Yahoo buys smartphone diary-app maker WanderYahoo on Tuesday added the startup behind smartphone visual diary-app Days to its list of acquisitions as CEO Marissa Mayer tries to pump new life into the aging Internet pioneer.
12 February 2014
Internet titans shine light on secret US requestsInternet titans eager to regain the trust of users for the first time on Monday provided insight into numbers of secret requests for user data made by the US government.
US, tech firms agree on spy agency data disclosureThe United States agreed to give technology firms the ability to publish broad details of how their customer data has been targeted by US spy agencies.
28 January 2014
Google apologizes after online services stumbleGoogle apologized Friday after the Internet giant's widely used free email and an array of other services were disrupted by apparent software woes.
25 January 2014
Yahoo dives deeper into media with online magazinesYahoo on Tuesday dove deeper into being an Internet Age media company, bringing in news, music and television stars for the launch of online magazines focused on technology and food.
08 January 2014
Mandela tops 2013 Google searchesNelson Mandela topped Google's list of the hottest searches for 2013 as the Internet giant on Tuesday provided a look at the "spirit of the times" online.
19 December 2013
US, Britain 'spying on virtual world': reportFreshly leaked documents by former US intelligence contractor Edward Snowden on Monday revealed spies disguised as fantasy characters prowled online games hunting terrorists.
11 December 2013
Microsoft leads attack on search traffic thievesMicrosoft on Thursday announced it worked with police in Europe and the United States to disrupt a "dangerous" army of virus-infected computers used to hijack searches at Google, Bing and Yahoo.
Yahoo holds onto more of Alibaba as profit slipsYahoo on Tuesday took attention off a lackluster quarterly report with word that it plans to hold onto a larger chunk than originally planned of Chinese e-commerce powerhouse Alibaba.
16 October 2013
Tech-backed coalition makes transparency push globalAn Internet freedom coalition backed by US technology giants asked Thursday for 21 countries to release information on national security and law enforcement data requests.
Yahoo News names editor, plans major expansionYahoo News named a new editor-in-chief Monday who comes from The New York Times and promised a "major expansion" of news gathering at the US Internet giant.
Yahoo buying binge continues with Rockmelt deal Yahoo on Friday said it bought social web-browsing startup Rockmelt, extending a buying spree started shortly after Marissa Mayer became chief last year.
03 August 2013
Yahoo startup shopping spree continues Yahoo forged ahead Wednesday on its months-long take-over binge with word that it had bought Xobni, a startup behind tools for better managing contact lists and email inboxes.
05 July 2013
Yahoo buys startup behind smartphone movie app Yahoo announced it has bought a startup behind a smartphone movie application, extending a shopping spree launched after Marissa Mayer became chief of the Internet pioneer a year ago.
03 July 2013
Smartphone life shakes up website world Internet giants from Google and Facebook to Yahoo and Zynga are scrambling to adapt to an online world where people reach for smartphones or tablets instead of traditional computers.