Most stories covering personnel moves at Yahoo don't exactly count as wins for the company, but it looks like Yahoo's set to attain a victory. Reports indicate Mickie Rosen will soon assume the title "Senior Vice President of the Yahoo Media Network." Rosen has an impressive resume. Her career began at McKinsey & Company, a large and well-known consulting firm, while she attended Harvard Business School. She did stints at Disney, Quisic, Idealab, and Fandango afterward.

BGC Partners, a firm with roots dating back to 1945, has new confidence in eBay. Today, BGC upgraded its outlook on eBay's stock from hold to buy, and raised its price target by 25 percent, as well. The new price target is $35, up from $28. That's not a huge vote of confidence, considering that eBay's stock is currently trading at $27.77, but at least shows BGC doesn't think eBay is stagnant. Also, as reported by StreetInsider.com , a BGC analyst stated,

Smart consumers tend to want as much product information as possible, and many people delay purchases when a certain statistic isn't available )who wants to buy a TV when there's a chance its cord won't reach the nearest outlet?(. So this weekend, Google revisited a deal that means shoppers will get more )and more accurate( details. Google and Edgenet first announced an arrangement back in October. Edgenet, a "product content collection service,

Yahoo Connected TV might soon get a serious bump in respectability in the eyes of sports fans and families with kids. A potential deal with Disney could bring content from ESPN and Disney )along with ABC( to the platform, according to a new report. Sam Schechner and Amir Efrati wrote this morning after speaking with some sources, "For Yahoo, Disney is looking to create widgets for its ESPN, ABC,

Earlier this week, a company called Trusteer determined that mobile users are three times more vulnerable to phishing attacks compared to people sitting in front of desktops. Now, in a move that'll perhaps help address that problem )and others(, Trend Micro has released its first security app for the Android platform. The app, called Mobile Security for Android , is supposed to protect users in four ways.

Much as someone born and raised in Boston probably won't sound the same as a person who grew up in California, people don't always tweet alike. And while that may appear obvious, Carnegie Mellon researchers studied the presence of slang and different dialects on Twitter and discovered some interesting facts. One point about the methodology: this was a little more involved than just looking up a few Twitter users and making observations.

Bing is, in both a figurative and literal sense, on a roll this week. First came word that Toyota's new in-car infotainment system will feature Bing Maps and Bing for Mobile, and now, it seems a new product from Hyundai called Blue Link will do much the same thing. Bing partnered with Hyundai and ATX )which deals in connected vehicle technology( in order to make this happen, and an official statement explained, "Through [ Blue Link ],

For a long time, supporters of Google's experiments in social media were able to point to Orkut's success in Brazil and India. In those countries, at least, the social network was dominant. But Orkut fell behind in India last year, and new stats from Experian Hitwise show that Facebook's made impressive gains since then. With a share of 5.26 percent, Facebook now ranks as the third most popular site in India in terms of visits.

Individuals who both own an Android phone and subscribe to Hulu Plus are perhaps not the poorest folks around )food and shelter tend to come before data plans and entertainment services(, but soon enough, they may get more for their money. Hulu Plus is supposed to become available on certain Android phones sometime this year. Hulu CEO Jason Kilar announced this goal at CES. In a post on the Hulu Blog ,

Every evening, tens of millions of people enter their homes, set down their keys, and waste little time in turning on the TV. Bing's taken a good shot at becoming part of their lives, then, by integrating local TV listings into its regular search results. To be clear: this is not Bing's answer to Google TV. Then again, given how Google TV has failed to find a lot of fans, that's probably a good thing. A post on the Bing Search Blog instead explained,

The start of a new year can cause people to think about many things, including family, friends, and personal opportunities. And Twitter, apparently, as the company announced today that Japanese users set a global record moments after the official end of 2010. A post on the Twitter Blog indicated this afternoon: "Just four seconds after midnight in Japan on January 1st, Twitterers set an all-time record in the number of Tweets sent per second )TPS(. At that moment,

When watchdog groups and oversight committees are formed, the semi-paranoid question "who watches the watchers?" sometimes comes up. Now, with respect to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, the answer can be anybody )or everybody( with access to YouTube. A post on the YouTube Blog announced, "Just after Representative John Boehner was sworn in as the 61st Speaker of the House earlier today,

Five months ago, local police officers raided Google's offices in South Korea, and what they found may cause quite a lot of trouble for the company. A police report's indicated that Google illegally collected private data with its Street View cars, and criminal charges could result. The fact that Google recorded emails and passwords sent over WiFi networks shouldn't surprise anyone at this point; Google admitted it in October after other experts came to the same conclusion.

By all accounts, private shares of Facebook are incredibly popular, with wealthy investors causing a virtual stampede over who will get to buy them through Goldman Sachs. It's a good bet that there will be widespread interest if/when Facebook goes public, too. So to avoid being overshadowed, LinkedIn may IPO this year. Nadia Damouni reported this morning, "LinkedIn, the social networking site for professionals,

Everyone awed by Facebook's $50 billion valuation may want to break away for at least a moment to consider Amazon's future. An analyst with Morgan Stanley has predicted that Amazon will generate an impressive $100 billion in revenue in 2015. To put that in perspective: Amazon reported $7.56 billion in revenue during the third quarter of 2010, $6.57 billion during the second quarter, $7.13 billion during the first quarter, and $9.

New Year's Eve celebrations - and the hangovers that in many cases followed - did not keep people away from Facebook this weekend. The opposite might have been the case, in fact, as a person very much in the know announced today that 750 million pictures were uploaded to Facebook during the timespan. Randi Zuckerberg, head of marketing at Facebook and sister of its CEO, tweeted earlier,

Ford's SYNC, an advanced in-car "connectivity system" that allows users to play music, get directions, and make phone calls, has earned rave reviews for years. Now, Toyota's announced its own take on the concept - dubbed Entune - and it looks like Bing will play a key role. Whereas SYNC boasts ties to Google Maps, a Microsoft representative explained in an email to WebProNews, "When Entune launches later this year,

If anyone at Mozilla is keeping some sort of historical record, December 2010 is a month that's sure to be starred. A new report from StatCounter indicates that, in terms of market share, Firefox wound up ahead of Internet Explorer in Europe. This was perhaps not a pretty victory, as it only occurred due to a loss on IE's part. IE's market share in fact fell from 38.91 percent in November to 37.52 percent in December, according to StatCounter,

Rumors concerning the possibility of drastic layoffs at MySpace first surfaced on New Year's Eve, and it seems that the start of 2011 hasn't improved the situation. A new report holds the percentage of employees who may be affected between 33 and 50, and even indicates that the layoffs could occur in the next few weeks. There's not much more to tell at this point. Jessica E. Vascellaro and Russell Adams just wrote,

Two TV shows famous for reporting the day's news to hilarious effect may soon return to Hulu. Rumor has it that important people at both Hulu and Comedy Central are making an effort to bring "The Daily Show" and "The Colbert Report" back to the site. The shows were pulled in March of this year after Hulu was unable to secure the rights to keep presenting them. Reports indicated that Comedy Central wanted monetary payments in advance of whatever ad revenue episodes generated.