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* January 1994: [[Jerry Yang (entrepreneur)|Jerry Yang]] and [[David Filo]] create "Jerry's Guide to the [[World Wide Web]]" while studying at [[Stanford University]].<ref>{{cite web |title= Who is Jerry Yang? |url= http://www.ndtv.com/article/world/who-is-jerry-yang-168111 |work= NDTV |publisher= NDTV Convergence Limited |accessdate= May 27, 2013 |author= Agence France Presse |date= January 18, 2012}}</ref>
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* January 1994: [[wikipedia:Jerry Yang (entrepreneur)|Jerry Yang]] and [[wikipedia:David Filo|David Filo]] create "Jerry's Guide to the [[wikipedia:World Wide Web|World Wide Web]]" while studying at [[wikipedia:Stanford University|Stanford University]].<ref>{{cite web |title= Who is Jerry Yang? |url= http://www.ndtv.com/article/world/who-is-jerry-yang-168111 |work= NDTV |publisher= NDTV Convergence Limited |accessdate= May 27, 2013 |author= Agence France Presse |date= January 18, 2012}}</ref>
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* March 1994: "Jerry's Guide to the World Wide Web" is renamed "[[Yahoo!]]."<ref name="Kupperberg2009">{{cite book |first= Paul|last= Kupperberg |title= Jerry Yang |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=MwkrRDmvYOYC&pg=PA106 |accessdate= May 27, 2013 |year= 2009 |publisher= Infobase Publishing |isbn= 978-1-4381-2932-7 |pages= 106–}}</ref>
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* March 1994: "Jerry's Guide to the World Wide Web" is renamed "[[wikipedia:Yahoo!|Yahoo!]]."<ref name="Kupperberg2009">{{cite book |first= Paul|last= Kupperberg |title= Jerry Yang |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=MwkrRDmvYOYC&pg=PA106 |accessdate= May 27, 2013 |year= 2009 |publisher= Infobase Publishing |isbn= 978-1-4381-2932-7 |pages= 106–}}</ref>
  
 
===1995===
 
===1995===
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* March 2, 1995: Yahoo! is [[Incorporation (business)|incorporated]].<ref>{{cite web |title= Chief Yahoo Jerry Yang in shock resignation |url= http://www.zdnet.com/chief-yahoo-jerry-yang-in-shock-resignation-4010025230/ |work= ZD Net |publisher= CBS Interactive |accessdate= May 27, 2013 |first= Jack|last= Schofield |date= January 17, 2012}}</ref>
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* March 2, 1995: Yahoo! is [[wikipedia:Incorporation (business)|incorporated]].<ref>{{cite web |title= Chief Yahoo Jerry Yang in shock resignation |url= http://www.zdnet.com/chief-yahoo-jerry-yang-in-shock-resignation-4010025230/ |work= ZD Net |publisher= CBS Interactive |accessdate= May 27, 2013 |first= Jack|last= Schofield |date= January 17, 2012}}</ref>
 
* August 1995: Launch of the Yahoo! commercial website that includes advertisements and news feeds from Reuters. Tim Koogle is also named CEO of Yahoo!<ref name="Kupperberg2009" />
 
* August 1995: Launch of the Yahoo! commercial website that includes advertisements and news feeds from Reuters. Tim Koogle is also named CEO of Yahoo!<ref name="Kupperberg2009" />
  
 
===1996===
 
===1996===
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* April 12, 1996: Yahoo! has [[Initial public offering]], closing at US$33.00—up 270 percent from the IPO price—after peaking at US$43.00 for the day.<ref name="Kupperberg2009" /><ref>{{cite news |title= Yahoo IPO closes at $33 after $43 peak |url= http://news.cnet.com/2100-1033-209413.html |accessdate= May 27, 2013 |newspaper= CNet News |date= April 12, 1996 |author= Rose Aguilar}}</ref>
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* April 12, 1996: Yahoo! has [[wikipedia:Initial public offering|Initial public offering]], closing at US$33.00—up 270 percent from the IPO price—after peaking at US$43.00 for the day.<ref name="Kupperberg2009" /><ref>{{cite news |title= Yahoo IPO closes at $33 after $43 peak |url= http://news.cnet.com/2100-1033-209413.html |accessdate= May 27, 2013 |newspaper= CNet News |date= April 12, 1996 |author= Rose Aguilar}}</ref>
 
