San Francisco: Yahoo, on Tuesday, added the startup behind smartphone visual diary-app Days to its list of acquisitions as CEO Marissa Mayer tries to pump new life into the aging Internet pioneer.
"The Days app will live on as a standalone entity, and we'll also be working on some exciting new projects that we can't talk about just yet," the startup said in a blog post announcing the acquisition.
Revitalizing Yahoo will take 'multiple years" with the company now working to stabilize the business, Mayer said during an on-stage chat on Tuesday at a Goldman Sachs technology and Internet conference.
Yahoo has bought nearly 30 companies since former Google executive Mayer took the helm in mid-2012. She has made a priority of tailoring products and services for smartphones and tablets with an aim at becoming part of people's daily habits in the mobile age.
"We are long on search; it should be no surprise," Mayer said. "There is a lot we can offer in the search space beyond core search."
