Today in Tech: Yahoo restructures

April 11, 2012: 7:45 AM ET

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* Yahoo (YHOO) is indeed restructuring into three distinct areas: Consumer, Regions, and Technology. (All Things D)

* In light of Instagram's $1 billion buyout by Facebook, a look at 30 of the most notable tech acquisitions from the last decade. (Wired)

* Amazon (AMZN) finally rolled out its in-app purchasing service, which brings the e-commerce company up to parity with Apple and Google in that respect. (TechCrunch)

* With numerous types of media grafted onto it, does Apple's (AAPL) iTunes need fixing? (Macworld)

* Meet Wavii, a Seattle-based startup that uses your Facebook "likes" and a semantics engine to crawl news stories to show a highly-customized Facebook-like news feed covering any topic. "It's about feed items for everything on the planet," says founder Adrian Aoun. To give the desktop and mobile experience a spin, check it out here.

* Netflix (NFLX) finally fleshes out its personalized recommendation system. (Netflix Tech Blog)

* Gartner Research predicts tablet sales will jump 98% this year to nearly 119 million units sold, with Apple's iPad continuing to dominate. (Fortune)

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JP Mangalindan
JP Mangalindan
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With a background in consumer products and pop culture trends, JP Mangalindan has brought his ability to spot the next big things to his coverage of the tech industry for Fortune.com, writing on topics as diverse as the evolution of net neutrality and the influence of social media. A graduate of Fordham University, Mangalindan has written for GQ, Popular Science, Entertainment Weekly, and nymag.com. He lives in San Francisco.

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