* September 1996: Yahoo! UK is launched.<ref name="Simon">{{cite web |title= Yahoo: An 18-year timeline of events |url= http://performancein.com/news/2012/07/17/yahoo-18-year-timeline-events/ |work= PerformanceIN |publisher= PerformanceIN |accessdate= May 27, 2013 |first= Simon|last= Holland |date= July 2012}}</ref>
 
* September 1996: Yahoo! UK is launched.<ref name="Simon">{{cite web |title= Yahoo: An 18-year timeline of events |url= http://performancein.com/news/2012/07/17/yahoo-18-year-timeline-events/ |work= PerformanceIN |publisher= PerformanceIN |accessdate= May 27, 2013 |first= Simon|last= Holland |date= July 2012}}</ref>
  
 
===1997===
 
===1997===
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* October 8, 1997: Yahoo! acquires [[Four11]] for about US$94 million in stock.<ref>{{cite news |title= Yahoo Acquires Four11, Posts Profit |url= http://articles.latimes.com/1997/oct/09/business/fi-40756 |accessdate= May 27, 2013 |newspaper= Los Angeles Times |date= October 9, 1997 |author= Times Wire Services}}</ref>
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* October 8, 1997: Yahoo! acquires [[wikipedia:Four11|Four11]] for about US$94 million in stock.<ref>{{cite news |title= Yahoo Acquires Four11, Posts Profit |url= http://articles.latimes.com/1997/oct/09/business/fi-40756 |accessdate= May 27, 2013 |newspaper= Los Angeles Times |date= October 9, 1997 |author= Times Wire Services}}</ref>
  
 
===1998===
 
===1998===
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* June 1998: Together with the ymail.com domain name, Four11's [[Rocketmail]] is incorporated into [[Yahoo! Mail]].<ref>{{cite news |title= Yahoo Mail hopes to lure users with 'ymail.com' |url= http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-9972349-7.html |accessdate= May 27, 2013 |newspaper= CNet News |date= June 18, 2008 |author= Stephen Shankland}}</ref>
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* June 1998: Together with the ymail.com domain name, Four11's [[wikipedia:Rocketmail|Rocketmail]] is incorporated into [[wikipedia:Yahoo! Mail|Yahoo! Mail]].<ref>{{cite news |title= Yahoo Mail hopes to lure users with 'ymail.com' |url= http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-9972349-7.html |accessdate= May 27, 2013 |newspaper= CNet News |date= June 18, 2008 |author= Stephen Shankland}}</ref>
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* June 8, 1998: Yahoo! acquires [[Viaweb]], co-founded by [[Paul Graham (computer programmer)|Paul Graham]], for US$49 million and transforms it into Yahoo! Store.<ref>{{cite web |title= Yahoo Buys Viaweb for $49M |url= http://www.dmnews.com/yahoo-buys-viaweb-for-49m/article/59358/ |work= Direct Marketing News |publisher= Haymarket Media, Inc |accessdate= May 27, 2013 |first= Ken|last= Magill |date= June 10, 1998}}</ref>
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* June 8, 1998: Yahoo! acquires [[wikipedia:Viaweb|Viaweb]], co-founded by [[wikipedia:Paul Graham (computer programmer)|Paul Graham]], for US$49 million and transforms it into Yahoo! Store.<ref>{{cite web |title= Yahoo Buys Viaweb for $49M |url= http://www.dmnews.com/yahoo-buys-viaweb-for-49m/article/59358/ |work= Direct Marketing News |publisher= Haymarket Media, Inc |accessdate= May 27, 2013 |first= Ken|last= Magill |date= June 10, 1998}}</ref>
 
* October 12, 1998: Yahoo! acquires direct marketing company Yoyodyne Entertainment, Inc.<ref>{{cite news |title= Yahoo Acquiring Yoyodyne |url= https://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,15555,00.html |work= Wired |publisher= Condé Nast |accessdate= May 25, 2013 |first= Jennifer|last= Sullivan |date= October 12, 1998}}</ref>
 
* October 12, 1998: Yahoo! acquires direct marketing company Yoyodyne Entertainment, Inc.<ref>{{cite news |title= Yahoo Acquiring Yoyodyne |url= https://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,15555,00.html |work= Wired |publisher= Condé Nast |accessdate= May 25, 2013 |first= Jennifer|last= Sullivan |date= October 12, 1998}}</ref>
  
