogging forum Tumblr for $1.1 billion as CEO Marissa Mayer tries to rejuvenate an Internet pioneer that had fallen behind the times. The deal announced Monday is Mayer's boldest move since she left...
Tags: Science and Technology, Advertising, Sociology, Marketing, Networking
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Judge dismisses film company's lawsuit against local defendants
Mail Tribune, Medford, Ore.A federal judge last week took aim at "reverse class action lawsuits" while dismissing a Los Angeles-based movie company's lawsuit that claimed dozens of Jackson County "John Doe" defendants had pirated one of its movies off the Internet. Salem attorney...Tags: File Sharing, Crime, Law and Justice, Defendants, Trials, John Doe
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette TechMan Texts column
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteOut-of-date spy book of the week: The National Security Agency, which monitors and records all types of foreign communications coming into the U.S. searching for terrorist plots, has put out a manual for searching the Web. Well, put out is not quite the...Tags: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Google Inc., Freedom of Information Act, U.S. Department of State, Sparrow (music group)
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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: Social Media, Google Inc., Marissa Mayer, Business Enterprises, Media Industry
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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: Science and Technology, Electronic Devices, Advertising, Marketing, John McCain
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Directorio de Yahoo aprueba compra de Tumblr por 1.100 mln dlr: medio
ReutersSAN FRANCISCO, 19 mayo (Reuters) - El directorio de Yahoo Inc aprobó un acuerdo para comprar la red social y de blogs Tumblr por 1.100 millones de dólares, reportó el domingo el Wall Street Journal tras citar a personas cercanas con el asunto. La...Tags: Social Media, Manhattan (New York City), Google Inc., Marissa Mayer, The Wall Street Journal
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Yahoo's board approves $1.1 bln Tumblr acquisition -WSJ
ReutersSAN FRANCISCO, May 19 (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc's board has approved a deal to buy blogging and social networking site Tumblr for $1.1 billion in cash, the Wall Street Journal cited people familiar with the matter as saying on Sunday. Such an acquisition...Tags: Social Media, Manhattan (New York City), Google Inc., Marissa Mayer, Yahoo! Inc.
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Silicon Valley's unlikely new favorite cause: Gov. Christie
The Philadelphia InquirerThe hottest new trend in Silicon Valley isn't inventing a gadget, developing an app, or investing in an IPO. It's giving to the governor of New Jersey. Gov. Christie has collected $289,150 from those involved in California's technology industry, an...Tags: Words With Friends (game), Mitt Romney, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Government, Reid Hoffman
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Google's wearable Glass gadget: cool or creepy?
Reuters* Google expects Glass etiquette to evolve * Casino has banned devices while gambling * "Those things freak me out" By Alexei Oreskovic SAN FRANCISCO, May 18 (Reuters) - Google staged four discussions expounding on the finer points of its "Glass"...Tags: Science and Technology, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Computer Hardware, Larry Page, Email
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REUTERS SUMMIT-Cyber experts fear escalation of attacks
Reuters(For other news from Reuters Cybersecurity Summit, click on http://www.reuters.com/summit/Cyber13) By Ros Krasny WASHINGTON, May 18 (Reuters) - Cybersecurity professionals know a myriad of ways hackers can try to wreak havoc on critical infrastructure...Tags: National Football League, Computer Crime, Networking, Super Bowl, U.S. Navy
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Internet fugitive left a trail of witnesses
The Philadelphia InquirerJust as the Internet made Caleb "Kai" Lawrence McGillvary a cyber celebrity, viral news of him as a fugitive -- wanted in the slaying of a North Jersey lawyer -- led to his capture, law enforcement agencies said in interviews Friday. And while...Tags: Starbucks Corp., Law Enforcement, Crime, Law and Justice, Cherry Hill, Times Square
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Netflix Video Puts Even More Strain on the Internet
VarietyNetflix continues to be the biggest hog of Internet bandwidth in North America, with its video traffic jumping more than 35% in March from a year earlier, according to a new study. The video-subscription company accounted for roughly one-third (32.3%) of...Tags: Social Media, Telecommunication Service, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Business Enterprises, Media Industry
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