San Francisco -- In a move expected to fuel speculation over Yahoo Inc.’s search for a new chief executive -- Corporate raider and billionaire investor Carl Icahn augmented his stake in Yahoo, has bought up close to 7 million additional shares of the Internet Company over three days this week, paying around $67 million, according to regulatory filings.

Icahn, a billionaire hedge-fund manager who now holds a seat on Yahoo’s board, acquired 6.77 million additional shares of Yahoo stock during November 24-26 for 67 million dollars, now owns 75.6 million of the company’s shares, or a 5.4 percent stake valued at around $870 million based on Yahoo’s closing share price on Friday, according to the documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and dated Wednesday.

Yahoo Widgets 4.5 offers a new platform for developers and a gallery for consumers…

“In a tech era dominated by Google, Facebook and countless hyped start-ups, one way beleaguered Yahoo! plans to stay relevant is by riding the Web widget wave…”

Yahoo Inc. on Thursday introduced an upgrade of its platform for building, finding and installing desktop widgets, adding features that the portal hopes will encourage more developers to embrace the Yahoo’s take on the mini-applications...

Online media firm reports sales that miss targets and cuts revenue guidance. But stock climbs after CEO discloses vital new technology is now running.
The small business and merchant marketplace is one that Web companies have long seen as a key to long-term growth of the Internet and e-commerce. Despite plunging prices for Web domains and hosting services, millions of small merchants still do not have a Web presence.

Yahoo Search Marketing’s getting an extreme makeover.
Earlier this year, Yahoo re-branded its online marketing unit. What was once called Overture became Yahoo Search Marketing in a move to more closely identify the group with its corporate parent.

Next step: the unit moved from Pasadena, California, into fancy new offices in Burbank, California, home of Walt Disney and other high-profile media companies. And now, its executives are launching an aggressive assault to regain some ground lost to search leader Google in an area they had once pioneered.

Sunnyvale, California - Resuming office after a two-week maternity leave, Yahoo's chief executive, Marissa Mayer, shocked the industry with a new delivery by appointing one of her former colleagues from Google Inc. Henrique de Castro as its chief operating officer, to help revive growth at a Web company beset by sagging sales.

New Delhi, India -- Spurring up competition in the online video sphere, internet giant Yahoo! India, the premier digital media company, on Tuesday launched “Yahoo! Video” video.yahoo.in, a new video service that will provide users access to genuine content across multiple genres such as News, Entertainment, Lifestyle and Movies, besides offering advertisers a new revenue platform.

Sunnyvale, California -- Google is being stalked! In an attempt to outsmart Internet search engine behemoth, Yahoo is rolling out a new search feature that surfaces answers and results as you type based on search suggestions. The beta version of a more intelligent and content-rich tool is dubbed as "Rich Search Assist."

Sunnyvale, California -- Yahoo Go, a four-year-old mobile application service that connects users to a number of diversified services (including mail, news, and weather), is reportedly getting ready to pull its shutter down on January 12, 2010, the company announced. Yahoo has decided to focus its mobile efforts elsewhere.

Starting the beginning of 2010, Yahoo Go, the mobile application service, introduced in 2006 at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, will be discontinued, though it seems that the company plans on concentrating on the development of applications and services for high-end smartphones, including those based on the Android operating system or the iPhone.