 
===1999===
 
===1999===
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* January 28, 1999: Yahoo! acquires [[Geocities]] for US$4.58 billion in stock.<ref>{{cite news |title= Yahoo! acquires GeoCities |url= http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/story/1999/01/28/yahoo990128.html |accessdate= May 27, 2013 |newspaper= CBC News |date= November 10, 2000}}</ref>
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* January 28, 1999: Yahoo! acquires [[wikipedia:Geocities|Geocities]] for US$4.58 billion in stock.<ref>{{cite news |title= Yahoo! acquires GeoCities |url= http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/story/1999/01/28/yahoo990128.html |accessdate= May 27, 2013 |newspaper= CBC News |date= November 10, 2000}}</ref>
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* April 1, 1999: Yahoo! acquires [[Broadcast.com]] for US$5.7 billion in shares.<ref>{{cite news |title= Business: The Company File Yahoo buys Broadcast.com |url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/309498.stm |accessdate= May 27, 2013 |newspaper= BBC News |date= April 1, 1999}}</ref>
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* April 1, 1999: Yahoo! acquires [[wikipedia:Broadcast.com|Broadcast.com]] for US$5.7 billion in shares.<ref>{{cite news |title= Business: The Company File Yahoo buys Broadcast.com |url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/309498.stm |accessdate= May 27, 2013 |newspaper= BBC News |date= April 1, 1999}}</ref>
  
 
==2000s==
 
==2000s==
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===2000===
 
===2000===
 
* January 3, 2000: Yahoo stocks close at an all-time high of $475.00 (pre-split price) a share. The day before, it hit an intra-day high of $500.13 (pre-split price).<ref name="Simon" />
 
* January 3, 2000: Yahoo stocks close at an all-time high of $475.00 (pre-split price) a share. The day before, it hit an intra-day high of $500.13 (pre-split price).<ref name="Simon" />
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* January 19, 2000: At the height of the [[Dot-com bubble|Dot-com tech bubble]], shares in Yahoo Japan became the first stocks in Japanese history to trade at over ¥100,000,000, reaching a price of 101.4 million yen ($962,140 at that time).<ref>{{cite news |title= Yahoo Japan Stock Breaks 100 Million Yen Barrier |url= http://www.internetnews.com/ent-news/print.php/289851 |accessdate= May 25, 2013 |newspaper= InternetNews.com |date= January 20, 2000 |author= William Auckerman}}</ref>
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* January 19, 2000: At the height of the [[wikipedia:Dot-com bubble|Dot-com tech bubble]], shares in Yahoo Japan became the first stocks in Japanese history to trade at over ¥100,000,000, reaching a price of 101.4 million yen ($962,140 at that time).<ref>{{cite news |title= Yahoo Japan Stock Breaks 100 Million Yen Barrier |url= http://www.internetnews.com/ent-news/print.php/289851 |accessdate= May 25, 2013 |newspaper= InternetNews.com |date= January 20, 2000 |author= William Auckerman}}</ref>
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* February 7, 2000: Yahoo.com was brought to a halt for a few hours as it was the victim of a distributed denial of service attack ([[DDoS]]).<ref>{{cite news |title= Yahoo attack exposes web weakness |url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/635444.stm |accessdate= May 25, 2013 |newspaper= BBC |date= February 9, 2000 |author= Alfred Hermida}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title= How a basic attack crippled Yahoo |url= http://news.cnet.com/2100-1023-236621.html?legacy=cnet |accessdate= May 25, 2013 |newspaper= CNET News |date= February 7, 2000 |first= Corey|last= Grice |archiveurl= http://archive.is/eniI |archivedate= July 13, 2012}}</ref> On the next day, its shares rose by about $16, or 4.5 percent, as the failure was blamed on [[Hacker (computer security)|hackers]] rather than on an internal [[glitch]], as was the case with an [[eBay]] incident earlier that year.{{Citation needed|date=May 2013}}
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* February 7, 2000: Yahoo.com was brought to a halt for a few hours as it was the victim of a distributed denial of service attack ([[wikipedia:DDoS|DDoS]]).<ref>{{cite news |title= Yahoo attack exposes web weakness |url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/635444.stm |accessdate= May 25, 2013 |newspaper= BBC |date= February 9, 2000 |author= Alfred Hermida}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title= How a basic attack crippled Yahoo |url= http://news.cnet.com/2100-1023-236621.html?legacy=cnet |accessdate= May 25, 2013 |newspaper= CNET News |date= February 7, 2000 |first= Corey|last= Grice |archiveurl= http://archive.is/eniI |archivedate= July 13, 2012}}</ref> On the next day, its shares rose by about $16, or 4.5 percent, as the failure was blamed on [[wikipedia:Hacker (computer security)|hackers]] rather than on an internal [[wikipedia:glitch|glitch]], as was the case with an [[wikipedia:eBay|eBay]] incident earlier that year.{{Citation needed|date=May 2013}}
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* May 22, 2000: In ''[[LICRA v. Yahoo!]]'', a French judge ordered Yahoo to ban Nazi-related sites from its search engine, and to stop to act as an intermediary on bids for objects with racist overtones. Yahoo denied the French court's jurisdiction over a United States-based company, and the tribunal's requests were finally abandoned in 2003. Yahoo eventually quit voluntarily trading on [[Nazi]] and [[Ku Klux Klan]] [[wikt:bibelot|bibelot]]s.<ref>{{cite news |title= France bans internet Nazi auctions |url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/760782.stm |accessdate= May 25, 2013 |newspaper= BBC News |date= May 23, 2000}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title= Yahoo Blasts French Maneuver |url= https://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,36518,00.html |work= Wired |publisher= Conde Naste |accessdate= May 25, 2013 |author= Reuters |date= May 23, 2000}}</ref>
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* May 22, 2000: In ''[[wikipedia:LICRA v. Yahoo!|LICRA v. Yahoo!]]'', a French judge ordered Yahoo to ban Nazi-related sites from its search engine, and to stop to act as an intermediary on bids for objects with racist overtones. Yahoo denied the French court's jurisdiction over a United States-based company, and the tribunal's requests were finally abandoned in 2003. Yahoo eventually quit voluntarily trading on [[wikipedia:Nazi|Nazi]] and [[wikipedia:Ku Klux Klan|Ku Klux Klan]] [[wikipedia:wikt:bibelot|bibelot]]s.<ref>{{cite news |title= France bans internet Nazi auctions |url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/760782.stm |accessdate= May 25, 2013 |newspaper= BBC News |date= May 23, 2000}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title= Yahoo Blasts French Maneuver |url= https://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,36518,00.html |work= Wired |publisher= Conde Naste |accessdate= May 25, 2013 |author= Reuters |date= May 23, 2000}}</ref>
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* June 28, 2000: Yahoo acquires [[eGroups]].<ref>{{cite news |title= Yahoo buys email list service eGroups in stock deal |url= http://news.cnet.com/2100-1023-242517.html |accessdate= May 25, 2013 |newspaper= CNET News |date= June 28, 2000 |author= Jim Hu}}</ref>
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* June 28, 2000: Yahoo acquires [[wikipedia:eGroups|eGroups]].<ref>{{cite news |title= Yahoo buys email list service eGroups in stock deal |url= http://news.cnet.com/2100-1023-242517.html |accessdate= May 25, 2013 |newspaper= CNET News |date= June 28, 2000 |author= Jim Hu}}</ref>
  
