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Imagine being able to help someone follow their passion and bring their dreams to life. It feels great in your imagination, doesn’t it? It does in reality, too. I can tell you this firsthand, because it’s what Yahoo! Small Business gets to do every day for our customers. As I write this, we’re in the [...]  

Prabhakar Raghavan talks to Wired UK about the growth and innovation of Yahoo! Labs and how our scientists support Yahoo!’s Product Strategy. Yahoo! Labs kicked off 2012 with a feature story on Wired UK this week: an interview with Chief Strategy Officer, Executive Vice President and Head of Yahoo! Labs Prabhakar Raghavan. The article focuses [...]  

Exploring the Yahoo! homepage just got a lot more fun. To kick off the new year, the Brand Marketing team is rolling out a series of Y! Bang animations that will appear on the homepage, periodically replacing Yahoo!’s familiar purple logo. Along with reflecting the lively energy of the brand, the animations will be timed [...]  

Yahoo! has joined forces with Playtone and Reliance Entertainment to bring Tom Hanks’ multi-dimensional animated series “Electric City” to Yahoo! in 2012. As the exclusive online broadcast home for “Electric City,” Yahoo! will bring Hanks’ vision and storytelling to a global audience. The introduction of “Electric City” will take center stage at a private event [...]  

Ever wonder who’s behind the great user experiences that define sites like Yahoo! Movies, omg!, and Yahoo! Music? Look no further and Cody Simms, the VP of Entertainment and Lifestyle Product Management. From defining how the sites should function, to determining what people should do once they get there, Cody and his team are determined [...]  

Following our news about a new original video series with Tom Hanks made this morning at the 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show, we have news for all you TV lovers out there about Yahoo! Connected TV and IntoNow from Yahoo! as well. For Yahoo! Connected TV, we’re excited to announce that broadcast interactivity becomes available [...]  

Event features all-star Republican cast. With the start of the New Year, the U.S. election season is revving up and Yahoo! is in the thick of it. Starting at 8:00 a.m. (Eastern) today, Yahoo! is exclusively hosting the “Yahoo! News Funny Or Die GOP Presidential Online Internet Cyber Debate” on both Yahoo! News and the [...]  

New Year, renewed resolve. After indulging – and sometimes over-indulging – in holiday festivities, many of us vow to make a fresh start in 2012. We turned to senior editor and Web analyst Vera H-C Chan to clue us in on the resolutions dominating Yahoo! search waves, and the different ways that Yahoos are trying [...]  

What a way to start 2012! After an intensive four-month search, Yahoo! has named Scott Thompson as chief executive officer. Thompson comes to Yahoo! from eBay’s PayPal unit, where he served as president of the leading online-payment site since 2008. The tech guru has also served as the chief information officer for Barclays Global Investors [...]  

Throughout the year, the Yahoo! Employee Foundation (YEF) helps Yahoos to have a bigger impact on the causes they care about through volunteering, championing a grant, or donating. As the holiday season approaches, YEF chapters across the U.S. look for special ways to help Yahoos make a difference in their communities. Each office takes a [...]  

Back in September at Facebook’s f8 conference, we announced the Yahoo! News activity feature, putting your friends front and center in our U.S. Yahoo! News experience. And to our delight, more than 12 million of you have given it a try so far, discovering news stories and sharing what you are reading on Yahoo! with [...]  

What would it mean to view disabilities a little differently? That was a premise of Independence 2011, a lively and colorful event hosted by Yahoo! at our Sunnyvale headquarters. The bustling festival had a simple goal: to open eyes to the reality of disability—which is often different from the stereotypes we have in our minds. [...]  

Though Shane Dwyer has been working in online ad sales for most of his career, coming to Yahoo! was his chance to step up to the “big leagues.” The Account Director credits Yahoo!’s reputation as the leader in the internet advertising for the endless opportunities he and his team have to promote best-in-class products across [...]  

BloombergKodak to phase out it camera, digital picture frame business as part of cost cutsWashington PostThe immensely lucrative analog business Kodak worried about undermining was virtually erased in a decade by the filmless photography it invented. Today, the standalone digital camera faces stiff competition, as smartphone cameras gain broader use.Kodak to shutter camera businessReutersKodak Closes Camera BusinessForbesKodak to stop making...  

Yahoo! SportsYahoo! Contributor NetworkYahoo! SportsThis article was created on the Yahoo! Contributor Network, where users like you are published on Yahoo! every day. Learn more » By Sean O'Brien, Yahoo! Contributor Network 7 hours, 38 minutes ago Simmonds is one of many new Flyers on this season's ...and more »  

Time to retire Forest Service's air tankersWashington PostThe US Forest Service's air tankers, the giant planes that drop huge loads of water or fire retardant on wildfires, are an average of 50 years old, according to a 2009 report. Here are the air tankers the service uses and one that could potentially ...and more »  

Ford’s floating cinematic Mustang takeover on the Yahoo! Homepage debuted a brand new kind of custom-built, rubber-peeling rich media execution that wins our kudos for desktop Ad of the Year The first week of November 2011 saw a brand-new type of rich media display ad on the Yahoo! Homepage that had never been driven—I mean, [...]  

Toyota wins Ad of the Year for the tablet platform by showing how to utilize Yahoo!’s Livestand for a whole new breed of audience reach On November 2, 2011, Yahoo! unveiled Livestand, a tablet app that lets users organize content from premium publishers and Yahoo!’s global network according to their interests in a very visual, [...]  

With the new year right around the corner, we figured we would leave 2011 behind on a high note. This edition of Product Pulse features Yahoo!’s latest product launches, updates and expansions. From the introduction of HUB, the new messaging app from Yahoo! to the expansion of Yahoo!’s facebook integration, we are ringing in 2012 [...]  

