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Tag: Yahoo

Is Apple preparing to launch its own search engine?

Thursday, June 2, 2022 9:23 amFriday, June 3, 202213 Comments

The rumor mill is revving up ahead of WWDC 2022 with an oldie but a goodie: Apple is prepping the launch its own search engine …

Apple releases first public betas of iOS 14.3 and iPadOS 14.3

Friday, November 13, 2020 3:10 pmNo Comments

Just one day after providing the betas to developers, Apple today seeded the first public betas of the upcoming iOS 14.3 and iPadOS 14.3…

U.S. DOJ cites Apple deal in antitrust charges against Alphabet’s Google

Tuesday, October 20, 2020 3:15 pmTuesday, October 20, 20209 Comments

The United State’s Department of Justice on Tuesday filed antitrust charges against Alphabet’s Google that focus on the company’s…

Verizon launches Yahoo Mobile, a $40-per-month cell service

Wednesday, March 11, 2020 10:38 amWednesday, March 11, 20203 Comments

Using the 25-year-old Yahoo brand, Verizon is launching a new mobile phone service called Yahoo Mobile which operates on Verizon’s 4G LTE network…

Flickr extends photo deletion deadline to March 12

Wednesday, February 6, 2019 5:02 pm1 Comment

Flickr, the legacy online photo sharing site, was set to start deleting members’ photos…

Should Apple have its own search engine?

Friday, November 30, 2018 12:01 pmFriday, November 30, 201843 Comments

Apple CEO Tim Cook was made to answer a very uncomfortable question…

Tim Cook: Why Apple accepts billions annually from Google to be Safari’s default search engine despite privacy concerns

Monday, November 19, 2018 11:00 amMonday, November 19, 201826 Comments

Apple CEO Tim Cook didn’t name names when he spoke out against the privacy practices…

DuckDuckGo: What it’s like to use a search engine that values your privacy

Monday, November 5, 2018 12:00 pmMonday, November 5, 20188 Comments

DuckDuckGo prides itself on not tracking users…

Apple allegedly pressured Yahoo to quash App Store rival in Japan

Thursday, August 16, 2018 11:49 am3 Comments

Japan is investigating allegations that pressure from Apple forced Yahoo Japan to pull back…

Facebook asks users: Should we allow men to ask children for sexual images?

Tuesday, March 6, 2018 9:41 pmTuesday, March 6, 201833 Comments

Facebook whether pedophiles requesting sexual pictures from children should be allowed on its website…

Study: Facebook is for old people

Monday, February 12, 2018 1:27 pmMonday, February 12, 201818 Comments

Facebook lost 2.8 million users under the age of 25 last year…

Twitter sort of denies allegations of employees reading direct messages

Tuesday, January 16, 2018 9:00 amTuesday, January 16, 201810 Comments

On Monday, conservative activist and filmmaker James O’Keefe published undercover footage of Twitter engineers…

Mark Zuckerberg is fighting to save Facebook; announces major change to News Feed

Friday, January 12, 2018 3:16 pmFriday, January 12, 201839 Comments

On Thursday, Facebook announced a major change to News Feed, its central feature…

Facebook developing ‘Portal’ gadget which will let it put microphones and cameras in people’s homes

Thursday, January 11, 2018 12:26 pm22 Comments

The oppressive rulers of Oceania used devices called telescreens to closely monitor and repress citizens…

Facebook is giving the US government more and more data

Thursday, December 21, 2017 8:48 amThursday, December 21, 201713 Comments

Every year, Facebook gets tens of thousands of requests for data from governments worldwide…

Your Yahoo account was definitely hacked – here’s what to do

Wednesday, October 4, 2017 1:01 pmWednesday, October 4, 20177 Comments

Yahoo has revealed a hack that compromised all 3 billion accounts its services…

Facebook plans to spend as much as Apple, up to $1 billion, on original shows in 2018

Friday, September 8, 2017 10:03 amFriday, September 8, 20175 Comments

Facebook Inc. is loosening its purse strings in its drive to become a major hub for video…

Young people are leaving Facebook

Tuesday, August 22, 2017 10:56 amTuesday, August 22, 201717 Comments

This marks the first time eMarketer has ever predicted a decline in Facebook usage for any age group…

Verizon completes Yahoo acquisition, Marissa Mayer resigns

Tuesday, June 13, 2017 4:45 pmTuesday, June 13, 201737 Comments

Verizon Communications Inc. today completed its acquisition of the operating business of Yahoo! Inc…

Marissa Mayer will pocket $186 million when Verizon fully acquires Yahoo next month

Friday, May 26, 2017 3:08 pmFriday, May 26, 201730 Comments

Marissa Mayer will pocket $186 million when Verizon fully acquires Yahoo next month…

How to delete your online existence, while saving your data

Wednesday, March 1, 2017 10:25 amWednesday, March 1, 20179 Comments

Sick of Snapchat? Tired of Twitter? Fed up with Facebook?

