A five-year alliance between Yahoo! and Mozilla Firefox was announced Wednesday and it marked the end of a decade-old partnership in the U.S. between Google Inc. and the Mozilla Foundation. Google has been the default global search engine in Firefox since the browser launched in 2004. The agreement was of enormous value to Mozilla, with more than 90% of the organisation's revenue coming from that … [Read more...]
Mozilla Chose Yahoo as Default Search Engine for the Next 5 Years
Mozilla decided to change Firefox's default search engine. After going hand in hand with Google for a long time, Mozilla will now use Yahoo as its standard search engine, the company said in a statement on Wednesday. Yahoo will serve Firefox users for the next five years, according to the deal. Yahoo may be the biggest beneficiary of the new deal, as the company recently lost most of its former … [Read more...]
Starboard Believes a Deal Between AOL and Yahoo Will be Beneficial
Yahoo.inc was advised by an activist investment firm to explore a tie-up with online competitor, AOL. According to the investment firm, such a partnership could help the struggling Internet pioneer to "unlock" new value to shareholders. Starboard Value LP, purchased a "significant" ownership interest in Yahoo. It has recently addressed an open letter to its chief, Marissa Mayer, in which it says … [Read more...]
Government Forces Yahoo with Massive Fines to Release User Data
A document written in 2008 threatened to fine Yahoo $250,000 a day if it doesn’t comply with their demands that they release user communications. The request was deemed unconstitutional when the court documents were unsealed on Thursday. These documents portray just how federal officials feel they are entitled to force American tech companies to take part in the PRSIM Program, a National Security … [Read more...]
Yahoo Reveals Unsealed Documents Proving How it Resisted Government Surveillance Pressures in 2008
Yahoo was finally able to tell the story of an interaction with U.S. security agencies from 2008. After several years, a federal judge declassified a part of the file, giving Yahoo the chance to make the story public. The file illustrates how Internet companies had to deal with governmental pressures after 9/11. Under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, the recipients of data requests … [Read more...]
Yahoo! and Google are Joining Efforts Towards Email & Personal Data Safety
Yahoo Inc. and Google Inc., the most powerful tech giants of the digital world, will make a joint effort to offer a secure, encrypted email system by next year. On Thursday, Yahoo declared that it will work together with Google Inc. in order to provide an email system that would make it impossible for hackers or government officials to access. They also say that this measure will make it … [Read more...]
