Company Profile for Yahoo
| Founded | Santa Clara, California, U.S. (03/01/1995) |
|---|---|
| Industry | Internet |
| Key People | Fred Amoroso () Ross Levinsohn () |
| Products | ''See Yahoo! products'' |
| Subsidiaries | Yahoo! subsidiaries |
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Customer Care
701 First Ave.
Sunnyvale, CA 94089
408-349-5070 (Customer Care)
408-349-3300
Toll free: 1-866-562-7219 (Customer Care)
Fax: 408-349-3301
E-mail: cc-advoc@yahoo-inc.com
www.yahoo.com
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Yahoo Explains Why It Laid Off 2,000 Employees
By Phil Villarreal on April 5, 2012 8:15 AM
38 Comments
The first round of those massive Yahoo layoffs hit this week, with 2,000 employees getting whacked. The company says the bloodletting will save it $375 million a year, allowing it to restructure in order to survive long enough to lay off more employees at a future time. More »
Yahoo To Add "Do Not Track" Feature To Sites
By Chris Morran on March 29, 2012 1:15 PM
3 Comments
Days after the Federal Trade Commission called on companies and lawmakers to beef up online privacy measures, the folks at Yahoo have announced they will be adding a "do not track" feature to its array of websites. More »
Yahoo Files Patent Suits Against Facebook For Social Networking, Messaging
By Mary Beth Quirk on March 13, 2012 12:30 PM
22 Comments
When Facebook was shooting up in popularity, everyone wanted to hang out with them and get something going, including Yahoo. But Yahoo has had enough of Mark Zuckerberg, it seems, as they're filing patent suits against Facebook claiming it's using technologies they developed without paying any licensing fees. More »
Report: Yahoo May Lay Off Thousands Of Employees
By Phil Villarreal on March 6, 2012 8:30 AM
36 Comments
Yahoo, which canned its former CEO over the phone a few months ago, is reportedly on the verge of a major restructuring that will reshape the firm the internet forgot into a much smaller version of itself. The company is seemingly set to announce massive layoffs that could number in the thousands. More »
Yahoo Shuts Down Decade-Old E-Mail Account, Shrugs
By Laura Northrup on February 15, 2012 9:00 AM
73 Comments
David is a paying customer of Yahoo, for web hosting services. It's also been his e-mail account for the last decade. So why can't he get an answer out of anyone there as to why they abruptly shut down his account a few weeks ago? He's been locked out of his digital house on the Internet, and no one can tell him what he did wrong. Yahoo is an impenetrable fortress with no phones, designed to keep customers from talking to anyone with an idea what's going on. More »
Bing Beats Out Yahoo To Claim Distant No. 2 Search Engine Spot Behind Google
By Mary Beth Quirk on January 12, 2012 10:00 AM
42 Comments
When you're trudging up a mountain with not even a glimpse of the summit, and all you know is that you're really, really far behind the guy in the lead, it might be nice to know that hey, at least you're in second. Bing can claim that status now in the search engine world, as it has surpassed Yahoo to sit a distant second to Google. More »
Report: Xbox 360 Update Uglies Up Video Playback
By Phil Villarreal on December 19, 2011 8:15 AM
37 Comments
That Xbox 360 update that makes gamers promise not to sue and reportedly broke some consoles also may have brought another annoyance along with it. Reports say updated machines have trouble properly playing video, making colors appear washed out. More »
Yahoo Makes Guy Drop Fantasy Football Avatar To Access Email
By Phil Villarreal on September 30, 2011 10:45 AM
21 Comments
Of all the ways to fail at fantasy football, one little-known possibility is to use an avatar that Yahoo would consider "vulgar, obscene or otherwise objectionable," such as a grandmother smoking marijuana. Yahoo banned a user who used such a picture in his fantasy football account, cutting him off not only from his roster but his email as well. More »
Yahoo Apologizes For Accidentally Blocking Protest Emails
By Phil Villarreal on September 21, 2011 8:15 AM
29 Comments
Yahoo email users complained that the system blocked messages about a Wall Street protest, accusing the company of censorship. Via Twitter, Yahoo says that there was no intentional censorship and the blockage was due to an unintentional spam filter setting that has now been fixed. More »
Yahoo Cans Its CEO Over The Phone
By Phil Villarreal on September 7, 2011 9:15 AM
57 Comments
Carol Bartz was ousted as Yahoo's CEO with more than a year left on her contract, replaced in the interim by CFO Tim Morse. The company has formed an executive council to search for a permanent replacement. More »
