CHIP.co.id - was reported by The Verge that Yahoo is exploring to acquire Tumblr. The value of the dowry for the acquisition is estimated to reach U.S. $ 1 billion, matching funds are disbursed by Facebook when acquiring Instagram.
Yahoo wants to plunge into the youth market - around age 18 to 24 years - with the acquisition. Young children is an area controlled Tumblr, at least according to The Verge. Yahoo CFO Ken Goldman also added that Yahoo is a bit difficult to reach out to young users, hence this acquisition process is becoming more reasonable to Yahoo.
Since served as CEO of Yahoo, Marissa Mayer has acquired several different startup potential, though had failed to acquire Dailymotion.
Tumblr seems to follow the footsteps of Facebook by introducing real-time notifications on the user dashboard. A blog post from the Tumblr staff said, the company is starting to test a feature that warns you in the "people you know", like something you've posted to the microblogging site, be it photos, your latest favorite animated GIF, a quote, or entry previous text.
Currently, all users can start seeing notices which resembles the function of live ticker in Facebook. Saw the addition of the side bar on Facebook, sometimes disturbing, Tumblr also gives you the option to turn off notifications and real-time dashboard display continued in the long view....