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Yahoo Confirms 500 Million Accounts Were Hacked In 2014 Data Breach

About 500 million Yahoo users were hit by the 2014 hacking attack, the tech giant has confirmed. The breach, the…

8 years ago

Verizon Acquires Yahoo’s Internet Business for $5 Billion in Cash

Yahoo's internet business has been sold to Verizon Communications for nearly $5 billion in cash. It will be combined with…

8 years ago

Yahoo to acquire BrightRoll for $640 million

Yahoo has announced it will buy digital video advertising service BrightRoll for $640 million. The move would allow Yahoo to…

10 years ago

Yahoo set to invest in Snapchat

Yahoo is planning to invest millions of dollars in mobile messaging service Snapchat, which may value the start-up at about…

10 years ago

Yahoo acquires app analytics company Flurry

Yahoo has bought app analytics company Flurry to help boost its advertising revenue from smartphones. San Francisco-based Flurry helps app…

10 years ago

Yahoo acquires ephemeral mobile messaging app Blink

Yahoo has bought self-destructing mobile messaging app Blink in order to poach the talent behind it. Blink is a mobile…

11 years ago

Yahoo unveils its first two original TV series

Yahoo will show two original TV series on its website and mobile app. The move makes Yahoo the latest technology…

11 years ago

Yahoo COO Henrique de Castro to leave company

Yahoo Chief Operating Officer Henrique de Castro has unexpectedly departed the company just over a year after he was hired…

11 years ago

Yahoo had refused to join PRISM spying program but was forced by secret court

It was revealed that Yahoo's top lawyers had a courtroom showdown with the National Security Agency after it had demanded…

11 years ago

Yahoo buys Tumblr for $1.1 billion

Yahoo's board has approved a deal to buy New York-based blogging service Tumblr for $1.1 billion, US media reports say.…

12 years ago

Yahoo ordered to pay $2.7 billion for breaching Mexican yellow pages contract

Yahoo group has been ordered to pay $2.7 billion by a Mexican court following a lawsuit stemming from allegations of…

12 years ago

Marissa Mayer, ex-Google executive, appointed as Yahoo new CEO

Marissa Mayer, a former leading Google executive, has been appointed as Yahoo next chief executive. Marissa Mayer, 37, will become…

12 years ago

Yahoo and Facebook end their patent row and form ad alliance

Facebook and Yahoo have settled their patent row and formed an advertising alliance. Yahoo had sued Facebook in March claiming…

12 years ago