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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
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.
Yahoo Mail adds 'Reminders' and 'Unsubscribe' features to its Android, iOS app
November 23, 2018 3:06 pm
Yahoo Mail introduces two new features to its iOS, and Android app dubbed Reminders and Unsubscribe.
Yahoo to pay $50 million, other costs for massive security breach
October 24, 2018 1:15 am
About 3 billion Yahoo accounts were hit by hackers that included some linked to Russia by the FBI. The settlement reached in a San Francisco court covers about 1 billion of those accounts held by 200 million people in the US and Israel from 2012 through 2016.
Yahoo Messenger shuts down for good: A quick goodbye to an old friend
July 18, 2018 10:22 am
Yahoo Messenger shuts down leaving behind fond memories for those who used it extensively, right from the turn of the century. It's the end of an era.
How to download Yahoo Messenger chat history post the service shutdown
July 22, 2018 8:43 pm
Yahoo Messenger has now shut down, but users will be able to download their conversation history till the end of November. Here's how to download Yahoo Messenger chat history.
Yahoo Mail app launched for entry-level Android Go phones
June 20, 2018 7:14 pm
Yahoo Mail Go App for entry-level Android Go phones launched, alongside with a new mobile web experience.
Yahoo Messenger to shut down on July 17, users will be redirected to Squirrel app
June 11, 2018 7:53 am
Once Yahoo Messenger shuts down, users will be redirected to a new Squirrel service that the company has been beta-testing since last month.
EU states agree rules to make search engines pay for news
May 26, 2018 4:34 pm
The measure, which is not yet final, would allow press publishers to ask search engines to pay them for showing their articles for up to one year after publication.
Fired Indian IT employees get counseled by chatbot services
December 11, 2017 4:16 pm
Mozilla recalls Google as Firefox's default search engine, dumps Yahoo
November 17, 2017 2:21 pm
Mozilla has approved Google to be Firefox's default search engine, as it scraps its deal with Yahoo.
