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Verizon Launches Yahoo Mobile, a Prepaid Service Just Like Visible

Kellen March 11, 2020

Since Verizon still owns the Yahoo brand and needs to do something with all of those assets that they spent over $4 billion on, they've decided that launching a prepaid service with the name is an option. Today, Verizon launched Yahoo Mobile, a wireless...

Another Free Payday: Yahoo Puts Up $117.5M to Settle 2012-2016 Data Breaches

Tim September 20, 2019

If you owned a Yahoo account between 2012 and 2016, another payday is headed your way, thanks to the data breach that took place between those years. To settle the matter, beyond enhancing their security systems, Yahoo is offering up $117.5 million to those...

Yahoo Messenger to Shut Down on July 17

Tim June 8, 2018 17

Announced today, Yahoo is shutting down Messenger on July 17, 2018. Once this date comes, you'll no longer be able to access the service or retrieve your chats from it. However, should you want to download your chats now, you can do so by going here. This site...

Samsung and Verizon Team Up to Bring All the Yahoo Bloatware to Your Galaxy S9 (Updated)

Kellen May 2, 2018 48

According to a report from Reuters, Samsung and Verizon booked a deal that will place four apps on all Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ devices in the US. The bloatware infestation will expand globally at some point too. In case you missed it, I just said "all," not "...

Remember Aviate? It’ll No Longer be Supported After March 8

Kellen February 2, 2018 16

Back in 2013, a couple of former Googlers created a third party launcher that acted in a way like Google Now, by changing throughout your day depending on what you might need. The launcher was called Aviate, and it attempted to automatically or contextually...

Yahoo Reveals Newly Discovered Data Breach From 2013, Up to 1 Billion Accounts Affected

Kellen December 14, 2016 27

Back in September, Yahoo revealed that it was hacked in late 2014 by a "state-sponsored actor" who stole information from at least 500 million Yahoo users. Today, Yahoo has more news to share, though this time it's worse and from a different hack altogether....

Yahoo Launches Official Answers Now App for Q&A Community

Tim December 8, 2016 11

Yahoo has a new app publicly available for Android and iOS (was previously in beta), catered to anyone still loving its Answers service. Called Answers Now, folks can submit questions while on-the-go via the app, then receive what should be "high quality"...

Yahoo Confirms Massive Data Breach, At Least 500 Million Affected

Tim September 22, 2016 44

Yahoo confirmed this afternoon that user information, such as names, email addresses, birth dates, and even unencrypted security questions & answers have been stolen. According to the announcement, the information for at least 500 million Yahoo users was...