Yahoo Acquires OnTheAir, Betting Big on Mobile

Ever since former Googler Marissa Mayer took the reins at Yahoo, observers have been speculating about the venerable but beleaguered search engine’s new direction. A look at the company’s first two purchases since the new CEO came aboard seems to indicate...

Will Local Search Matter More on Yahoo?

At least that seems to be the conclusion drawn by Stephanie Hobbs over at Search Engine Land. She pointed out that Mayer was most recently involved at Google with heading up its local, maps, and location services. Her hand was evident in Google’s purchase of...

Mayer Boosts Yahoo Morale with Google Techniques

Kara Swisher does a great job of covering all the changes. After being spotted in Yahoo’s cafeteria getting her own lunch, Mayer added a weekly all-hands Friday afternoon meeting to the schedule. At the first of these meetings, she announced that the food at...

Yahoo Layoffs Beginning This Week

Kara Swisher broke the story at AllThingsD, citing unnamed insider sources. Though Yahoo employs around 14,000 people, she noted that thousands of employees could be laid off. The layoffs are apparently the upshot of a series of meetings Thompson held with top...

Jerry Yang Resigns from Yahoo

Yahoo’s announcement of Yang’s resignation notes that Yang also resigned from the boards of Yahoo Japan Corporation and Alibaba Group Holding Limited. It also includes this excerpt from a letter Yang wrote to Roy Bostock, Yahoo’s chairman of the...