Verizon to buy Yahoo’s core business for $4.48 billion

Tuesday, February 21, 2017 1:27 pmTuesday, February 21, 20178 Comments

Verizon said on Tuesday it would buy Yahoo’s core business for $4.48 billion…

Apple Inc. fights shareholders group demand for more diversity

Wednesday, February 15, 2017 10:26 amWednesday, February 15, 201732 Comments

Silicon Valley has a long way to go on diversity, but most tech companies would argue…

Beleaguered Yahoo faces U.S. SEC probe over data breaches

Monday, January 23, 2017 2:25 pmMonday, January 23, 20173 Comments

U.S. authorities are investigating whether Yahoo Inc.’s two massive data breaches should…

Yahoo discloses ‘largest hack of all time,’ says hackers stole data from over one billion users

Thursday, December 15, 2016 8:56 amThursday, December 15, 201622 Comments

Yahoo said it is forcing all affected users to change their passwords and is invalidating unencrypted security questions…

Facebook wants to start selling TV ads via Apple TV and Roku boxes

Friday, November 4, 2016 4:25 pmFriday, November 4, 201613 Comments

Next week, Facebook will start delivering video ads on apps that run on set-top boxes like Apple TV and Roku…

Yahoo secretly scanned all customer emails for FBI, NSA, sources say

Tuesday, October 4, 2016 1:37 pmTuesday, October 4, 201626 Comments

Yahoo Inc last year secretly built a custom software program to search all of its customers’ incoming emails…

Yahoo confirms data breach of at least 500 million user accounts

Thursday, September 22, 2016 3:25 pmThursday, September 22, 201621 Comments

A recent investigation by Yahoo! Inc. has confirmed that a copy of certain user account info…

Yahoo expected to confirm massive data breach, impacting several hundreds of millions of users

Thursday, September 22, 2016 12:01 pmThursday, September 22, 201613 Comments

Yahoo is poised to confirm a massive data breach of its service, according to several sources…

Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer likely to pocket over $122.5 million with sale to Verizon

Friday, July 29, 2016 10:07 amFriday, July 29, 201636 Comments

That widely reported $55 million figure grossly understates what Mayer is likely to pocket…

Verizon to acquire beleaguered Yahoo for $4.8 billion

Monday, July 25, 2016 9:30 amMonday, July 25, 201618 Comments

The one thing that kept Yahoo afloat for this long is Jerry Yang’s risky $1 billion bet on Alibaba in 2005…

Google asks court to sanction Oracle lawyer for disclosing its secret $1 billion deal with Apple

Thursday, July 7, 2016 11:01 amThursday, July 7, 20162 Comments

In January, Oracle attorney Annette Hurst disclosed the fact that Google paid Apple $1 billion…

Verizon to bid $3 billion for Yahoo’s internet business

Tuesday, June 7, 2016 10:01 amTuesday, June 7, 201610 Comments

Verizon Communications Inc. on Monday planned to submit a second-round bid of about $3 billion for Yahoo Inc.’s core internet business…

Facebook begins tracking non-users around the internet

Friday, May 27, 2016 1:02 pm12 Comments

Facebook will now display ads to web users who are not members of its social network…

Massive email hack hits millions

Friday, May 6, 2016 10:27 amFriday, May 6, 201613 Comments

Hundreds of millions of hacked user names and passwords for email accounts and other websites are being traded…

Yahoo for sale as bidders line up; CEO Marissa Mayer is likely toast

Monday, April 11, 2016 1:58 pmMonday, April 11, 201628 Comments

Yahoo is for sale, and bidders are lining up to grab their own, ever-shrinking piece of Internet history…

Google is making a keyboard for Apple iPhones and iPads

Thursday, March 24, 2016 9:58 amThursday, March 24, 20166 Comments

Google has been developing a third-party keyboard for iOS that would put the company’s search engine…

CEO Marissa Mayer drops the ax, shutters about half of Yahoo’s content verticals

Wednesday, February 17, 2016 3:29 pmWednesday, February 17, 201638 Comments

Yahoo was shuttering its tech vertical and moving some of its staff, including former New York Times columnist David Pogue…

Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer gets a chance to make one last stand

Wednesday, February 3, 2016 12:55 pmWednesday, February 3, 201620 Comments

For Mayer’s part, it is admirable that she fought to stick around and take one more shot…

Yahoo to lay off 15% of staff, close five offices, explore non-strategic asset sales

Tuesday, February 2, 2016 4:55 pmTuesday, February 2, 201613 Comments

Yahoo Inc Chief Executive Marissa Mayer is set to reveal cost-cutting plans…

Apple’s Board of Directors says a call for diversity is ‘unduly burdensome and not necessary’

Friday, January 15, 2016 4:59 pm42 Comments

Apple’s eight-member board is dominated by white men, with three exceptions…

Will Apple buy DuckDuckGo this year?

Wednesday, January 6, 2016 3:02 pm16 Comments

DuckDuckGo is the search engine that does not track your searches or send your search words/phrases…

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