Yahoo Stock Rises on Jerry Yang Resignation Announcement

Jerry Yang Quits Yahoo, Stock Rises Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang has resigned from the struggling web giant's board of directors on January 17, 2012. Yahoo's stock rose 3.7% in after-hours trading in response to the announcement. NASDAQ: YHOO Stock Jerry Yang, who co-founded...

The San Francisco Yahoo! Sign Retires

"Jon Charles, Vice President and General Sales Manager for Clear Channel Outdoor in San Francisco confirmed, “Yes, the Yahoo! board will be available starting in December 2011.”" The iconic sign which has become a landmark of San Francisco for over a decade being removed...

Yahoo Down October 14: Yahoo.com Home Page Outage

Update: 4:03 pm PTFor us the home page is back up, although with some errors. Previous:Numerous Users Reporting That Yahoo is Down Yahoo.com has not confirmed the outage, but it appears that Yahoo.com is down for now at least.  Numerous users are reporting on Twitter...

Charles Darwin: The Man Who Came Up with The Revolutionary Idea

Darwin did not pursue his interest in plants and animals seriously until he became friend with the cleric and botanist John Steven Henslow at Cambridge University. On Henslow’s recommendation, he was invited to join the naval survey ship, HMS Beagle, as naturalist and...

29 Fascinating Facts About Plants From Around The World

The largest plants in the world are the giant redwood trees of North America. Sequoias can grow up to 107 m (350 ft) or more in height and may be up to 7.5 m (26 ft) across. They can weight more than nine times as much as a blue whale, the heaviest animal that has ever...

No One Really Wants to be #1 on Google

That’s right, I said it.  No one really wants to be #1 on Google and anyone who thinks this is the end game is not seeing the bigger picture.  Businesses want to be #1 on Google because they associate increased revenue to being #1 on Google.  So what if...

Yahoo! Apologizes for Hiring Lap Dancers for Coding Event

Yahoo! has posted an apology for hiring lap dancers for its Hack Day Taiwan event. The best part of the story? This is the second time that Yahoo! has done this. Maybe they deserve another exclamation mark. Aside from annoyance at not getting an invite, I daresay that this is...