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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
Russia's Mail.ru denies mass password breach; researcher stands by findings
May 07, 2016 8:27 pm
Russia's Mail.ru denies tens of millions of users were at risk after researchers found its data circulating among cyber criminals
Big data breaches found at major email services: Report
May 05, 2016 2:39 pm
Hundreds of millions of hacked usernames and passwords for email accounts and other websites are being traded in Russia's criminal underworld
Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer could get $55 mn in severance pay if company is sold
May 02, 2016 9:57 am
Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer will walk away with a $55 million severance package if the company's auction of its Internet operations culminates in a sale.
Now manage multiple mailboxes with Yahoo Mail app
April 14, 2016 3:48 pm
Yahoo Mail app users can manage multiple mailboxes to send files from Google Drive, Dropbox or image format GIFs from Tumblr.
Now chat in Hindi on Yahoo Messenger
April 12, 2016 5:39 pm
Yahoo Messenger will now support Hindi and five other non-English languages.
Yahoo to shutdown its Games, LiveText app and more
March 14, 2016 8:29 am
Yahoo Games, Yahoo LiveText, regional media properties will be shut down as the company tries to streamline its business.
Valentine's Day: Yahoo Mail will compose your love notes for you
February 14, 2016 12:51 pm
Yahoo also added a couple of Valentine's Day special GIFs to its Messenger in addition to already present categories like LOL, Cheers etc.
Yahoo plans to consider 'strategic alternatives', cuts jobs
February 03, 2016 12:15 pm
Yahoo Inc said it would consider "strategic alternatives" for its core Internet business and cut about 15 percent of its workforce.
Yahoo to slash jobs, close several business units
February 02, 2016 12:10 pm
Yahoo is set to reveal cost-cutting plans that includes slashing 15 per cent of its workforce.
Yahoo app, website get a new look; Yahoo mail gets new features
January 31, 2016 12:43 pm
Yahoo has updated it app and website and added new features to its Yahoo Mail app for Android and iOS. Here's a quick look.
