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Yahoo Is Reportedly Acquiring Two App Makers

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June 18, 2013
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Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) is targeting two new acquisitions as the company focus its strategy on improving its profitability in the mobile market. Kara Swisher of AllThingsD reported that the company wants to acquire app makers Xobni and Qwiki. Xobni spelled backwards for “inbox” is a startup based in San Francisco, which received funding from various investors including First Round Capital, Khosla Ventures, BlackBerry Partners Fund, Atomico Investments, Baseline Ventures, and RRE Ventures. Y Combinator...
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After Apple & Facebook, Yahoo Reveals Government Data Requests

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June 18, 2013
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Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) is the latest in the list of tech heavyweights to reveal the number of requests for user data from the federal law enforcement agencies. Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) said in a Tumblr posting that it received between 12,000 and 13,000 requests for user data in the six month period between December 1, 2012 and May 31, 2013. Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) CEO Marissa Mayer said that the most common types of requests were related...
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Facebook Inc (FB), Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) Reveal Data Requests

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June 17, 2013
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Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) revealed that in the second half of 2012, it received 9,000-10,000 requests from the US authorities for sharing user data, says a report from Bloomberg. As per the company the requests concerning 18,000 to 19,000 accounts were related to issues ranging from local crime to national security. Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) also revealed that it received 6,000 to 7,000 requests for user data between 31,000 and 32,000 accounts. Claims Made Last Week...
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Worried about PRISM? Switch to DuckDuckGo Search Engine

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June 16, 2013
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Perhaps you’ve heard about the government surveillance system PRISM. Without notice, major tech companies like Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, YouTube, Apple and Facebook send your personal information to government agencies. There is so much controversy surrounding all this that people are looking for third party solutions that are not involved in all this. Enter DuckDuckGo, a search engine that focuses on privacy and believes in NOT tracking what users search. The search engine assures users...
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Google Trends: What Are Users Googling In Real-Time

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June 14, 2013
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If you’ve ever been curious as to finding out what the world is searching, you should check out Google Trends. This awesome feature allows users to see what people are searching for in real time. Google Trends Features This unique feature shows the search items being typed up and displays them in a colorful fashion of bright moving rectangles. The search queries shared are as diverse as the world itself with common topics such as...
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Market News: Gannett, Yahoo, Safeway, RIM (BBRY), PVH

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June 13, 2013
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Post Market News Stocks that were active in U.S. trading include Gannett Co., Inc. (NASDAQ:GCI), Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO), Safeway Inc. (NYSE:SWY), Research In Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ:BBRY) (TSE:BB) and PVH Corp (NYSE:PVH). Market Levels U.S.: Dow Jones: 15,187.56 (+1.28%), S&P 500: 1,636.38 (+1.48%), Nasdaq: 3,445.37 (+1.32%) World Markets: Shanghai: 2,148.35 (-2.83%), Nikkei 225: 12,445.38 (-6.35%), Hang Seng Index: 20,887.04 (-2.19%), TSEC: 7,951.66 (-2.03%), FTSE 100: 6,304.63 (-0.08%), EURO STOXX 50: 2,661.71 (-0.18%), BSE Sensex: 18,827.16 (0.00%) Metals: Gold: $ 1,377.80 (-1.02%), Silver: $21.58 (-0.98%), Platinum: $1,447.10 (-2.37%) Currency: EUR/USD: 1.3345 (+0.12%),...
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Yahoo Acquires Startups Rondee And Ghostbird

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June 13, 2013
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Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) continues with its shopping spree of start-ups and yesterday, it added two more to its collection. The internet firm acquired Ghostbird Software, which makes photo apps for iOS, and Rondee, which provides conference calling solutions. The terms of the deal have not been made public. About Rondee The conference calling company was started in 2007 and services of the firm will be closed in June. Rondee has also arranged for accounts...
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Keeping The NSA Out Of Your Business

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June 7, 2013
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It’s not paranoia if people are out to get you. The NSA clearly is made up of people, so this week’s revelations that the Obama administration and congress have authorized large-scale surveillance for the NSA with a program entitled PRISM should have conspiracy theorists everywhere saying, “I told you so.” President Obama today not only acknowledged the existence of the program today but strongly defended as necessary. “They make a difference in our capacity...
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Michael Karsch Likes Yahoo & Vodafone Group

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June 7, 2013
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Michael Karsch, founder and portfolio manager of Karsch Capital with $1.8 billion under management, talks about the mania of safe stocks that has infected Wall Street, in a Q1 conference call. He says that investors who were spooked by the bubble burst of 2000 are now over-invested in safe haven companies. He points out that the reason investors have become so excited about stocks lately is because of attractive dividends which yield almost the...
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Apple Inc. (AAPL) Joined PRISM Data Mining Program After Jobs’ Death

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June 7, 2013
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Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) and eight other top technology companies are accused of taking part in a data mining program known as PRISM which started as far back as 2007. However, it now appears that Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) didn’t join the program until about six months after Steve Jobs passed away. The news about PRISM comes the same week as privacy concerns were raised after the appearance of a court order reportedly requiring Verizon Communications...
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Google Inc (GOOG), Facebook Inc (FB) To Gain As Ad Spending Grows

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June 5, 2013
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James Dix, CFA of Wedbush in a new report notes that trends are Solid for Global Media Spending. He sees positive signs for large marketer spending with Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) and Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) Video. Per Wedbush ad agency checks, the 2013 global ad spending growth outlook seems at least as high as at the beginning of the year, and media spending as a share of GDP could be on the rebound. The current global...
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