Facebook Email Launched as Hybrid Messaging Service

Facebook unveiled on Monday a messaging service designed to incorporate email, SMS, chat and messages under one system, a move that could potentially erode the markets of a host of other high-profile email providers from Google…

As Facebook Launches Email, Who Loses?

Will Facebook email succeed just because it’s Facebook? Maybe not.
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Layoffs or Not, Yahoo’s Struggles May Be Mounting

Yahoo has denied reports of an impending 20% cut, but the controversy raises the question of whether the company’s fourth-quarter performance and year-end results could be worse than Wall Street expects. One thing to watch for …

Private-Equity Firms Ask Alibaba CEO to Join Yahoo Bid

A group of private-equity investors is calling on the CEO of Chinese Internet giant Alibaba Group to throw his support behind a buyout offer for Yahoo, Reuters reports. Alibaba founder Jack Ma is reportedly considering his opt…

Can Groupon Find Itself a Good Venture Capital Deal?

After rumors last month that Yahoo had offered to buy coupon service Groupon for between $1.5 billion and $3 billion, the company is seeking an undisclosed amount of venture-capital funding at a valuation of between $2 billion …