Apple probed in Japan for anti-competitive moves against Yahoo game platform

The Japanese government has opened an investigation into whether Apple engaged in anti-competitive behavior when it applied pressure to prevent publishers from working with Yahoo Japan's Games Plus platform.

Stephen Silver 7 years ago 11

Yahoo says all 3B accounts impacted by 2013 data breach

Yahoo in a statement on Tuesday said further investigation into a massive 2013 data breach suggests all 3 billion its user accounts were impacted from the incident, tripling the internet firm's initial estimates.

Mikey Campbell 8 years ago 9

Verizon agrees to buy core of Yahoo for reduced $4.48B price tag following hacks

Verizon on Tuesday announced a deal to buy the core business of Yahoo for $4.48 billion — managing to secure a $350 million discount it was pursuing because of two major security breaches, the last of which affected over 1 billion accounts.

Roger Fingas 9 years ago 16

Yahoo Answers gets its own standalone iOS app

Debuted clandestinely on the iOS App Store earlier this year under another name, Yahoo Answers this week launched as a standalone app providing users native access to the popular, if not entirely accurate, Q&A site.

AppleInsider Staff 9 years ago 11

Yahoo email surveillance linked to court order, Apple denies any similar requests

Yahoo's tool to scan the contents of customer emails came as a result of a U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court order last year, and was created by adapting otherwise benign software, a report indicated on Thursday.

Roger Fingas 9 years ago 10

Yahoo created program to scan customer emails for U.S. intelligence agencies, report says

A report on Tuesday claims Yahoo last year cooperated with U.S. government agency requests to create and deploy software that scanned hundreds of millions of customer emails as they arrived at the company's servers.

Mikey Campbell 9 years ago 27

Yahoo confirms at least 500M accounts impacted by 2014 security breach

Yahoo on Thursday announced that information associated with at least 500 million accounts was stolen in a security breach of its network in 2014, claiming a "state-sponsored actor" was behind the attack.

Mikey Campbell 9 years ago 16

Verizon to buy struggling Yahoo for $4.83 billion

Verizon on Monday announced a deal to buy the search engine pioneer Yahoo for $4.8 billion, granting Verizon over one billion total monthly search users in conjunction with another large internet advertising network that it will be adding to the AOL network.

Mike Wuerthele 9 years ago 20

Yahoo Sports app comes to Apple TV with live streaming, news & highlights

Yahoo on Friday relased a new app for the Apple TV, Yahoo Sports, giving owners of the set-top another centralized option for watching sports videos, including some live streams.

Roger Fingas 10 years ago 4

Yahoo prepares for split, will lay off 15% of workforce in restructuring

Internet search, content pioneer and Apple partner Yahoo is readying for either a reverse spinoff or outright sale that would see the well-known web businesses separated from the parent company and more than 1,000 employees laid off.

AppleInsider Staff 10 years ago 35

Apple, Google in talks for rights to stream three London NFL games

The National Football League is in talks with companies including Apple and Google to stream three games due to be played in London, England next season, a report said on Friday.

Roger Fingas 10 years ago 11

Apple among possible partners for streaming Thursday NFL games

The National Football League is considering Apple among several potential partners for streaming Thursday matches, a report said on Wednesday.

Roger Fingas 10 years ago 10

US Congress, corporations get behind Email Privacy Act to shield online communications from searches

A proposed bill before the U.S. House of Representatives, the Email Privacy Act, would overhaul 1986's Electronic Communication Privacy Act and require that law enforcement obtain a search warrant before reading online correspondence.

Roger Fingas 10 years ago 2

Yahoo expected to launch messaging app at New York City press event

Yahoo is planning to hold a mid-week press event in New York City, where it will probably announce a new messaging app, according to claims made on Tuesday.

Roger Fingas 10 years ago 21

Yahoo to discontinue support for Mail, Contacts on older Apple devices

Support for Yahoo Mail and Yahoo Contacts will be discontinued for some older Apple devices as of June 15, Yahoo said in a Thursday blog post.

Roger Fingas 11 years ago 10

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