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Techies Invest In Fund to "Unshackle" Immigrant Startup Founders
Kevin Montgomery · 11/13/14 02:00PMHalloween in Silicon Valley, Featuring Bouncy Houses and Beer Pong
Kevin Montgomery · 10/31/14 05:40PMTech Corporations Don't Even Know What Their D.C. Lobbyists Are Up To
Kevin Montgomery · 10/27/14 01:30PMIn recent months, companies like Facebook, Google, and Yahoo have dialed back their most egregious political donations, pulling support from climate change-denying groups like ALEC and the Chamber of Commerce. But tech firms continue funneling money into right-wing campaigns, and the Silicon Valley liberals who financed them are pissed.
Nitasha Tiku · 10/21/14 06:15PM
Yahoo Still Thinks It Can Acquire Success
Kevin Montgomery · 10/20/14 12:55PMFaced with sagging ad sales, Yahoo has decided to keep trying to same failing strategy: gobbling up fledgling startups to reinvigorate the aging behemoth. An activist investor already slammed this approach as a money-burning fuck up. But CEO Marissa Mayer is undeterred. She plans to squander profits from Yahoo's stake in Alibaba on more youthful startups.
Source: Yahoo Is Investing $20 Million In Snapchat
Nitasha Tiku · 10/03/14 03:20PMEarlier today, the Wall Street Journal broke the news that Yahoo, the corporate equivalent of Remember the 90's is "close" to investing in Snapchat, the fratty harbinger of our ephemeral future, at a $10 billion valuation. A source told Valleywag the amount Yahoo is investing is only $20 million and that the deal has closed.
Buying Tumblr Was a Big Mistake, Says Everyone But Yahoo
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There Will Finally Be a "Yahoo For Men"
Sam Biddle · 09/29/14 11:05AMInvestor Wants Yahoo and AOL to Merge Into Single Corporate Catastrophe
Kevin Montgomery · 09/26/14 02:25PMSoho House Is Having a Hackathon
Nitasha Tiku · 09/11/14 02:00PMWalmart Is Gobbling Up Faltering Tech Startups For Everyday Low Prices
Kevin Montgomery · 07/29/14 01:45PMDid Yahoo Just Acquire Another Financial Disaster?
Kevin Montgomery · 07/21/14 07:25PMFemale Yahoo Exec Accused of Sexual Harassment Files for Defamation
Nitasha Tiku · 07/16/14 03:25PMMaria Zhang, the Yahoo engineering executive sued for sexual harassment by one of her female employees, is striking back. Zhang, who helps lead Yahoo's crucial mobile efforts, filed a cross-complaint (embedded below) against her accuser, Nan Shi. It alleges defamation and claims Shi was trying to "extort" Yahoo.
Female Yahoo Exec Sued By a Female Employee for Sexual Harassment
Nitasha Tiku · 07/11/14 07:00PMYahoo Gives Up Hope
Kevin Montgomery · 07/11/14 05:30PMMarissa Mayer Slept Through a Business Dinner
Sam Biddle · 06/23/14 03:06PMNobody really enjoys using most of the Yahoo! branded apps or websites, so the company's future rests largely on the money it can make from advertising. For this reason and perhaps others, it's not a good sign that Yahoo! CEO Marissa Mayer showed up hours late to a client dinner because she was asleep.