Yahoo confirms Tumblr purchase

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Yahoo says the deal is worth approximately $1.1 billion.

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Yahoo confirms Tumblr purchase

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Yahoo says the deal is worth approximately $1.1 billion.

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Dell renews call for details on Icahn takeover bid

Dell’s special committee reiterated its call for billionaire Carl Icahn to provide more details regarding his takeover proposal.

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IBM, Siemens among companies targeting cities for data analytics

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A year later, Facebook has tightened its focus on becoming a mobile, profitable company.

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Should Yahoo buy Tumblr?

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Watson goes to Washington, shows off health-care features to lawmakers

IBM demonstrated some new, proposed health-care related features of its Watson supercomputer to lawmakers on Capitol Hill.

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Mozilla Firefox delays patch to block third-party cookies

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Windows Phone jumps to third in global smartphone market share

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SAP is betting big on big data

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