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Facebook, Twitter lead opposition to social networking privacy law

Facebook, Twitter, Google ( NASDAQ:GOOG ), Yahoo and Zynga are among more than a dozen companies and tech industry associations signing a letter publicly opposing SB 242, a new bill proposed in

Yahoo acquires TV check-in app developer IntoNow

Yahoo has acquired IntoNow, the developer behind a popular iOS application enabling users to identify television content and interact with other viewers in real time. Financial details of the deal

Yahoo! next to chase TV dollars with original series

There's money to be made in over-the-top television and Web portal Yahoo! doesn't want to be left out--particularly if inclusion means grabbing a share of a burgeoning advertising base. According to

Starbucks Digital Network adds ESPN, Marvel Comics

Starbucks introduced sports media giant ESPN and Marvel Comics among the new partners supplying content to the in-store multimedia platform the coffeehouse colossus rolled out last October. The

Yahoo behind on rollout of Connected TV Store

Yahoo's Connected TV widget store, whose expansion from a CE-curated store into a full-blown app shop was announced amid much fanfare in November, still hasn't hit the market, and it looks like it

Report: Google dominates 97% of mobile search spending

Mobile services now account for almost 5 percent of paid search spending in the U.S., and are on pace to represent 10 percent of the market by the end of 2011 according to data issued by banking and

Yahoo tackles tablets with personalized digital newsstand

Yahoo is introducing Livestand, a digital newsstand service launching first on tablets, with mobile phones to follow. According to Yahoo, Livestand delivers a personalized experience enabling

MWC Preview: Microsoft, Twitter, Google to headline annual wireless confab

In the past, headlines from the Mobile World Congress conference in Barcelona, Spain, were dominated by major mobile operators such as Vodafone, AT&T ( NYSE:T ) or Verizon Wireless ( NYSE:VZ ). But

Yahoo to introduce mobile content personalization platform

Yahoo is reportedly poised to introduce a new mobile publishing platform touting content personalized to each user's tastes and preferences. Citing sources familiar with the initiative, The New York

Yahoo shedding workers as Google adds lots more

Two Internet-based companies with eyes on the TV space are going in seemingly very different directions. Yahoo! (Nasdaq: YHOO ) has shown lackluster results and announced that it's cutting 140 more