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Yahoo, the nearly three-decade-old internet brand, is adding six new members to the privately held company’s board, including actor and entrepreneur Jessica Alba. Verizon Media sold Yahoo last year for $5 billion to private-equity firm Apollo Group, while the telco retained a 10% ownership stake. The company hired Jim Lanzone, former Tinder and CBS exec, as CEO. Joining Lanzone and representatives from Apollo and Verizon on the Yahoo board are: Alba, founder and chief creative… Source link

NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Yahoo today announced it has joined the expanded Marketing Cloud Customer Data Platform ecosystem on Salesforce AppExchange, empowering brands to better understand their customers, drive personalization and relevancy at scale, and unlock new opportunities that accelerate business growth. Brands today are expected to know their customers, predict their needs, and engage in ways that are personalized, relevant, and contextual. A data-first approach is key to… Source link

LeBron James is officially a billionaire. The Los Angeles Lakers star is worth an estimated $1 billion, according to Forbes, which makes him the first active NBA player to join the billionaire club. The only other basketball player to be worth 10 figures is Michael Jordan, who earned that moniker 11 years after he retired when his stake in the Charlotte Hornets increased to 89.5 percent in 2014. While James has earned more than $385 million in pretax salary during his 19-year NBA career, per… Source link

An ex-Apple executive who quit over the company’s strict return-to-office policy is joining Google just weeks later, according to a report.  Ian Goodfellow — who worked as Apple’s director of machine learning until he resigned in early May — is joining Google’s DeepMind division as a contributor, Bloomberg reported.  DeepMind uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to improve Google products.  The news comes as Apple pushes virtually… Source link

Google has become the latest manufacturer to partner with DIY repair specialists iFixit to offer spare parts for its devices, the search giant announced today. It’s a deal that should make it far easier for the average customer to get parts to repair their own Pixel smartphone if it breaks. Parts like batteries, displays, and cameras will be available to purchase in the US, Canada, Australia, the UK, and other European countries where the phones are sold. Parts will be available to… Source link

As the West rolls out more sanctions against Russia for its war in Ukraine, another consumer favorite joins the list: Big Macs. McDonald’s Corporation (MCD) said Tuesday the U.S.-based fast-food giant will temporarily close all restaurants in the country and pause operations in its Russian market, heeding to growing criticism over its silence on the conflict even as other multinational companies have severed ties with the nation. “We serve millions of Russian customers each day who count on… Source link

Mandiant has attracted a second suitor, with Google joining public cloud rival Microsoft in attempting to buy the threat intelligence and incident response superstar. The move by Mountain View, Calif.-based search giant Google comes as some of its employees have privately discussed the need for more security firepower to compete with Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services, The Information reported. Bids for Mandiant were due at the end of February, and the value of a potential deal… Source link

Google announced late Saturday it is blocking Russian state media channels from selling ads due to the invasion of Ukraine. Why it matters: The move came hours after YouTube, which is owned by Google, said it was blocking Russian state media channels, including RT, from selling ads on YouTube globally or being accessible in Ukraine. Twitter and Facebook have announced similar efforts to restrict Russian state accounts from being able to spread disinformation via advertising. Details: A Google… Source link

Facebook is angry at Apple, and it’s not surprising. The iPhone maker is going to cost the social network upwards of $10 billion due to the iOS 14 privacy features called App Tracking Transparency, Facebook said recently after announcing its financial results. That’s because Apple’s ATT iPhone privacy features cut back on tracking by revoking access to the identifier for advertisers (IDFA)—a unique code that shows when people are seeing an ad on Facebook, Googling it and… Source link

MOSCOW, January 12. /TASS/. Yandex entered into antitrust proceedings against Apple over its prohibition against application developers from informing customers about the possibility of paying for purchases outside the AppStore, the company told TASS. “We decided to participate in the process because the decision on this case can have a big impact on both users and developers. We believe that users should be able to learn about different payment methods and make in-app purchases in any way… Source link