Showing posts with label Yahoo. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Yahoo. Show all posts

Monday, April 1, 2013

Is it productive to work at home or anywhere other than the office?

Certain subjects just naturally incite opinion wars. The big ones, like political preferences, or whether you’re Team A or Team B, are better left out of polite conversation. But when it comes to doing your job effectively, where do we draw the line? Should the nature of a person’s autonomy — or lack thereof — be at the whim of the boss, or the discernment of the employee?

The four corners of the Internet nearly came to blows recently when tech-world darling and Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer boldly put a stop to employees working remotely. Needless to say, people are a little upset.

I'm definitely in the let them work at home camp. Here is a pretty good infographic on the state of things.

Working from home infographic

Sunday, October 28, 2012

Good bye my good friend iGoogle

Recently I noticed something on my home page which is iGoogle. I've used what seems like forever.

I see a note that they are going to take it down completely. Click on the link and here is what I see. I am in shock. Not sure why but it is an emotional reaction I guess. I've been loyal. I've introduced lots of people to the power of iGoogle over the years. So what is the payback for my loyalty to Google and their products?

Apparently it isn't worth much.
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Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Will Yahoo turn it around? Third quarter results are in

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Yesterday afternoon, Yahoo! held an earnings call announcing third quarter results. The results modestly beat analyst expectations, but gave little insight about where the company is heading.

Revenue appears to have stabilized but shows no signs of growth either. Net income was extra-ordinarily high last quarter due to Yahoo’s sale of half its stake in Chinese Internet company Alibaba. Operating income declined 14 percent year-over-year though, giving a better idea of the state of Yahoo’s business.

CEO Marissa Mayer announced that her company will increasingly focus on search and mobile in the future and sees Yahoo! in a good starting position for the shift to mobile platforms.



http://www.statista.com/markets/21/internet/chart/669/yahoo-s-business-in-numbers/