Spotlight on women’s use of technology and the Internet to create positive change. The Yahoo! Business & Human Rights Program, along with Yahoo! Maktoob, and in partnership with Vital Voices, is hosting a summit on January 18 at the Fairmont Nile City. Change Your World! Cairo 2012 will spotlight how women across the Middle East [...]  

Yahoo! is opening the doors to the 2012 Sundance Film Festival, giving independent film fans access to one of the year’s most highly anticipated industry events. Yahoo! is the Official Sponsor of the Short Film Program at this year’s Festival, which runs January 19 – 29 in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden, and Sundance, [...]  

Put a little “pep” in your typing skills to see if you’re man enough to win Dr. Pepper Ten’s arm wrestling challenge in an interactive expandable on the Sports front page Dr. Pepper wants to “strong-arm” you into trying its new Dr. Pepper Ten soft drink (“23 Authentic Flavors, 10 Bold Tasting Calories”) with a [...]  

Although Ali Dib spent 10 years of his career working in digital media companies, it wasn’t until he joined Yahoo! in 2010 that he gained a true understanding of what it takes for an internet property like Yahoo! to earn the top spot as the premier digital media company. The Senior Director of Global Agency [...]  

Love movies? Yahoo! and Bertolli have your Sundance Film Festival ticket Yahoo! is a Leadership Sponsor of the 2012 Sundance Film Festival (January 19-29). This gives Y! exclusive access to the nine short film finalists in the festival and allows us to screen them on Screen as part of our first-ever Yahoo! Audience Award competition. We’ve [...]  

Quench your thirst for rich media with Gatorade’s muscular custom pushdown video and wallpaper on the Sports front page To promote its G series of energy drinks, Gatorade kicked off its Win from Within campaign in G-force style with a rich media custom (sporting) event front and center on Yahoo! Sports. This ad is a [...]  

Yahoo! is kicking off the new year with a slew of new and exciting features and product updates – from Shine’s user-tested guides to the best product finds, to the newest way to enjoy IntoNow. Stay tuned each month as we continue to keep you posted on the latest product news. The Power of Yahoo! [...]  

Sales Director Keevie Silvay’s career has included stints at startups and big companies alike, but it was only when she joined Yahoo! in 2004 did she realize that she could have the best of both worlds. “[Yahoo] is a huge platform with millions and millions of users, but at the same time, it’s always at [...]  

Search for missing Huntly teen scaled downStuff.co.nzThe search for a Huntly teen missing in the Waikato River is to be scaled down, police say. Zharian Watkins, 13, has been missing since 5.30pm on Friday when he jumped from a rail bridge into the Waikato River and failed to resurface.and more »  

The big game is almost here, and Yahoo! Sports takes it seriously. Check out “Yahoo! Brings the Super Bowl to You” for details about all the special coverage Y! is planning around the big day. If online searches are any indication of who will win this year’s game, the New England Patriots would come out [...]  

Predict Your Favorites to Win with Grammy’s Pickem Game The Yahoo! Music team is gearing up for another exciting Grammy Awards this year. Set to air this Sunday, the 54th Annual Grammy Awards will be hosted by LL Cool J and feature performances by Chris Brown, Rihanna, Bruce Springsteen, Tony Bennett, and Carrie Underwood, plus [...]  

Visualizing How Yahoo! Serves Up 13,000,000 Unique Story Combinations, Every Single Day Ever wondered how Yahoo! decides which stories to put on its front page each day? Or why your Red Sox team scores or daily omg! fix usually appears up front? That’s because the Yahoo! page you see each time you visit yahoo.com is [...]  

The October announcement of the Yahoo! and ABC News partnership has proven to be a valuable alliance for ABC News Digital, resulting in the most trafficked month in history for their platforms in the month of January with over 414 million page views. ABC News Digital platforms including ABCNews.com, OTUSNews.com, Goodmorningamerica.com on Yahoo! and ABC [...]  

In addition to our award-winning sports reporting, Yahoo! is going to be all over Super Bowl XLVI with insider access to one of the hottest events of the year. Here’s a look at everything we’ve got going on before, during, and after the game: Bud Light Hotel Super Bowl concert broadcast live on Yahoo!: The [...]  

Chips? Check. Big screen TV? Check. List of impertinent jibes to describe the opposing team’s players? Check. Super Bowl XLVI is upon us, and people have been prepping for “Indianapolis Super Bowl 2012” (up 1,743%) by going online to scour for everything from coveted tickets (good luck!) to best party snack recipes. Senior editor and Web [...]  

The writers and editors at Yahoo! Music have been all over the Grammys this season. As the author of the twice-weekly Chart Watch blog, I’ve written numerous pre-Grammys blogs with tons of news, analysis and – of course — predictions about who will win at this year’s show (Sunday, February 12, 8 pm). I also wrote about the Grammys’ controversial [...]  

Chrysler parlayed its rousing Super Bowl halftime ad starring Clint Eastwood into a video takeover on the Homepage Literally no other event on Earth promises to focus so many eyeballs onto one spectacle at the same time as the Super Bowl does. This year set a new record, with an average of 111.3 million total [...]  

Yahoo! en Espanol and People on Espanol launch the fifth annual Bello 51 program to discover a previously unknown Hispanic beauty. The winner will be featured in People en Espanol’s “50 Mas Bellos” (50 Most Beautiful) issue. The Bello 51 program provides Yahoo! en Espanol users with the opportunity to nominate themselves or someone they [...]  

NATPE award honors Yahoo! for leadership in the Digital category. Last night, Yahoo! was recognized at the NATPE 2012 conference in Miami, Florida with a Digital Luminary Award for our leadership in the Digital Category for the commitment and investment in the creation and distribution of online content. Yahoo!’s Jason Dimberg, Senior Director and Head [...]