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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
Former Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer blames Russia for one of two data breaches
November 09, 2017 12:15 pm
Former Yahoo Chief Executive Marissa Mayer apologized on Wednesday for two massive data breaches at the internet company, blaming Russian agents for at least one of them.
Former Yahoo CEO Mayer, Equifax current and former CEOs to testify before US Senate for data breaches
November 02, 2017 4:15 pm
Former Yahoo Chief Executive Marissa Mayer and the current and former CEOs of Equifax Inc will testify before a US Senate panel on November 8 on two massive data breaches
Yahoo confirms all 3 billion accounts hacked in 2013: Steps to protect account
October 04, 2017 11:49 am
Yahoo has officially confirmed that all 3 billion user accounts were compromised and hacked in the 2013 data theft incident. Here's how to secure your account.
Yahoo says all 3 billion accounts hacked in 2013 data theft
October 04, 2017 10:35 am
Yahoo on Tuesday said that all 3 billion of its accounts were hacked in a 2013 data theft, tripling its earlier estimate of the size of the largest breach in history
Yahoo says all 3 billion accounts hacked in 2013 data theft
October 04, 2017 7:32 am
A Yahoo official emphasized Tuesday that the 3 billion figure included many accounts that were opened but that were never, or only briefly, used.
Yahoo must face litigation by data breach victims: US judge
September 01, 2017 4:59 pm
In a 93-page decision, Koh rejected Yahoo’s contention that breach victims lacked standing to sue, and said they could pursue some breach of contract and unfair competition claims.
Yahoo Japan launches gaming platform that bypasses app stores
July 19, 2017 11:38 am
Yahoo Japan Corp., operator of the nation’s second-most popular website, announced a new web-based gaming platform called Game Plus. The new service offers titles through cloud streaming and those built on HTML5, and starts Tuesday in Japan with 39 titles.
Verizon takes $500 million charge for Yahoo costs, shuts Esports
June 16, 2017 11:54 am
Esports will start winding down Friday as Verizon decided to focus on the Yahoo Sports brand, Travis Gafford, who heads the Esports unit, sad in a note to readers and viewers. Verizon shares closed little changed at $46.64 in New York Thursday. The stock is down 13 percent this year.
What is Oath; Verizon's new venture combining Yahoo, AOL
June 14, 2017 8:11 pm
Oath, on combining the media and technology resources of Yahoo and AOL, boasts of being able to reach nearly a billion people worldwide.
Verizon's first move with Yahoo is to ditch 2,100 jobs
June 10, 2017 2:06 pm
About 2,100 jobs are on the chopping block as Verizon prepares to combine Yahoo and AOL for a digital advertising offensive.AOL and Yahoo will cut 15 percent of the 14,000 workers they now employ, or about 2,100 jobs.
