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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
Yahoo Mail app rolls out caller ID, photo upload features
February 14, 2017 3:32 pm
Yahoo launched Caller ID and photo upload features for its Yahoo Mail app that will help users identify a caller from their email contact list.
Technology firms to urge Trump to alter US travel ban
February 06, 2017 11:54 am
Several technology companies plan to send a letter to US President Donald Trump on Monday urging his administration to amend the 90 day travel ban
Yahoo beats Wall Street view, sees Verizon deal closing in second quarter
January 24, 2017 8:59 am
Yahoo reported better-than-expected quarterly profit and revenue, and beat Wall Street expectations
US SEC probing Yahoo over previously disclosed cyber breach
January 24, 2017 8:58 am
Yahoo has faced pointed questions about exactly when it knew about a 2014 cyber attack it announced in September.
Social media usage help time spent on mobiles grow 69 %: Report
January 14, 2017 12:18 pm
Time spent on social and messaging apps grew by an astounding 394 per cent over the last year.
Yahoo will be renamed Altaba, Marissa Mayer to resign: Top five things to know
January 11, 2017 1:20 pm
Yahoo will be renamed Altaba after its deal with Verizon will go through, according to an SEC filing.
Yahoo to be renamed Altaba after Verizon deal, CEO Marissa Mayer to resign
January 10, 2017 12:00 pm
Yahoo to change its name to Altaba Inc after it turns over its email, websites, mobile apps and advertising tools to Verizon.
Yahoo messenger introduces read receipts, typing indicators and emojis in new update
January 04, 2017 6:10 pm
Yahoo Messenger's update is available on Google's Playstore Apple's Appstore as well as the web and desktop.
The biggest tech disappointments of 2016: Galaxy Note 7, Yahoo hacking, and more
December 27, 2016 2:03 pm
Here are the biggest tech disappointments of 2016: Samsung Galaxy Note 7, Yahoo data breach, Fake news, and more.
Yahoo's big data breach: A classic story of too little, too late
December 19, 2016 11:04 am
Hackers got hold of more than a billion Yahoo accounts, in the biggest data breach on record.
