Rediff
"According to SVP and Head of Yahoo! Research Prabhakar Raghavan, Yahoo! Labs - Bangalore would build its world-class team, which would focus on delivering the most valuable insights and leading edge technologies." Full Story
EFYTimes.com
"Dr Prabhakar Raghavan, SVP and Head, Yahoo! Research, said, 'Yahoo! Labs - Bengaluru intends to build its world-class team, which is focussed on delivering the most valuable insights and leading-edge technologies to delight all of our customers worldwide. Rajeev's background and expertise in product development, as well as his deep experience in research will strengthen our leadership in international research and technology and leverage knowledge from across the region.'" Full Story
New York Times
"Yahoo Labs Bangalore will be a center of excellence for next generation search and advertising technologies, focused on making the Web more relevant and simple for users and advertisers, Yahoo said. The company has hired Rajeev Rastogi, who has moved from head of Bell Labs India to lead the new lab, and assemble a team of scientists and engineers to focus on new approaches to information extraction and machine learning, multimedia and query processing, the company said." Full Story
Euro Investor
"Yahoo! India R&D contributes significantly to the success of Yahoo! globally and Y! Labs – Bangalore will further leverage this momentum in India. We believe Yahoo! Labs - Bangalore will play a critical role in driving the next wave of innovation on the Internet,” said Sharad Sharma, CEO Yahoo! India R&D." Full Story
Sify
"Yahoo! Labs - Bangalore to be at the Forefront of Discovering New Technologies that Deliver Compelling Experiences on the Web. As a demonstration of Yahoo!'s commitment to recruiting world-class talent in India, Rastogi was appointed to assemble a world-class team of scientists and engineers to focus on new approaches to information extraction and machine learning, multimedia and query processing." Full Story
WATBlog.com
"After rebuffing the offer from Microsoft, Yahoo seems to be focusing more on creation of assets to align with its business. Setting up an R&D lab in makes sense. And its not just the cost factor……The engineering talent in India is capable of producing the cutting edge technology products in a world class manner." Full Story
