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Why It’s Dumb To Abandon Tumblr Today
Since it became clear that Yahoo was going to buy Tumblr, WordPress saw the number of blog imports from Tumblr rise from about 400 an hour to more than 72,000. That’s a ridiculous jump — and also a stupid one. Here’s why you shouldn’t leave Tumblr just because it’s under new management.
Flashback: How Yahoo Killed Flickr And Lost The Internet
In the wake of Yahoo’s $US1.1 billion acquisition of beloved social platform Tumblr, it’s perhaps worth looking back what the company did after it caught — and gutted — another big fish. Yes, Yahoo’s a different company now, especially with Marissa Mayer at the helm. And Tumblr, along with its price tag, are an order of magnitude larger than Flickr was when Yahoo bought it. There are differences.
What’s Yahoo Announcing At Its Event Today?
This morning, Yahoo announced it was buying Tumblr for $US1.1 billion, along with a GIF and a promise “not to screw it up”. The Mayer-ship is hosting a “product-related” event in New York City today. We’ll be there covering it live. But just what’s the company talking about?
Is Yahoo Buying Tumblr For A Billion?
Yahoo has a problem: it has no idea what it’s doing, or how it’s going to do it (outside of teenage dream hires). Some people who claim intimate knowledge say the company is going to do it by throwing a serious Hail Mary: buying Tumblr for $US1,000,000,000. That’s one billion.
Tumblr’s Mobile App Finally Comes To Windows Phone
Despite Tumblr’s massive popularity, it’s been taking its sweet time rolling out its app to different platforms — the iPad version only just hit this past December. And now, at long last, Windows Phone users finally have a Tumblr app to call their very own.
Latte Drawings That Blow Your Local Barista Out Of The Water
Latte art. It’s tickled the fancy of many a cafe-goer as they gaze at the magical flower-patterned milk floating upon a sea of velvety espresso. This dude right here though? He laughs in the face of your measly rosetta.
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