Chinese Internet giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd  together with the Russian investment fund Digital Sky Technologies (DST) and private investment fund Silver Lake  is discussing the possibility of filing a joint bid to acquire the U.S. search giant Yahoo!, reports Bloomberg citing informed sources.
The group has already contacted the Yahoo! management, as well as company advisors on this matter, to inform about the potential offer. At the same time, the source of the publication noted that …

Jack Ma, chief executive officer of the Alibaba Group, became the first party to publicly express interest in buying Yahoo when he talked about the struggling internet company while onstage at the China 2.0 conference at Stanford University.
 

Jack Ma "very interested" in buying Yahoo

Mr. Ma said: “We are very interested” in reply to a questioner who asked if Alibaba was considering buying Yahoo.  Ma’s statement confirmed what had already been reported; that Alibaba, …

Yahoo, based in Sunnyvale, California, has just re-launched a new Photo Session feature for Flickr that lets users in different locations browse pictures simultaneously.
 

Yahoo launches "Photo Session" for Flickr

The change comes amid a tumultuous time for Yahoo – the company has been struggling to maintain its position as one of the top internet companies, and just last month fired its controversial CEO Carol Bartz.  Earlier this month Yahoo employees were told in a …

“What if they say I’m no good?”, said Marty McFly in one of the movies from the “Back to the Future” franchise many years ago, a famous quote referenced by YouTube founders Chad  Hurley and Steve Chen, as they fret about the success (or not) of the Delicious bookmarking website which they just re-launched.
 

Chad Hurley, Steve Chen relaunch Delicious

Hurley and Chen concede the Delicious bookmarking service is a work in progress, but are optimistic about the new site which …

Social networking giant is stealing away employees from Yahoo, Microsoft, Google, Apple, and LinkedIn, at a rate greater than the rate those companies are taking away employees from Facebook, according to TopProspect, a website that connects talented professionals with employers through personal contacts.
 

Facebook attracting employees away from Microsoft, Google, Yahoo, LinkedIn, Apple

It used to be that every tech professional working in the Silicon Valley was vying to work for …

Many parties are inquiring Yahoo advisers about various strategic options, reports Bloomberg.
Recently Jerry Yang, co-founder Yahoo issued a memo to employees, which was obtained by Bloomberg News. There were also signs of co-founder David Filo and Chairman Roy Bostock on the memo.
“Our advisers are working with us to develop ideas that we will pursue proactively,” says the memo. “They are fielding inquiries from multiple parties that have already expressed interest in a number of …

Yahoo sent out a company wide e-mail to all “Yahoos” (employees) on Friday informing them that it is carefully considering and reviewing a number of inquiries from multiple parties, indicating that the company may be sold or there may be a deal forthcoming involving an acquisition or merger.
 

Yahoo sends company wide email Friday informing employees it is fielding inquries from multiple parties.

The e-mail, which stated that it had hired the investment banking firm Allen & …

Silver Lake is considering a bid to buy Yahoo, reports Bloomberg citing some sources involved in the discussions.
If this deal is finalized, Silver Lake would sell off Yahoo’s Asian assets which include a 43 percent stake in Alibaba. It will then either focus on the main business operations of Yahoo or find a buyer for it.
Silver Lake, a private-equity investor, is also seeking partners for purchase of Yahoo’s main business and has also approached some companies.
Spokespersons of both …

Google, owner of the world’s leading Internet search engine, lost market share in August, falling from 65.1 percent to 64.8 percent month-to-month search share, comScore reports.
The dip highlights Google’s first time to fall short of 65 percent market share from exactly two years ago.
While Yahoo remained at the second spot, it rose from 16.1 percent in July to 16.3 percent this month, whereas, Microsoft Bing landed an easy third place with a 14.7 percent increased search share.
Experts …

Bing-powered searches took a nearly 30 percent share in all searches made in the U.S. last month, a new report from an analytics firm reveals.

Bing-powered search took a 28.99 percent market share for all searches made in the U.S. for the month of August, a report from Experian Hitwise reveals. Image: rubber cat / Flickr (CC)

According to the report, Bing-powered search took a 28.99 percent share of all searchers made in the U.S. in August, an increase of 1 percent from its share in July in …