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Yahoo Weather app on iOS Easter egg

Apple, AppsMarch 4, 20200Comments

We all love Easter eggs, right? Yahoo has put a little easter egg into its Yahoo Weather app on iOS. The guys over at TNW spotted a little yeti (or polar bear) walking around the bottom of the screen. If you add any city to Yahoo Weather app where it is currently snowing, a little truck will…

Yahoo hacked using Shellshock vulnerability

Internet & Software, Tech News, TechnologySeptember 4, 20190Comments

Romanian hackers have hacked Yahoo this weekend by making use of the ShellShock vulnerability. Jonathan Hall President of Future South technologies (A security research company) has reached out to both Yahoo and the FBI about this vulnerability as the hackers after getting access to Yahoo's servers are now trying to gain access to Yahoo's games servers a service…

Yahoo looking to acquire Xobni

Apps, Internet & SoftwareAugust 22, 20190Comments

Yahoo wants to acquire Xobni a start up funded for $40 million that develops Address books Apps and Plugins. The company has previously received an offer from Microsoft of $20 million

Yahoo CEO gives employees Up fitness band

Apps, Gadgets, Tech NewsApril 21, 20190Comments

Marissa Mayer, currently CEO of Yahoo has given all of its 11,000 employees a Up Fitness band. These wrist bands will track movement, sleep patterns etc. and allow you to analyse them on the Up fitness band App, of which the data you can then share with friends.Marissa Mayer is well known for its generosity,…

Yahoo improves search design

Internet & Software, Tech NewsDecember 27, 20180Comments

Yahoo updates its current Search engine page design giving it a fresh new look, with a more intuitive design and faster page load

Yahoo reveals its new Logo

Internet & Software, Online MarketingJuly 22, 20180Comments

After 30 days of every day a new logo, Yahoo has finally revealed the its official new logo. Yahoo has been using the same logo for over 18 years and thought it was time to update it "We wanted a logo that stayed true to our roots (whimsical, purple, with an exclamation point) yet embraced the…