Yahoo Purchases Arabic Web Portal
AMMAN, Jordan -- Yahoo Inc. has agreed to buy Maktoob.com Inc., which operates an Arabic Web portal that features news, business and sports updates, as well as mail and chat services.
Terms of the deal weren't disclosed.
The acquisition marks Yahoo's first foray into the Arab region, and the Sunnyvale, Calif.-based Internet company said it now plans to develop Arabic versions of its Yahoo Mail and Yahoo Messenger communication services.
When the deal closes, Amman-based Maktoob.com will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Yahoo. It will be headed by its current general manager, Ahmed Nassef, who will report to Keith Nilsson, Yahoo's senior vice president for emerging markets.
— Peter Sayer, IDG News Service
Quanta Discloses Cloud Plans
KUEISHAN, Taiwan -- Notebook computer maker Quanta Computer Inc. plans to unveil its first cloud computing offerings next year as part of an effort to broaden its product line, the company's chairman, Barry Lam, said last week.
More: http://computerworld.com/s/article/342662/
AMMAN, Jordan -- Yahoo Inc. has agreed to buy Maktoob.com Inc., which operates an Arabic Web portal that features news, business and sports updates, as well as mail and chat services.
Terms of the deal weren't disclosed.
The acquisition marks Yahoo's first foray into the Arab region, and the Sunnyvale, Calif.-based Internet company said it now plans to develop Arabic versions of its Yahoo Mail and Yahoo Messenger communication services.
When the deal closes, Amman-based Maktoob.com will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Yahoo. It will be headed by its current general manager, Ahmed Nassef, who will report to Keith Nilsson, Yahoo's senior vice president for emerging markets.
— Peter Sayer, IDG News Service
Quanta Discloses Cloud Plans
KUEISHAN, Taiwan -- Notebook computer maker Quanta Computer Inc. plans to unveil its first cloud computing offerings next year as part of an effort to broaden its product line, the company's chairman, Barry Lam, said last week.
More: http://computerworld.com/s/article/342662/