Yahoo’s new CEO, ex-Googler Marissa Mayer, wants to give every employee an iPhone

By: on 8.21.12
Marissa Mayer

Marissa Mayer

Despite the fact that she worked at Google for the past 13 years, Yahoo’s new CEO Marissa Mayer wants all her employee to use an iPhone. Mayer has been using Apple’s smartphone for years, even during her tenure at Google, and the executive has enjoyed the device so much that she is considering reaching into Yahoo’s cash reserves to purchase one for every employee. While handing out iPhones would likely boost employee morale, an anonymous source told Business Insider that Mayer is more interested in bringing “consistency across the company.” Read the full story at Boy Genius Report.

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Shelly Palmer

Shelly Palmer is Fox 5 New York's On-air Tech Expert (WNYW-TV) and the host of Fox Television's monthly show Shelly Palmer Digital Living. He also hosts United Stations Radio Network's, Shelly Palmer Digital Living Daily, a daily syndicated radio report that features insightful commentary and a unique insiders take on the biggest stories in technology, media, and entertainment. He is Managing Director of Advanced Media Ventures Group, LLC an industry-leading advisory and business development firm and a member of the Executive Committee of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (the organization that bestows the coveted Emmy® Awards).

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