Yahoo CEO plans to prune company’s mobile apps

Published February 12, 2013 11:17pm ET



SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer thinks the Internet company will be able to please more people with fewer smartphone applications.

Mayer told an audience of investors during a Tuesday presentation that she thinks Yahoo will be better served with just 12 to 15 mobile applications, down from a “scattered” portfolio of as many as 75 different programs in recent years.

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