Yahoo - SlashGear

‘yahoo’ Stories

Yahoo! Axis security issue discovered

Ben Kersey, May 24th 2012 Discuss [0]

Yahoo! launched its Axis search browser for iOS, PCs, and Macs this morning, but did it rush it out the door? Some have found it strange how Yahoo! offers Axis as an extension rather than an actual browser, and that may have lead to a security issue with Chrome. Extensions are signed with a security certificate so that Google knows it comes from a trusted source. Yahoo! seem to have included its own private certificate in the browser code for all to see. Read The Full Story

Yahoo! Axis browser debuts

Ben Kersey, May 24th 2012 Discuss [0]

Everyone may be content using Google as their primary search provider, but Yahoo! still has a horse in the race. The company has unveiled its latest creation, dubbed Axis, a new browser designed to make searching more visual and intuitive. Dedicated apps are available for the iPhone and iPad, while Axis serves as a browser extension for Chrome, Firefox, and Safari on PCs and Macs.

Read The Full Story

Yahoo! selling 50% of Alibaba in $7.1bn divorce

Chris Davies, May 21st 2012 Discuss [0]

Yahoo! and Alibaba are finally beginning their troubled divorce, with the Chinese e-commerce firm buying out half of Yahoo!'s stake in a $7.1bn deal valuing the company at $35bn overall. Meanwhile, options for Yahoo! to shed its remaining shares are also on the table, with Alibaba required to buy - or allow Yahoo! to sell off - another quarter when it floats for IPO, while Alibaba will also be able to operate Yahoo! China under its partner's branding for a further four years. Read The Full Story

All change at Yahoo!

Chris Davies, May 14th 2012 Discuss [0]

Yahoo saved its big executive shake-up for a Sunday, confirming that Scott Thompson was being replaced as CEO, and putting a digital media specialist and ex-Fox exec in temporary helm of the company. Thompson's departure - after a week and a half of grilling over apparent false claims in his resumé - sees former Yahoo Americas EVP Ross Levinsohn take the top spot, with the company apparently hoping to draw a veil over its former chief. Read The Full Story

Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson is finally gone amid scandal

Mark Raby, May 13th 2012 Discuss [0]

The CEO of Yahoo Scott Thompson is now ex-CEO, in an announcement that leaves just about everyone saying, "It's about time." As to be expected, Yahoo's official wording about the departure of Mr. Thompson said nothing about why he left the company, and it even leaves some gray area as to whether he was officially fired or just resigned. Either way, as startling as it is to hear that it finally happened, no one should be surprised. Read The Full Story

Whistleblower calls for Yahoo! CEO to be fired

Michael Crider, May 9th 2012 Discuss [0]

Despite highly publicized stories of a falsified degree listing on his resume, Yahoo!'s CEO Scott Thompson still holds his position as of early Wednesday afternoon. Despite calls from one of Yahoo's largest invested hedge funds for his resignation and financial mogul Warren Buffet's less than flattering statements to the same effect, Thompson has given no indication that he intends to do so. The latest call comes from Daniel Loeb himself, the Third Point CEO who did the legwork and found that Thompson's claims were false. Read The Full Story

Warren Buffett skeptical on Yahoo! CEO resumé blunder innocence

Chris Davies, May 7th 2012 Discuss [0]

Yahoo!'s embarrassing CEO issue continues to gain the company unwanted attention, with famed investor Warren Buffett arguing that the resumé blunder is a sign of internal issues around trust. "If you can't trust the people you're working with, you've got a problem" Buffett told CNBC, going on to cast doubts on whether Yahoo! chief executive Scott Thompson's incorrect degree claim was, in fact, an honest mistake. Read The Full Story

Yahoo pressured to fire CEO by Monday

Rue Liu, May 4th 2012 Discuss [0]

Yahoo shareholders are pressuring the company to fire its CEO Scott Thompson after it was discovered that he lied about his resume. Daniel S. Loeb, chief of hedge fund Third Point, Yahoo's largest institutional shareholder, has shot a letter to Yahoo's board today demanding that they fire Thompson and dismiss Patti Hart, the director of the hiring committee, by noon on Monday. Read The Full Story

Yahoo CEO gets resume grilling

Ben Kersey, May 4th 2012 Discuss [0]

Scott Thompson, CEO of Yahoo! and former president of Paypal, has come under fire recently after it was discovered that he doesn’t have the computer science degree that he claimed to have earned on his résumé. It was revealed that Thompson has a degree in accounting from Stonehill College, but not a degree in “accounting and computer science” as had previously been thought. Read The Full Story

Yahoo CEO says the company has been doing “way too much”

Shane McGlaun, Apr 18th 2012 Discuss [0]

Yahoo has been taking a beating for a long time now as the company loses market share and key employees. Yahoo's CEO Scott Thompson spoke recently at the company's earnings call after his first full quarter as CEO and talked about shedding some of the things Yahoo has been doing. According to Thompson, Yahoo has been doing too much. Read The Full Story