Technology: Yahoo buys mobile ‘self-destruct’ messaging app Blink
(Reuters) – Yahoo Inc has bought Blink, a mobile messaging startup whose app lets users send messages that will self-destruct at a time set by...
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Technology: British spy agency collected images of Yahoo webcam chats: Guardian
(Reuters) – Britain’s spy agency GCHQ intercepted millions of people’s webcam chats and stored still images of them, including sexually explicit ones, the Guardian newspaper...
Yahoo! move a blow to France
In a move that is likely to heighten tension between French authorities and the internet giants, Yahoo! has announced that it is transferring its continental...
Web companies give first look at secret government data requests
(Reuters) – Facebook, Microsoft, Yahoo and Google on Monday began publishing details about the number of secret government requests for data they receive, hoping to...
Yahoo Could Challenge Google Now Courtesy of Latest Acquisition
Personal-Assistant App Maker Incredible Labs Joins the Yahoo Team. It’s been a busy week for Marissa Mayer. Yahoo’s CEO has snapped up yet another start-up...
Yahoo Mail targeted in hacking attempt
Yahoo says it has identified an attempted hack on customers’ email accounts. It said the usernames and passwords for accounts were likely to have been...
Yahoo! revenues fall 6pc and leaves Marissa Mayer more work to do
Revenues slipped to $1.27bn as intense competition with rivals pushed the amount of money Yahoo! can charge for advertising space down by 7pc year on...
Yahoo says some ads on its European sites spread malware
(Reuters) – Some advertisements on Yahoo Inc’s European websites last week spread malicious software, Yahoo said on Sunday, potentially infecting thousands of users. On Friday, Fox-IT,...
Miley Cyrus, Arias murder trial top Yahoo’s 2013 searches
(Reuters) – Pop singer Miley Cyrus and the trial of boyfriend-killer Jodi Arias dominated Yahoo’s online searches in 2013, the web search engine said on...