Bits: Google Ventures’ Big Data Bet
The venture capital firm funded by Google is building up its data sciences team to increase the capabilities inside its companies and to look for new investments in the area.
Bits: Yahoo C.E.O. Hints at a Strategy
Scott Thompson told Yahoo’s remaining 12,000 employees that he was restructuring the company around three core groups: consumer, regions and technology.
DealBook: Facebook Accuses Yahoo of Infringing on Patents
In responding to Yahoo’s original intellectual property lawsuit, Facebook argued that the Web pioneer had violated patents that cover some 80 percent of its revenues last year, amounting to more than $4 billion.
Gadgetwise Blog: Tip of the Week: Linking Facebook Chat to Other Services
Thanks to integration with Microsoft’s Messenger program, Windows Live Hotmail users just need to link their Windows Live profiles to Facebook to chat with online friends right from the mail window.
DealBook: As It Warned, Yahoo Sues Facebook Over Patents
Yahoo stepped up its feud with Facebook on Monday, suing the social-networking giant and accusing it of infringing on 10 patents tied to an array of Web technologies.
DealBook: Activist Investor Charts Plan to Revitalize Yahoo
After spending years working behind the scenes to push for change, Daniel S. Loeb, a hedge fund manager, is once again openly admonishing management and battling a corporate board. The target: Yahoo.
DealBook: Facebook Borrows $3 Billion and Increases Line of Credit
In an updated prospectus, Facebook said it had doubled its credit facility to $5 billion. It has also secured a $3 billion bridge loan, to help pay for taxes associated with the vesting of employee stock.
DealBook: Yahoo Warns Facebook of a Potential Patent Fight
Yahoo is seeking to force Facebook into licensing 10 to 20 patents over technologies that include advertising, the personalization of Web sites, social networking and messaging, people briefed on the matter told DealBook.
DealBook: Yahoo Faces Stalled Deal and Fight Over Board
The developments raised questions about whether Yahoo would be able to reverse years of missteps and make itself relevant in an Internet landscape now dominated by Google and Facebook.
DealBook: Yahoo’s Talks With Alibaba and Softbank Said to Have Collapsed
Alibaba and Yahoo Japan’s majority stakeholder, Softbank, plan to reach out to Yahoo’s chief executive to discuss whether an alternative transaction is possible, a person briefed on the matter said..
DealBook: Yahoo’s Talks With Alibaba and Softbank Said to Have Collapsed
Alibaba and Yahoo Japan’s majority stakeholder, Softbank, plan to reach out to Yahoo’s chief executive to discuss whether an alternative transaction is possible, a person briefed on the matter said..
DealBook: Yahoo’s Talks With Alibaba and Softbank Said to Collapse
The Asian partners reportedly plan to explore alternatives in Yahoo’s effort to sell its stakes in online operations in China and Japan.
