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Yahoo: A Pioneer's Decline and Resurgence Yahoo, initially styled yahoo, emerged as a prominent web portal in the 1990s, spearheaded by Jerry Yang and David Filo. Its suite of services, including Yahoo Search, Yahoo Mail, Yahoo News, and Yahoo Finance, quickly gained widespread adoption, establishin...
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- Founded January 1994
- Headquarters Sunnyvale, California, United States
- Area served Worldwide
- Services List of products
- Revenue $7.4 billion (2020)
- Parent Yahoo! Inc. (2021-present), Verizon Media (2019-2021), Oath Inc. (2017-2019), Yahoo! Inc. (1995-2017) (The old Yahoo!)
Yahoo history
Last Updated : 28/03/25, 03:30 PM
Yahoo: From Academic Project to Internet Giant Yahoo, a name initially conceived as a backronym for "Yet Another Hierarchically Organized Oracle," or alternatively, "Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle," reflects its origins as a database organized in layered subcategories. The "oracle" descri...
YAHOO NEWS
An AI ‘best friend,’ an ex Yahoo manager's delusions, and a murder-suicide in US
September 01, 2025 9:48 pm
According to The Wall Street Journal, Soelberg confided in ChatGPT — which he nicknamed “Bobby” — and the chatbot’s responses allegedly reinforced his delusions.
Yahoo, Dell, and Microsoft: Layoffs continue at big tech companies
February 11, 2023 10:36 am
The biggest tech companies in the world have all been impacted by budget cuts, underwhelming performance ratings, and disruptions in the supply chain.
Yahoo will eliminate 1,000 jobs in latest tech workforce cuts
February 10, 2023 9:16 am
The company is “very profitable,” Chief Executive Officer Jim Lanzone said, adding that the job cuts were due more to the division’s restructuring than troubles in the ad market.
Yahoo Mail app gets a redesign to help you make sense of your Inbox
October 12, 2022 1:43 pm
Yahoo is redesigning its Mail app for Android and iOS users. The new inbox comes with contextual filters and the ability to see all purchases in one place.
Yahoo Year in Review 2021: Modi to Virat Kohli to Sidharth Shukla, here's what India searched for
December 03, 2021 9:28 am
Yahoo has announced its 2021 Year in Review for India which analysed search trends to reveal what Indian users searched for this year.
Yahoo pulls out of China, citing 'challenging' environment
November 02, 2021 7:48 pm
Yahoo was lambasted by lawmakers in the US in 2007 after it handed over data on two Chinese dissidents to Beijing, eventually leading to their imprisonment.
Yahoo names Tinder top boss as CEO
September 10, 2021 10:23 pm
Jim Lanzone replaces Guru Gowrappan, who led Verizon's media business since 2018 and has now been named senior adviser to Apollo's private equity business.
Verizon selling Yahoo, AOL unit to Apollo in USD 5 billion deal
May 03, 2021 7:13 pm
Verizon said Monday that it will keep a 10 per cent stake in the new company, which will be called Yahoo.
US telecom operator Verizon launches Yahoo-branded smartphone for $50
October 29, 2020 4:24 pm
Verizon in partnership with ZTE has launched a new budget Yahoo smartphone, which comes bundled with Yahoo services including Yahoo Mail Pro.
How to transfer email data from Yahoo mail, HotMail to Gmail
May 11, 2020 1:09 pm
Here's how you can transfer email data and contacts from Yahoo mail and HotMail to Gmail.
