Automattic, the organization behind WordPress, says they’ll be buying Tumblr from Verizon at a fire sale price. But will this change Tumblr’s fortunes?
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Photo hosting service SmugMug buys Flickr
Professional photo hosting site SmugMug has announced it’s bought Yahoo-owned photo host Flickr. Will they bring any changes or benefits?
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Verizon to rename Yahoo and AOL’s parent company as “Oath”
Verizon’s announced that it’s renaming the combined Yahoo and AOL as “Oath,” once its deal to acquire Yahoo is finalized.
Read more Yahoo actively scanned user emails for the US government
On top of its security breach two years ago, Yahoo’s reporting another problem: it helped the US government spy on all users’ emails. As a result, many are opting to delete their Yahoo accounts.
Read more Alternatives to various Yahoo services
A list of suggested alternatives for various popular Yahoo services. These alternatives range from Flickr and mail to Yahoo’s weather app and its search feature itself.
Read more Yahoo reports a security breach; it’s password-changing time
Yet another security breach has happened, and this time, the victim’s Yahoo. Yahoo’s reported that a security breach has led to a whopping 500 million users’ information stolen. Once again, it’s time to change passwords.
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Verizon to buy Yahoo for $4.8 billion
90s online giant Yahoo is finally at the end of the road as an independent company. It’s being sold to Verizon for $4.8 billion.
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Flickr Pro is back
Yahoo, the owners of photo hosting site Flickr, has announced it’s bringing back Flickr Pro subscriptions. A few years ago,[…]
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Yahoo turns 20 today
Apparently it’s been longer than I thought: one of the first big Web companies, Yahoo, turns 20 years old today.[…]
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Microsoft is getting rid of traditional stock clip art from Office
Yes, it’s true. One of the long-time mainstays of Microsoft Office, the stock clip art, is going the way of[…]
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