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Yahoo acquires photo app developer Cooliris

Posted on November 24, 2014 by Vineesh Mohan

Yahoo has acquired a startup photo app-maker company Cooliris that was initially known for creating 3D wall for navigating photos and other media content. Cooliris is mostly known as the developer of a photo-aggregation app of the same name. It’s

Yahoo Replaces Google As Default Search Provider in Mozilla Firefox

Posted on November 20, 2014 by sherly

Yahoo and Mozilla just announced a “strategic five-year partnership that makes Yahoo the default search experience for Firefox in the United States on mobile and desktop.” The companies said they will explore other potential “future product integrations and distribution opportunities

Yahoo to Acquire Digital Ad Service BrightRoll for $640M

Posted on November 12, 2014 by Vineesh Mohan

Yahoo is buying digital video advertising service BrightRoll for $640 million in the Internet company’s latest attempt to boost its revenue after years filled mostly with financial futility. The acquisition announced by Yahoo CEO Marissa Meyer on their blog. The

Facebook, Yahoo team up to keep hackers from using recycled accounts

Posted on October 24, 2014 by Vineesh Mohan

With Yahoo recycling its email accounts by giving dormant addresses to other users, could new users of a recycled account hijack the Facebook accounts they are linked to?. Well Facebook was watching and teamed up with Yahoo to make sure

Yahoo starts fresh layoffs in India, affecting hundreds

Posted on October 9, 2014 by Vineesh Mohan

Internet firm Yahoo has started a fresh set of layoffs in India, affecting hundreds, as it seeks to consolidate its product engineering teams at its headquarters in Sunnyvale. While senior executives will be offered a position in Sunnyvale, a majority

Yahoo reportedly investing in Snapchat

Posted on October 4, 2014 by Vineesh Mohan

After snatching up Tumblr, Yahoo is reportedly chasing another teen-focused phenomenon for investment: Snapchat, according to The Wall Street Journal. Yahoo just came into some money with Alibaba’s IPO. Sources told the Journal that Yahoo is in talks to lead

Yahoo will ring in the new year by killing its Website Directory

Posted on September 29, 2014 by sherly

Yahoo, which got its start as a digital phone book of websites, is closing that book. Yahoo will shut down its Directory service on Dec. 31, the company said Friday in a blog post. As for why, the firm did

Government To Ban Using Gmail And Yahoo Emails In Offices

Posted on September 17, 2014 by Sibi Antony

They are the new form of terror. The hackers attacking and stealing sensitive information from the government departments is one of the perils of being tech savvy. In an attempt to reduce the exposure to such threats, Indian government is

Yahoo, ComScore To Jointly Offer Online ad Measurements

Posted on August 6, 2014 by Sibi Antony

Yahoo and the online metrics firm comScore announced plans Tuesday to work together to better measure audience reach for ads on Yahoo websites. The move, which comes as Yahoo loses ground to rivals in online advertising, will use comScore’s verification

Microsoft can buy Yahoo even if they don’t want to sell

Posted on April 7, 2008 by flashweb

See letter send by Microsoft to Yahoo. If Microsoft want, they can approach share holders of yahoo and pay them well to sell their shares, having the Yahoo shares on hand, Microsoft will get control of Yahoo. Lets wait and

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