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Is Yahoo insane in going on a buying spree like this?
Yahoo! some months back could barely stand on its feet. Now they are buying successful companies and the internet users have no idea on what they intend to do with them.
- baybal 13y agoAnswer: yes The shelf life of a tech company is 7 years. After that, it simply loses a "cool factor"
- ForFreedom 13y agoThe company Yahoo! itself have no prospects, its search and email are not doing well. 7 years of hulu?
- lebsi 13y agoAbout their e-mail.. While their new interface product was in beta, it was an amazing classic e-mail interface that included an API and features left missing when it was released as the default mail application. In one day it was replaced by a boring, minimal feature set with a lacking positive experience in its whole. While Yahoo! is still one of the leaders in web based e-mail, I am certain Yahoo! can do to Tumblr what they did to e-mail in just one day.
- jfoster 13y agoThey seem to be targeting growing businesses that are consistent with their "global media company" ambitions. Why do you think it is insane?
- ForFreedom 13y agoA year back Microsoft was buying them
- devonbarrett 13y agoMayer.
- jkaykin 13y agoPrevious to Marrissa Mayer, we hardly heard anything about Yahoo! Now, we are all talking about it. Don't underestimate Mayer.
- zombio 13y ago...At the price of billions of dollars.