Yahoo

Don’t tell Marissa Mayer she’s pretty

A "compliment" from a shareholder shows that for too many men, a woman's looks still matter more than anything

Mary Elizabeth Williams Wednesday, Jun 26, 2013 4:10 PM UTC 125
Technology Marissa Mayer, Yahoo, Sexism

Popularity boost for search engines outside NSA dragnets

DuckDuckGo, among others, is benefiting from never tracking user data in the first place VIDEO

Natasha Lennard Wednesday, Jun 19, 2013 4:30 PM UTC
Technology Video, DuckDuckGo, Prism, Google

Report: Yahoo challenged NSA phone surveillance in ’08

But the secret FISA court overruled the objections

Jillian Rayfield Friday, Jun 14, 2013 1:15 PM UTC
Politics Yahoo, NSA, Surveillance, FISA

Netflix, Facebook — and the NSA: They’re all in it together

NSA, Netflix, Facebook and other e-commerce goliaths are collaborating on tools that track us in very intimate ways

Andrew Leonard Friday, Jun 14, 2013 11:28 AM UTC 26
Technology NSA, gift economy

Why is the NSA spying on PalTalk?

With just 4 million users, the online video chat site is no Facebook. It's not even Tumblr

Miles Klee, The Daily Dot Tuesday, Jun 11, 2013 1:00 PM UTC
Technology the daily dot, PalTalk

The best of Tumblr porn

Sex educators, writers and porn stars share their favorite adult Tumblrs

Tracy Clark-Flory Sunday, May 26, 2013 12:30 AM UTC 16
Life Tumblr, Pornography, Sex

How to screw up Tumblr

Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer promises not to bungle a good thing. Easier said than done

Andrew Leonard Monday, May 20, 2013 4:25 PM UTC
Technology Yahoo, Tumblr, GeoCities

Yahoo shells out $1.1 billion for Tumblr

It's the company's biggest acquisition since it bought the online search engine Overture for $1.3 billion

Michael Liedtke, Associated Press Monday, May 20, 2013 2:49 PM UTC
Technology Associated Press, Tumblr, Yahoo

Yahoo blows it again

A new expanded leave policy doesn't cover real life -- especially for a company that has banned working from home

Mary Elizabeth Williams Tuesday, Apr 30, 2013 8:37 PM UTC 28
Life Yahoo, Marissa Mayer, Motherhood

British teen hits jackpot, sells app to Yahoo

Seventeen-year-old Nick d'Aloisio devised a content-shortening programing while studying for his exams

Marissa Mayer, Associated Press Tuesday, Mar 26, 2013 11:42 AM UTC
Technology Associated Press, Yahoo, Internet

Leaning in won’t help your career

If you want a better job, unionize

Brigid O'Farrell, Alternet Friday, Mar 15, 2013 12:02 PM UTC
Technology Sheryl Sandberg, Marissa Mayer

Marissa Mayer, morale killer

The Yahoo CEO tells her employees: Stop telecommuting, or get out. But is working from home really better?

Mary Elizabeth Williams Tuesday, Feb 26, 2013 7:37 PM UTC 100
Business Marissa Mayer, Yahoo, Parenting

Marissa Mayer had nursery installed in office

After causing a stir by banning working from home it's revealed that the Yahoo CEO paid for an office nursery

Freya Petersen, GlobalPost Tuesday, Feb 26, 2013 3:17 PM UTC
Social GlobalPost, Marissa Mayer, Yahoo

Free your workers, Yahoo!

Working from home is a women's issue

Irin Carmon Monday, Feb 25, 2013 6:50 PM UTC 45
Business Facebook, Google, Marissa Mayer

Corporate America knows who you vote for

So much for anonymity. Across the country, companies are using web data to tailor the political ads you see online

Lois Beckett, ProPublica Monday, Oct 22, 2012 9:23 PM UTC
Politics Microsoft, ProPublica

Marissa Mayer can work if she wants

The new Yahoo CEO plans to during her short maternity leave -- not that it's any of our business

Mary Elizabeth Williams Wednesday, Oct 3, 2012 7:35 PM UTC 10
Life Motherhood, Marissa Mayer

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