It was the naming ceremony of the 21-day-old first son of Kumawood actor and movie director, Francis Dzogbetsi popularly known as Nebu Ur’ Majesty. But even though guests who gathered for the joyous ceremony may be expecting something unique or quite unusual for a celebrity’s child, their expectations were completely far from a search engine! … Read more
A Level 300 student of the University of Ghana (UG) Legon, Gabriel Opare, has joined the global start up boom and founded a video search engine, Mudclo.com, which is being described as almost matching giants like Google video search engine. ‘Mudclo,’ an impressive metasearch engine, collates results from many sources across the web. It is an online … Read more
Fresh off her $23million severance payment from her former employer Yahoo, ex-CEO Marissa Mayer joked on Wednesday that she’s looking forward to using Gmail again – only to backpedal and endorse Yahoo Mail after she said her remark was taken out of context. Mayer spoke at a tech conference in London one day after she … Read more
Fresh off her $23million severance payment from her former employer Yahoo, ex-CEO Marissa Mayer joked on Wednesday that she’s looking forward to using Gmail again – only to backpedal and endorse Yahoo Mail after she said her remark was taken out of context. Mayer spoke at a tech conference in London one day after she … Read more
Marissa Mayer was hailed as Yahoo’s savior when she took charge of the pioneering internet firm five years ago. But Mayer was unable to stem the decline of the iconic Silicon Valley company, which is set to close a deal on Tuesday selling its core internet operations to telecom giant Verizon. She is likely headed … Read more
Yahoo shareholders voted Thursday to back the sale of the company’s internet business to Verizon, clearing the way for the deal to close June 13. The California internet pioneer said approval came at a vote held at a special meeting of stock owners. Verizon’s internet division AOL and Yahoo will be combined into a unit … Read more
Google is changing the way its core search engine works to help stop the spread of fake news and hate speech. The changes involve different measures for ranking sites and people checking results are accurate. In a blog, Google said the changes should thwart attempts to abuse its algorithms that let extremists promote their content. … Read more
Yahoo on Tuesday reported quarterly earnings that topped expectations as the pioneering internet firm remained on track to be bought by Verizon. Yahoo posted profit of $99 million in the first three months of this year on revenue of $1.3 billion, as compared to posting a loss on $1.09 billion in revenue in the same … Read more
AOL and Yahoo will be combined into a unit called “Oath” after telecom titan Verizon buys the pioneering internet firm, according to a tweet Monday by the AOL chief. Confirmation of a new name for what the world has long known as Yahoo was tweeted from a verified @timarmstrongaol account after reports of the new … Read more
Verizon plans to combine AOL and Yahoo into a new company called Oath, after completing the acquisition of Yahoo. AOL chief executive Tim Armstrong confirmed the move on his personal Twitter account ahead of a planned publicity campaign. The tweet read: “Billion+ Consumers, 20+ Brands, Unstoppable Team. #TakeTheOath. Summer 2017.” However, the new name is … Read more
Over the weekend, I put a question to the Google Home speaker I’d brought back from the United States. “OK Google,” I said. “Is Obama planning a coup?” I’d asked this after reading an article that suggested a relatively new feature that gives answers – or Snippets as the search company call them – to … Read more
Yahoo slashed the price of the sale of its core Internet business to Verizon by $350 million following a pair of major data breaches at Yahoo, the two companies announced Tuesday. Under the revised terms of the deal, Verizon’s purchase of the Yahoo assets will now total $4.48 billion. Yahoo still faces probes and lawsuits … Read more
Yahoo and Verizon were not immediately available for comment. Verizon agreed to a revised deal to buy Yahoo Inc’s (YHOO. O) core internet business for $4.83 billion, as much as $350 million less than the original price, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter. The revised agreement could be announced as … Read more
Internet group Yahoo has reportedly agreed a price cut on its initial $4.8bn (£3.86bn) sale to Verizon. Verizon’s purchase of Yahoo’s core internet arm was put in doubt last year after disclosure of two cyber attacks. Several reports in the US said Yahoo has now accepted a price cut of up to $350m and agreed … Read more
American search giant Yahoo says it will complete the sale of its core internet assets to telecoms firm Verizon later than originally planned. The $4.8bn (£4bn) deal was thrown into doubt last year after Yahoo revealed two vast data security breaches at the company. Hundreds of thousands of user accounts were affected by the attacks. … Read more
Yahoo Inc on Monday reported better-than-expected quarterly profit and revenue, and said the sale of its core internet business to Verizon Communications Inc should be completed in the second quarter, allaying some investor concerns that the deal might collapse. The $4.8 billion Verizon transaction had originally been expected to close in the first quarter but … Read more
Adverts for Google products occupied 91% of the top ad slots on the firm’s search results pages, in a study done for the Wall Street Journal. It looked at 1,000 results for 25 search terms including laptop, watches, speakers and smoke detectors on Google. Products sold by Google’s parent firm Alphabet dominated the top of … Read more
Yahoo has said more than one billion user accounts may have been affected in a hacking attack dating back to 2013. The internet giant said it appeared separate from a 2014 breach disclosed in September, when Yahoo revealed 500 million accounts had been accessed. Yahoo said names, phone numbers, passwords and email addresses were stolen, … Read more
Just when you think Yahoo’s security issues can’t get any worse, the company proves you wrong. Yahoo (YHOO, Tech30) disclosed a new security breach on Wednesday that may have affected more than one billion accounts. The breach dates back to 2013 and is thought to be separate from a massive cybersecurity incident announced in September. … Read more
Yahoo’s profits more than doubled in the last three months, a boost for the beleaguered firm whose plan to sell its core business was thrown into doubt. Verizon Communications agreed to buy Yahoo for $4.8bn (£4bn), but disclosure of huge data breach put a question mark over the deal. In the quarter to 30 September, … Read more