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Verizon Media's Yahoo and AOL businesses sold for $5bn

4 May 2021, 12:11

Private equity firm Apollo Global Management to be new owners.

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Yahoo hack in 2013 exposed another billion accounts

15 December 2016, 10:01

Incident is separate from the 500 million account breach (2014) reported this September.

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Yahoo confirms that 500 million user accounts have been stolen

23 September 2016, 09:31

The company says that it believes a "state-sponsored actor" was behind the data breach.

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Verizon to buy Yahoo core assets for $5 billion says report

25 July 2016, 09:31

Verizon bought AOL for $4.4 billion only last year.

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Mozilla to make Yahoo the default Firefox search engine in the USA

20 November 2014, 12:05

Such negotiations will now be regional, with Baidu likely to be the Chinese default.

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Yahoo on the brink of investing millions into Snapchat

6 October 2014, 13:05

The deal would value the 'zero revenue' mobile messaging start-up at around $10bn.

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YouTube previews nine new features including 60fps video

27 June 2014, 10:04

Meanwhile Yahoo has bid $250 million for the Fullscreen YouTube network.

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British Library shares over a million images on Flickr Commons

16 December 2013, 11:18

Also Instagram reveals its top locations and top cities of 2013.

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Your dream Yahoo ID may just be a little patience and $1.99 away

27 August 2013, 10:30

A new watchlist service opens so you can monitor up to five IDs for three years.

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Yahoo U.S. scored more unique visitors than Google last month

23 August 2013, 09:45

Yahoo shares back on track after the figures are published by ComScore.

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Yahoo's '30 days of change' new logo showcase kicks off

8 August 2013, 09:30

New logo, to be chosen on 5th Sept, will reflect a "renewed sense of purpose and progress".

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Yahoo earnings soar 46 per cent during Q2 2013

17 July 2013, 08:45

Marking Marissa Mayer's first anniversary with the company.

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Yahoo shuts Mail Classic, users must agree to being Scroogled

3 June 2013, 14:25

When you ‘upgrade’ you must accept a new Scroogling privacy policy.

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BT will ditch Yahoo Mail for its own branded service in June

31 May 2013, 11:00

Telco's action follows user complaints about spam and hacked accounts.

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Yahoo willing to pay up to $800 million for Hulu

27 May 2013, 12:23

Follows recent cash splash on Tumblr but failure to grab Dailymotion.

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Yahoo’s Flickr photo sharing site to give users 1TB free storage

21 May 2013, 15:10

Flickr news comes as Yahoo seals the $1bn Tumblr deal.

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Yahoo aims to be “cool again”, may buy out Tumblr

17 May 2013, 11:16

Deal to purchase this social blogging platform could be worth about $1 billion.

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Yahoo in talks to acquire Dailymotion video website

20 March 2013, 12:18

Could be CEO Marissa Mayer's biggest deal yet.

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Yahoo to cut seven products including BlackBerry app

4 March 2013, 09:47

Marissa Mayer cuts underperforming services in a spring cleaning.

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Yahoo’s revenue rises, enjoying the Marissa Mayer effect

29 January 2013, 11:16

Company will commence an “investment phase” in first half of this year.

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Do Google and Yahoo advertising networks support piracy sites?

3 January 2013, 12:20

These internet search and advertising giants profit from piracy sites says new report.

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Yahoo Mail and Yahoo Mail apps offer upgraded mail experience

11 December 2012, 17:30

New Yahoo Mail apps for iOS, Android and Windows 8 out now. Webmail updated soon.

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Yahoo loses court case in Mexico, has to pay up $2.7 billion

3 December 2012, 10:00

Following a contract dispute with the Mexican version of Yellow Pages.

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Yahoo and Facebook search alliance rumour busted

19 November 2012, 11:30

They could be working on a multitude of projects together but not search.

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Google’s UK search market share dips under 90 per cent

7 November 2012, 10:00

It had previously enjoyed over 90 per cent market share for five years in a row.

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Gmail is now the world's most popular webmail

2 November 2012, 14:59

According to independent ComScore data just published.

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Yahoo’s Q3 results better than expected under Mayer

23 October 2012, 14:00

Though company recently decided to “do a runner” from South Korean market.

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Google breached your privacy, so use Bing, says Microsoft

24 September 2012, 12:45

Is Microsoft mocking Google’s “don’t be evil” motto?

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Yahoo! Bing Network: a new search advertising marketplace

11 September 2012, 12:00

Simpler and improved advertiser experience with a larger audience.

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Marissa Mayer poaches another Googler for Team Yahoo!

20 August 2012, 12:30

New Yahoo Chief of Staff to be Andrew Schulte.

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Yahoo hires Google’s Marissa Mayer as new CEO

17 July 2012, 15:22

Acting CEO Ross Levinsohn's strategy was uninspired.

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Hackers expose 453,000 Yahoo accounts

12 July 2012, 21:41

Gmail, AOL, Hotmail and MSN accounts and others also compromised.

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Axis, the new Yahoo! browser, is launched

24 May 2012, 10:56

Syncs browsing between iOS and desktop, Android version in the works.

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