Tagged: Tumblr & News
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It’s official: Yahoo! to acquire Tumblr for US$1.1bn News
20.05.2013 Internet giant Yahoo! has ended days of speculation and announced its intent to acquire online blogging platform Tumblr for US$1.1bn. -
Yahoo! to buy blogging service Tumblr for US$1.1bn – reports News
20.05.2013 The board of Yahoo! has reportedly agreed a US$1.1bn all-cash deal to buy the six-year-old social blogging service Tumblr, according to US media reports.Categories: Web, Social Media, Search Engines, Search, Media, Internet, Digital Marketing, Consumer Tech -
Yahoo! in ‘serious’ talks to acquire Tumblr for US$1bn News
17.05.2013 Yahoo! is believed to be in acquisition talks with social blogging site Tumblr in a deal estimated to be worth up to US$1bn. -
Hadouken! Powerful photo craze strikes the internet (photos) News
05.04.2013 The latest photo fad sweeping the internet has been dubbed ‘hadoukening’ and looks to be inspired by classic video games and action scenes from manga comics and anime... -
One-third of all page views in UK come from mobiles and tablets News
15.03.2013 Around 44.8m people in the UK used the internet in December 2012, up 5pc on last year and around a third of these accessed the web from mobile phones and tablet computers – an... -
Massive bug affects 8,600 Tumblr users - reports News
03.12.2012 A massive bug affecting some 8,600 unique Tumblr users has swept the platform, infecting some of its largest blogs and leaving spam blog posts in its wake. -
The era of social giving – fundraising start-up Knudger gathers eight social networks News
22.10.2012 A new social media company called Knudger Groups allows charities, sports clubs and not-for-profit firms to connect over eight social networks, including Twitter, Facebook and... -
Tumblr gets analytical with engagement stats from Union Metrics News
05.10.2012 Tumblr is teaming up with Union Metrics to provide brands with detailed analytics and data visualisation from the popular blogging network. -
Following LinkedIn and Instagram, Tumblr has now had its Twitter access restricted – who’s next? News
23.08.2012 Just as it did with Instagram a few weeks ago, Twitter has revoked access to its follow graph on Tumblr, which means users can no longer find friends to follow on the blogging... -
Shift to the new: Gmail overtakes Hotmail, Pinterest topples Tumblr News
29.06.2012 The changing face of the web is becoming more apparent as Google’s mail service finally knocks Microsoft’s veteran Hotmail off the global top spot, and Pinterest shows more... -
The digital business week News
08.05.2012 A digest of the top business and technology news stories from the past week. -
Tumblr begins to sell ad space for US$25k News
03.05.2012 Blogging platform Tumblr has begun to introduce ads to the service, asking for US$25,000 as its ad price in order to only work with select advertisers. -
Tumblr president John Maloney quits News
01.05.2012 The president of blog hosting platform Tumblr John Maloney resigned from his post this past weekend because his skills became less relevant as the company grew, The Wall Street... -
Texts From Hillary creators to discontinue posts News
12.04.2012 Just a day after meeting US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, the creators of the Texts From Hillary internet meme said they will no longer be updating the website. -
Hillary Clinton meets creators of satirical Texts From Hillary News
11.04.2012 US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton found a satirical website about her so funny she invited the creators of Texts From Hillary to come and meet her. -
Instagram for Android launches today on Google’s Play store News
03.04.2012 Smartphone owners running Android 2.2 and higher will be able to download the new Instagram for Android app that is launching today on the Google Play store. -
Explainer: What is Pinwheel? News
20.03.2012 We take a look at Flickr founder Caterina Fake’s new start-up Pinwheel, a social networking site which lets users leave notes ‘all around the world.’ -
Weekend news roundup News
30.01.2012 A roundup of the weekend newspapers' tech coverage, including reports that Apple is making large inroads into the enterprise computing market, how Tumblr’s founder got his first... -
Social media was the top online activity in 2011 globally News
22.12.2011 Social networking accounted for nearly one in every five minutes spent online globally in October 2011, ranking as the most engaging online activity worldwide, according to new...