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Yahoos Vidya Nayak wants more women in tech

Mashable Tech

Vidya Nayak, Director of Product Design at Yahoo, is aware it’s not easy to be a visible female tech executive. ” Nayak has a big job at Yahoo, which ranks as the U.S.’s ” Nayak has a big job at Yahoo, which ranks as the U.S.’s ’s second most-visited website. .

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What Went Wrong With Yahoo!?

TechSpot

At the turn of the millennium, Yahoo! terms, Yahoo! was the most visited site on the web. was like Google and Facebook combined. So what happened? Read Entire Article

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Yahoo Is Still Here—and It Has Big Plans for AI

Wired

Even as Yahoo turns 30, CEO Jim Lanzone says the company is still in building mode.

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Yahoo is Yahoo once more after new owners complete acquisition

The Verge

Image: Yahoo. Yahoo and AOL, formerly known as Verizon Media, have officially been acquired by their new owners and renamed as simply ā€œYahoo.ā€ billion, and acquired Yahoo in 2017 for $4.5 After completing its Yahoo acquisition, Verizon placed both brands under the woefully bland ā€œOathā€ brand. TakeTheOath.

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Yahoo Answers is shutting down after 16 years

TechSpot

Yahoo Answers has been around since 2005, answering some of life’s most confusing conundrums, such as, ā€œDo they have toilet paper in Canada?ā€, ā€œCan I tell by the smell of my husband’s gas if he’s been cheating?ā€ As reported by The Verge. and ā€œHow do I take care of my.

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Yahoo Japan is going dark in Europe

The Verge

Yahoo Japan has announced that most of its online services will cease to be accessible in the European Economic Area and the UK as of April 6th. Yahoo Japan is an entirely separate entity to the American former web giant now owned by the Apollo private equity firm. Photo by STR/JIJI PRESS/AFP via Getty Images.

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What Ever Happened to Yahoo! Messenger?

TechSpot

Messenger was never the most popular, but for many years it was close enough to keep trying, introducing many messaging features years before they became the norm.

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