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Verizon Takes Huge Hit as AOL and Yahoo Get Sold!
Although representing one of the key parts of the early history of the internet, it doesn’t exactly take a genius to see that, as companies, both AOL and Yahoo are not the powerhouses they once were. When Verizon purchased both of them around 6 years ago, with the acquisitions totalling…
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Typing Of The Dead Mod Uses the Best (Worst?) of Yahoo Answers!
Earlier this week we got the news that after over 15-years of people asking some of the internet’s most weirdest and wonderful questions, Yahoo Answers would finally be shutting down this Summer. In something that looks to celebrate the life (and now upcoming death) of the platform, however, a brand…
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Yahoo Answers to Shut Down Permanently!
Launched back in 2005, Yahoo Answers represented the internets first major Q&A forum. Admittedly, most of the time, the questions were pretty bad, and, more often than not, the answers were worse. It was, however, undoubtedly popular in its day, and it surely has to be respected for that if…
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Mikes Rant – Christmas Edition – Top 5 Tech That Died In 2018
Mikes Rant – Tech That Died In 2018 When we come to the end of the year, we are always left to reflect on the tech casualties that have left us this year. Yes, a rather morbid subject I know. It does, however, form part of the cycle of tech life.…
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Yahoo Agree To Pay $50m To 2014 Hack Victims
Yahoo Agree To Pay $50m To Hack Victims While Yahoo is perhaps not the most prominent name on the internet any more, that doesn’t mean that they haven’t been a prime target for many hackers. For example, you may recall back in 2013 where it was found that nearly every users…
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DuckDuckGo Reaches 30 Million Daily Search Milestone
DuckDuckGo Reaches 30 Million Daily Search Milestone The chances are that many of you will not have heard of the DuckDuckGo search engine. That’s no reflection of ignorance either as compared to Google, Yahoo or Baidu, they trail quite significantly in the numbers. It seems, however, that they are, at the…
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Geocities Finally Set To Shut Down In March 2019
Geocities Finally Set To Shut Down In March 2019 I daresay that there are many of you reading this who may never have heard of Geocities. That’s no criticism either as for a long time now the website has been largely forgotten or only remembered with perhaps a slight cringe…
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Google Celebrates 20 Years By Looking To The Future
Google Celebrates 20 Years By Looking To The Future If you ever needed another reminder at exactly how old you are, then hearing that Google has just turned 20-years old might help! Yes, it all started from humble beginnings when an upstart search engine wanted to oust the near-total dominance…
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Yahoo Mail Plans To Continue Scanning Your E-Mails
Yahoo Mail Plans To Continue Scanning Your E-Mails Ok, so the chances are that many of you probably have a Yahoo mail account. The chances are also equally great that you possibly don’t use it anymore either. In fairness, Yahoo has struggled to keep up with the relevancy of Google…
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Yahoo Given $35m Fine for 2014 Data Breach
Yahoo hit with $35m fine for 2014 data breach Given all the recent data scandals that have been revealed, I had completely forgotten that last year it was revealed that Yahoo has experienced a massive one themselves. The fact that it hasn’t been talked about recently might be a sad…
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Top 25 Worst Passwords From 2017 Are Revealed
Top 25 worst passwords of 2017! The end of the year is fast approaching. As such, during this time, we get to see a lot of ‘best and worsts’ of the year. One of the more amusing aspects of this, however, is the worst passwords used. Online security is a…
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2013 Yahoo Security Breach Worse Than Previously Thought
Web service provider Yahoo infamously had a massive security breach in 2013. Today they have sent out a notice disclosing a higher number of accounts than previously thought. The original estimate puts the number at one billion user accounts. This includes not just e-mails but all users who have a…
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China Make Online News Regulations Tighter
The Chinese Government has announced new regulations which will place further sanctions and restrictions on its online news content. Any organisation wishing to publish news in China must have a license and senior editors must be approved by the Chinese government. This legislation will bring online news companies into line…
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Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer Leaving with $186M Payout
Marissa Mayer’s tenure as CEO of Yahoo is expected to come to an end after the deal with Verizon has been finalized. Although Yahoo’s acquisition has been lowered by $350 million following several high-profile hacks, she will leave the company with a $186 million payout with the bulk of the…
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1 in 5 UK Businesses Have Been Attacked by Hackers
A recent survey has revealed that at least 1 in 5 UK businesses have been attacked or the victim of hackers/cyber crime. The research conducted also found that out of 1,200 companies, 42% of ‘big’ businesses fell victim to cybercrime, with smaller companies just 18% and of those affected, over…
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