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Yahoo’s board of directors has approved a $1.1 billion acquisition of blogging platform Tumblr, according to a breaking news alert from The Wall Street Journal.
The deal is reportedly an all-cash acquisition, according to WSJ. Tumblr and Yahoo have not released any official statements.
There were rumors circulating Friday about the Tumblr acquisition, which stated Yahoo’s board, under the direction of still-new CEO Marissa Mayer, would discuss the potential over the weekend
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Yahoo’s board of directors has approved a $1.1 billion acquisition of blogging platform Tumblr, according to a breaking news alert from The Wall Street Journal.
The deal is reportedly an all-cash acquisition, according to WSJ. Tumblr and Yahoo have not released any official statements.
There were rumors circulating Friday about the Tumblr acquisition, which stated Yahoo’s board, under the direction of still-new CEO Marissa Mayer, would discuss the potential over the weekend
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Yahoo looks to be very seriously eyeing a Tumblr acquisition, according to a report from AllThingsD
The tech blog is reporting that the Yahoo board plans to meet Sunday to mull a $1.1 billion all-cash bid for TumblrATD cautions that the deal could fall apart, but was on track as of Friday evening. If the board votes in favor of the deal, it could be announced Monday, a day in which Yahoo has already scheduled a major press conference.
Reps from Yahoo and Tumblr could not be reached for…
As part of its Star Wars Weekends event (running from May 17 to June 9), Disney is giving fans the chance to put their face on a 3D-printed Stormtrooper figurine
The D-Tech Me experience at Disney’s Hollywood Studios uses a high resolution single-shot 3D face scanner created by Disney Research labs.
The 10-minute experience captures an image of the fan, which is later sent to a high-resolution 3D printer to create a figurine. The completed figurine will arrive in seven to eight weeks for…
If the Marketplace Fairness Act passes through Congress, more online retailers would have to collect sales tax at the point of purchase. Would you buy less stuff online if that becomes the case? If yes, you’re not alone — about 44% of people said they would cut back on their Internet shopping if the so-called Internet Sales Tax becomes reality, according to a study.
The Marketplace Fairness Act would require online retailers making more than $1 million annually to collect sales tax from…
Skype audio- and video-calling will roll out to Outlook.com inboxes across the UK starting Monday, and to the U.S. and Germany in the coming weeks, the VoIP service announced.
“We all face those situation where it’s easier to jump on a call to talk something through. Sometimes that quick call can accomplish more than a long email reply,” Simon Longbottom, Skype’s senior director of product marketing, said Monday in a blog post
The add-on is a preview version of Skype for Outlook.com,
Like other tech companies, Microsoft has advertised some of its products in the past by offering free Wi-Fi in public places like subways and park benches. Now, the company is doing something a little more original and promoting a product by offering free Wi-Fi inside a magazine.
Yes, you read that right. In a new promotion, Microsoft is advertising Office 365 by installing a T-Mobile router into the latest issue of Forbes magazine, turning the print publication into a Wi-Fi hotspot for two…
T-Mobile customers interested in the BlackBerry Q10 can sign-up for notifications of the device’s availability starting on April 29.
Mashable Tech Editor Pete Pachal called the Q10 “the best keyboard phone you can buy today” and it features not only the iconic BlackBerry keyboard, but also the latest version of the BlackBerry 10 operating system.
While Canadian carriers can expect to see the Q10 on May 1, it will likely be a few weeks…
Days after it introduced its first mobile ads, Tumblr updated its iOS app to version 3.3.1, adding several important new features
The new version lets users share posts via social networks such as Twitter and Facebook, as well as save content for later using Instapaper and Pocket. Also, users can now email an entire post and close a photo by flinging it up or down
Other improvements include GIFs that now animate even while you scroll (works only on iPhone 4S or later and iPad 2 or later),…
There’s at least one in every family, every workplace, every social circle. They may be your best friends. You may know their secret, or they may be firmly in the closet
We’re talking, of course, about people who have never seen the original Star Wars. (Let’s not confuse matters by calling it Episode IV or A New Hope just yet.) Yes, as surprising as it may be to the average geek, there are still people who fall into this camp. And as fans of a franchise that teaches tolerance, it’s important…
