Tag: tumblr

Yahoo owner sells Tumblr microblogging site

Microblogging platform Tumblr is being sold off by American telecommunications company Verizon, just two years after it was acquired as part of its Yahoo takeover. Automattic, the firm behind blogging service WordPress.com, will gain ownership of Tumblr, which its chief executive described as “a once-in-a-generation opportunity to have two beloved platforms work alongside each other…
Chris Price News

Is Yahoo about to ruin Tumblr?

Hold on to your Trigger Warnings, it seems that things could be about to change over at Tumblr. The site was bought in 2013 by Yahoo for a cool billion dollars, but until now has operated more or less completely independently. This looks like it is about to change though, with Business Insider reporting that…
James O'Malley Web 2.0, Websites, Yahoo

The Digest: Vinyl is back… and 4 other things people are talking about today

[nextpage title="Next"] Vinyl record sales hit 18-year high | BBC News "More than one million vinyl records have been sold in the UK so far this year - the first time the milestone has been achieved since 1996. The figures mark a largely unexpected resurgence in an industry now considered to be dominated by digital.…
Stuart O'Connor Gadgets, Microsoft, Motoring, music, Social Media, The Digest, Video games, Xbox 360, Xbox One