Yahoo has released information regarding a hack that occurred in 2014. This attack got the personal details of at least 500 million users. Names, addresses, telephone numbers, birthdays. email addresses, hashed passwords and security questions and answers. Yahoo has been struggling in a few areas, and this hack isn’t something […]
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Microsoft and Yahoo renew their search partnership
Microsoft and Yahoo have updated their partnership in regards to search and advertising. This could work out well for Yahoo, who will now be able to run their own ads on desktop and mobile searches. Previously, Yahoo was required to pull 100% of its traffic from Bing marketplace ads. Now, […]
Rumour has it: Yahoo and AOL might be merging
Various sources have confirmed that Yahoo’s Marissa Mayer has been seen hanging out with Tim Armstrong of AOL. Could a possible merger between the two be on the horizon? According to many, the two were seen spending hours in the late night at a resort bar, talking animatedly. There is […]
UK’s GCHQ collected 1.8M webcam snapshots from Yahoo
Yahoo has struck out against Britain’s GCHQ after documents showed the platform’s webcam chat led to more than one and a half million images being illegally stored by the agency. The data collection occurred between 2008 – 2012, as part of an operation known as Optic Nerve. An experimental program, […]
What can Yahoo do with Tumblr ?
Inevitable, today a big news hit us: Yahoo bought Tumblr for $1.1 billion. Just one day before Microsoft’s Xbox event, we have something to discuss about. When you first read the official announcement made by Marissa Mayer, you instantly feel something strange: “We promise not to screw it up”. Oh, […]
OnTheAir Video Chat startup was acquired by Yahoo
OnTheAir video chat startup announced today on their official website that they have been acquired by Yahoo. It’s an amazing achievement for a startup that was launch this year in March. It’s Yahoo’s second acquisition ever since Marissa Mayer joined them as CEO. But what is OnTheAir? OnTheAir was founded […]
Marissa Mayer is going to save Yahoo by turning it into Google
Well it’s Marissa Mayer’s second week of being the new CEO of Yahoo and it’s clear she’s missing her old home over at Google. How much is she missing her position at Google? Well she’s decided to make a ‘few’ changes to Yahoo’s workplace that reflect the culture she just […]