Yahoo Revamps Home Page With Facebook-Powered Social Content
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Yahoo Inc. unveiled a revamped home page that features online content recommended by users of Facebook Inc., as Chief Executive Officer Marissa Mayer bolsters ties to the world’s biggest social network to step up growth.
In the most sweeping product overhaul since Mayer became CEO in July, Yahoo.com will begin showing its users news stories and other information that their friends have posted on Facebook, the Sunnyvale, California-based company said today. The new site, which also emphasizes clean lines and flourishes in purple, Yahoo’s official color, goes live today.