Yahoo Acquires Another Startup, Gaming Platform Company PlayerScale!

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  Anil Jain

  So many acquisitions and that too in different directions.
  Not sure, If Yahoo ! is going in right direction or not.
  
  

  after Google's recent announcement about special features for game developers

  At this moment, Yahoo! can not think of competing with Google.
  
  -CB
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  Abhijit Dey

  Yahoo may have different plans actually. It may turn out well and the new management team are really good. I had a talk with Kara Swisher who is the co-executive editor for AllThingsD, and she said Yahoo's investments are many and they have made around 22 acquisitions yet. Fingers crossed on what they are planning.
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  Ankita Katdare

  I agree with #-Link-Snipped-# here. It looks like Marissa Mayer is just out shopping too much. And we are all hoping it pay off well for the company. Because if that doesn't happen then the tech town won't think twice before ripping her to pieces. Yahoo is trying to be into many domains, they must instead concentrate on one domain and better it. Or may be we are overlooking an awesome strategy.
  
  Dazzle us, Yahoo! 👍
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  Nayan Goenka

  Technically Yahoo! should have done all this long back when google over took it in terms of many things and once email giant yahoo! tumbled down due to its resistant policy. Its trying to cover back its losses. Now entry into gaming world might prove fruitful since there is no end to it. And like Facebook or Google integration, if they wish to capture some part of market, then there is nothing wrong in that, yes the problem here is the CEO is just trying to employ the whole convoy and build everything fortnight. Its a high risk venture
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  Ankita Katdare

  Here's something I found worth sharing - So why is Yahoo in the midst of purposely transforming itself into an über portal even as computer users are migrating to super-focused mobile apps and even when its leader made her name touting simplicity and minimalism? And how did Google, once the poster child for focus, end up as a sort of accidental portal, with its own social network, webmail site, online map, and video sharing service, to say nothing of its smartphone manufacturer or set of operating systems? Because we live in a world where the most valuable information – and especially the demographic and tracking data coveted by online advertisers – does not want to be free, and in fact is hoarded in proprietary databases that can only be assembled if you’re a portal, or look a lot like one. Or at least this is part of the reason.