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This article is two years old, sure. But now Mayer, who I respect a lot, is at the helm. So what's happened to these older, still-viable acquisitions? Virtually
by runjake 13y ago
This article is two years old, sure. But now Mayer, who I respect a lot, is at the helm. So what's happened to these older, still-viable acquisitions? Virtually nothing. A new iOS app here and there. Flickr and Delicious are wasting away.
I can't help but think that Yahoo's destined-to-fail social network is in the wings. Instead of a @ or + name, it'll be a ! name. Marissa's there, but is there any real progress happening?
- redler 13y agoMaybe they'll call it "Bang!"
- whaevr 13y agoWell, if they want to stay with the ! theme how about something along the lines of !AnotherStagnantProductFailure
- Isofarro 13y agoYahoo sold delicious 2 years ago: http://techcrunch.com/2011/04/27/yahoo-sells-delicious-to-youtube-founders/ http://techcrunch.com/2011/04/27/yahoo-sells-delicious-to-yo... And killed their social network about 4 years ago: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo!_360° http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo!_360° And they tried a Facebook partnership that kinda went sour after Yahoo attacked them with patents last year: http://techcrunch.com/2012/07/06/yahoo-facebook-patent/ http://techcrunch.com/2012/07/06/yahoo-facebook-patent/
- drgath 13y ago> after Yahoo attacked them with patents last year While that statement is true, worth noting that the Y! CEO who did attack Facebook was fired shortly after and one of Marissa's first moves was to make amends with Facebook.