Yahoo scraps digital magazine designed for iPad

Source: CBC News

Yahoo has killed Livestand, a tablet magazine, just six months after its debut on the iPad. The decision announced Friday is part of the struggling internet company's latest turnaround effort. Last month, Yahoo Inc. told analysts it would cl ...
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Yahoo kills ‘Livestand’ just 6 months after debut

Source: Long Island Press

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Yahoo is killing a tablet magazine called Livestand just six months its debut on the iPad. The decision announced Friday is part of the struggling Internet company’s latest turnaround effort. Last mont ...
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According to its App Store reviews (from Yahoo! employees), Axis is a hit

Source: The Next Web

I’ve been playing around with both the desktop and iOS version and I think that Yahoo! might be on to something. I took a dive into Apple’s App Store to see what users think and was surprised to see 891 reviews and a 4.5 ...
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Yahoo Shutters Flipboard Competitor After Just 6 Months

Source: Mashable

Like Tweet +1 Share Pin It Share Yahoo has decided to discontinue production of Yahoo Livestand , a newsreading app for the iPad launched just six months ago. The news was announced in a post to Yahoo’s corporate blog on Friday, leading up to three-day h ...
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Biz Break: Silicon Valley's fails -- Facebook's stock, Yahoo's iPad magazine, Cisco's tablets

Source: SiliconValley.com

Today: Silicon Valley is known as a hub of innovation, but even innovators are known to make some missteps. Friday's examples: Facebook's stock showing, Yahoo's ( YHOO ) Livestand digital magazine app, and Cisco's ( CSCO ) foray into t ...
Full article at: SiliconValley.com  More like this  6 hours ago, 4:53pm CDT

Yahoo drops tablet magazine service

Source: Independent.ie

Yahoo has dropped its tablet magazine Livestand just six months after its debut on the iPad.The decision is part of the struggling internet company's latest effort to turn its fortunes around.Last month, Yahoo told analysts it would clo ...
Full article at: Independent.ie  More like this  6 hours ago, 4:21pm CDT

Yahoo Livestand Killed Six Months After Debut; CEO Ross Levinsohn Makes First Major Move

Source: International Business Times

It seemed like a step in the right direction for Yahoo back in November, when the company announced a family of new mobile products that would enrich the way users experience and understand their news and entertainment content. Bu ...
Full article at: International Business Times  More like this  7 hours ago, 3:31pm CDT

Yahoo kills iPad magazine Livestand less than a year after launch

Source: Inside Bay Area

we received great feedback on Livestand's design and it earned a 4-star rating in the App Store, we committed ourselves to continuously measure and scrutinize what's working and what isn't. We have learned a lot from Livestand and are actively app ...
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Big Retail Partners Sign on to Pay With PayPal

Source: PC Magazine

For the top stories in tech, follow us on Twitter at @PCMag. PayPal today moved aggressively to place its technology at point-of-sale terminals at major U.S. retailers, signing deals with Verifone and Equinox Payme ...
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Yahoo Shuttering Livestand iPad App

Source: AdWeek

With bikini season approaching, Yahoo’s all about trimming the fat. Last month the company announced that it would lay off 2,000 employees as part of then-CEO Scott Thompson’s plan to create a “smaller, nimbler, more profitable” compan ...
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