Yahoo has hired Alex Stamos, a well-known security researcher, and entrusted him with the role of company’s Chief Information Security Officer. Stamos was one of the key organizers of the Security Conference…
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Yahoo revamps website with infinite scrolling, read-it-later features
Yahoo has completely redesigned its homepage introducing a more modern responsive design that scales across PC, tablet and smartphone screens and launched it in India, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines and Vietnam. The…
Yahoo bags Vizify for an undisclosed sum
Yahoo has bought visual identity platform Vizify, the latter has confirmed through an update on its site. Vizify, the company founded in 2011, allowed users to create their personal websites based on…
Yahoo to disable Facebook, Google sign-ins gradually
Yahoo will be terminating the logins through Google and Facebook accounts gradually, new reports have claimed. Users will require a Yahoo ID to access all of Yahoo’s services including Fantasy Sports and…
GCHQ pulled in webcam images of Yahoo users
Britain’s domestic spying agency, the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), has intercepted and stored webcam images from millions of Yahoo users, reports the Guardian. According to the secret documents revealed by Edward Snowden…
Yahoo acquires Wander
Yahoo on Tuesday announced acquisition of Wander, a New York based start-up behind visual diary-app Days, for an undisclosed amount. Wander’s iPhone app Days, launched last year in March, lets users weave…
Tech giants reveal government data request details
Leading tech firms Microsoft, Google, Yahoo, Facebook and LinkedIn, on Monday published their reports which mentioned in detail the government’s snoop-data requests as part of its mass surveillance programme. The tech giants…
Yahoo planning its own search engine?
Yahoo, which currently uses Bing search technology to power its search engine, is looking out for an alternative and may break up its “Search Alliance” with Microsoft, new reports have claimed. According…
Incredible Labs is Yahoo’s latest acquisition
Yahoo has acquired yet another company – this time it’s Incredible Labs, the startup behind Donna, a mobile personal assistant. Yahoo has confirmed that five of the Incredible Labs team members will…
Yahoo Mail breach confirmed; data of unspecified number of users stolen
Yahoo has confirmed breach of its Yahoo Mail service wherein attackers made away with data related to unspecified number of users. “Recently, we identified a coordinated effort to gain unauthorized access to…
Yahoo buys Tomfoolery
Recent reports suggest that Yahoo’s acquisition of Tomfoolery is already closed and that the company will close down Anchor once the acquisition is complete. Sources close to the deal have reported that…
Leading tech companies allowed to disclose more data request information
The Department of Justice, United States in a ruling on Monday announced leading tech companies including Microsoft, Google, Yahoo, Facebook and LinkedIn will now be allowed to disclose more information on data…
Yahoo eyeing virtual worlds with Cloud Party acquisition?
Cloud Party, a California-based virtual gaming service, is Yahoo’s next acquisition. The deal will see closure of the virtual gaming company, founded by a team of console game industry veterans, on February…
Yahoo search is now secure
Yahoo, keeping with its CEO Marissa Mayer’s promise from 2013, has begun plugging security holes that it discovered ahead of its self-imposed Q1 2014 deadline, starting Wednesday. In a nutshell, now all…
Yahoo’s malware laden ads turned millions of PCs into Bitcoin mining machines
Recent malware laden ads that showed up on Yahoo websites wasn’t just infecting vulnerable systems with Trojans, they were also dropping Bitcoin mining software onto victim systems in a bid to create…