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With the arrival of the new CEO, Yahoo has already acquired two dozen startups in an attempt to rethink the development strategy of the rapidly losing relevance company. It is easy to see that most of the companies were bought because of the people, and partly the technologies (the so-called aqui-hire). The new path of Yahoo is also beginning to become clear: mobile technologies, the de facto destination for multimedia content, personalization of all services.

Stamped, $6 million

04.12.2012 / A mobile application that allows you to track and share with friends your favorite things, places, books, music, etc. In addition, users can subscribe to recommendations from professional critics and celebrities.

The service is closed

On The Air, $6 million

04.12.2012 / Video communications service – an analogue of Google Hangouts. On The Air allows you to create webinars or simply communicate with a large audience (up to 5 thousand users) simultaneously, including displaying images from their cameras in the general stream.

The service is closed

Snipt.it, $10 million

01/22/2013 / Snip.it, a web service reminiscent of Pinterest, is designed to collect interesting content on the Internet into private and public “collections” with the ability to leave comments and share with friends and readers.

The service is closed

Alike, $10 million

02/12/2013 / Mobile application Alike – a service for recommendations of nearby establishments based on available information about the user’s and his friends’ favorite places, as well as search queries.

The service is closed

Jybe, $10 million

03/20/2013 / Mobile recommendation service Jybe aims to connect users with the "real world" by offering them the best selection of movies, music, books, recipes, food and restaurants.

The service is closed

Summly, $30 million

03/25/2013 / The Summly mobile app is a thematic news aggregator that uses natural language processing technologies from SRI International to create shortened versions of articles.

Service closed, technology integrated into Yahoo News apps

Astrid, price unknown

01.05.2013 / Astrid mobile app is a popular cross-platform task planner that easily integrates with email and Siri.

The service is closed

GoPollGo, price unknown

09.05.2013 / Online survey and voting service, with a focus on integration into Facebook and Twitter.

The service is closed

Milewise, price unknown

05/09/2013 / A search engine for airline tickets and hotels, as well as an aggregator of tourist loyalty programs (miles, etc.), allowing frequent travelers to find the most advantageous offer.

Loki Studios, price unknown

05/10/2013 / A mobile gaming startup that develops games using geolocation, sensors and even weather conditions.

The company is closed


Tumblr, $1.1 billion

05/17/2013 / The most popular blogging platform focused on images and short texts. More than 300 million unique users per month.


www.tumblr.com

PlayerScale, price unknown

05/23/2013 / An infrastructure platform for developers of electrical contractors email lists computer, social and mobile games. The audience of games using the startup platform numbers 150 million players.


PlayerScale

GhostBird Software, price unknown

06/12/2013 / The company is a developer of mobile applications for working with images and photography KitCam and PhotoForge2.

The company is closed

Rondee, price unknown

06/13/2013 / Free web service for planning, organizing and conducting conference calls.