Everybody wants to buy Yahoo
Yeah, sure they do. Alibaba still does, but one wonders how U.S. regulators would react. The Wall Street Journal reports that Microsoft is in the mix, possibly as one of a collection of investors....
View ArticleFlash analysis: the future of Yahoo
GigaOM readers weigh in with their thoughts on what’s next for the once-dominant portal.
View ArticleAlibaba.com may become part of deal with Yahoo
Would Yahoo sell off some of its Asian interests to get deeper into China? Alibaba is a more commerce-focused play that just might match new CEO Scott Thompson’s PayPal background. Link...
View ArticleYahoo approves plan to sell part of Alibaba stake
Yahoo will sell about half its stake in a taxable action, and said it would return most of the cash to shareholders, increasing a share buyback plan to $5 billion. Shouldn’t Yahoo be buying up content...
View ArticleAlibaba is said to be close to raising $8 billion
The big Chinese e-commerce company will use most of that to buy out Yahoo’s stake. Link dealbook.nytimes.com
View ArticleYahoo may reverse Alibaba cash plans
Count me among the analysts that think Yahoo should keep that $4 billion and use it on acquisitions, instead of paying it out as a dividend. Link online.wsj.com
View ArticleAlibaba’s new goal: Taking on Android
You may not yet be familiar with Alibaba — I’ll confess this is the first I’ve heard of them — but this is a company to keep an eye on as mobile data usage explodes in China. Link online.wsj.com
View ArticleYahoo closes Alibaba deal, will dole out $3.65 billion
Yahoo is only keeping $650 million for investment and acquisitions. This is disappointing, and a little counter to some earlier speculations. Link online.wsj.com
View ArticleMobile industry 2012 segment analysis
Mobile apps continue proliferating, location-based shopping is on the rise, and unsubsidized handsets could disrupt traditional carrier models.
View ArticleAlibaba stakes a claim for the massive China smartphone market
China's Alibaba outlined aggressive plans to push its mobile operating system in the world's biggest smartphone market. That could spell trouble for Google, whose Android platform runs on a whopping 90...
View ArticleResearch: Do You Have What It Takes to Do Business in China?
From eBay to Google, nearly every U.S. Internet company’s attempt to expand into China has ended in meltdown. How can stateside entrepreneurs tap the world’s largest potential market? China has been…
View ArticleResearch: The opportunities for the Internet and clean power
As the digital world and connected devices take over more and more aspects of people’s lives large Internet companies are becoming more and more conscious of the need to invest in…
View ArticleResearch: Mobile industry 2012 segment analysis
Few industries change at the pace mobile does. Whether it's the iPhone 5, the importance of LTE, or BYOD trends disrupting the enterprise, there are always new technologies, trends, and companies…
View ArticleGigaom: Yahoo wants to buy Tumblr. Will Facebook swoop in at the last minute?
Yahoo wants to buy Tumblr. We hear Facebook might spoil the party. But the question is: is Tumblr the fountain of youth that Yahoo badly needs or will this be case…
View ArticleGigaom: Fab nabs $150 million in new funding as part of Series D round
With grand ambitions to become the world's design store, Fab has raised the first part of a Series D funding round that looks to add a large flow of cash to…
View ArticleGigaom: Why is Dan Loeb selling his Yahoo stock? And why now?
Dan Loeb, the activist investor and CEO of Third Point, is selling a substantial part of his Yahoo stock, making a profit of $655 million and leaving the board along with…
View ArticleResearch: Flash analysis: the future of Yahoo
After a disappointing earnings quarter, in early September Yahoo fired CEO Carol Bartz. About a week later, the troubled portal was reportedly more concerned with finding an investor or acquisition...
View ArticleGigaom: China Unicom launches a cloud of its own
China is a hot bed of cloud activity. The latest entrant -- China Unicom just launched a full-service OpenStack cloud. Watch out Amazon: China Unicom just launched what Web Hot Review…
View ArticleGigaom: Boom times in China: The week in cloud
Christmas week was pretty slow -- except for major cloud announcements out of China, oh and Edward "the gift that keeps on giving" Snowden issues his Christmas warning, er message. China…
View ArticleGigaom: Why a huge user base built around profitable messaging apps has...
You may not have heard of Tencent but you can bet Facebook and Google have. The Chinese mobile apps provider and internet portal makes 80 percent of its revenue selling actual…
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