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If Microsoft tries to acquire them it’d be Mumblr.
If Facebook tries to acquire them it’d be Fumblr.
While this is the case (and Facebook and Microsoft are definitely ready to pounce), Yahoo currently has Tumblr negotiations under lock and key, Forbes reports:
A source with knowledge of the Yahoo/Tumblr discussions says they are proceeding rapidly and likely to result in an offer as soon as Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer can get her board’s approval. She is said to favor an outright acquisition rather than an investment or partnership. As mentioned above, a lockup agreement prevents Tumblr from holding a bake-off with Facebook, Microsoft or anyone else.
Part of Mayer’s courtship has involved working overtime to convince Karp that his fears of being “absorbed into a behemoth” and “raided for talent and traffic” are unfounded. Karp has made it clear that he would like to run Tumblr for a long time. According to my source, he would remain CEO under the outline of the deal being worked out.
Those last two sentences are key.
The day of reckoning has come for the old mainstay of email. All user accounts have been migrated to Outlook.com where some fancy new features await.
Seventeen years later, the original free email service is dead. One fun fact about Hotmail: It was one of the earliest successful examples of viral marketing online, as much of its early pre-Microsoft growth was helped along by the usage of a footer line that stealthily encouraged users to spread the word about Hotmail whenever they sent a message. Adam Penenberg, in his book Viral Loop, explained exactly how this made Hotmail a hit. The relevant excerpt is over this way.
Windows 8.1 set to bring back the Start button
Microsoft is preparing to revive the traditional Start button it killed with Windows 8. Sources familiar with Microsoft’s plans have revealed to The Verge that Windows 8.1 will include the return of the Start button. We understand that the button will act as a method to simply access the Start Screen, and will not include the traditional Start Menu. The button is said to look near-identical to the existing Windows flag used in the Charm bar.
Feels like a concession.
Microsoft hires designer who presented bold revamp of the company’s brand
Last summer designer Andrew Kim’s vision for “The Next Microsoft” got a lot of traction online — including on The Verge — for its aggressively minimal rebranding of the company across platforms. The next month Microsoft unveiled its actual new logo, but that doesn’t mean it didn’t take note — Kim just announced that he’s been hired by the company, which got in touch after seeing his designs.
That’s right. An unsolicited redesign can get you a job with the company you’re pitching — at least sometimes.
We searched on the internet and found a horizontal infographic just to show you guys what can be done with this panorama thingy. Unfortunately, it’s from Microsoft. But whatevs! It still looks awesome, right?
Windows head Steven Sinofsky leaves Microsoft
Steven Sinofsky, the Microsoft executive in charge of Windows, has left the company. Julie Larson-Green is to assume control of Windows software and hardware engineering, and CFO Tami Reller will be in charge of the Windows business.
I guess we know how sales are going.
Yeah, looks like sales have only scratched the … Surface.
Congrats Tumblr!
Don’t screw this up Yahoo.
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The curious case of Microsoft’s Metro, a design language that cannot be spoken
Microsoft’s Metro design language has gone through a name change of late. Used to describe the company’s design principles around typography and minimal graphics, Metro is now referred to as the “Microsoft design language.”
More companies should put focus on systems of design like this. Simply put, these are the new highways and mass-transit systems, and we need to treat them that way.
Have you tried it yet? What do you think?
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