 
===2001===
 
===2001===
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* March 7, 2001: Yahoo CEO [[Tim Koogle]] announces he will step down and remain only a company board member.
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* March 7, 2001: Yahoo CEO [[wikipedia:Tim Koogle|Tim Koogle]] announces he will step down and remain only a company board member.
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* April 17, 2001: [[Terry Semel]] announced as the new Yahoo CEO.<ref>{{cite web |title= My new job |url= http://yodel.yahoo.com/blogs/financial-news/job-430.html |work= Yahoo! Yodel |publisher= Yahoo!, Inc |accessdate= May 25, 2013 |first= Jerry|last= Yang |date= June 18, 2007}}</ref>
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* April 17, 2001: [[wikipedia:Terry Semel|Terry Semel]] announced as the new Yahoo CEO.<ref>{{cite web |title= My new job |url= http://yodel.yahoo.com/blogs/financial-news/job-430.html |work= Yahoo! Yodel |publisher= Yahoo!, Inc |accessdate= May 25, 2013 |first= Jerry|last= Yang |date= June 18, 2007}}</ref>
 
* September 26, 2001: Yahoo stocks close at an all-time low of $8.11. The day before, it hit an intra-day low of $8.02 (both figures are pre-split prices).{{Citation needed|date=May 2013}}
 
* September 26, 2001: Yahoo stocks close at an all-time low of $8.11. The day before, it hit an intra-day low of $8.02 (both figures are pre-split prices).{{Citation needed|date=May 2013}}
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* September 18, 2001: Hacker [[Adrian Lamo]] is convicted of compromising security at Yahoo!<ref>{{cite web |title= Yahoo! News hacked |url= http://www.securityfocus.com/news/254 |work= SecurityFocus |publisher= SecurityFocus |accessdate= October 15, 2013 |first= Kevin|last= Poulsen |date= September 18, 2001}}</ref>
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* September 18, 2001: Hacker [[wikipedia:Adrian Lamo|Adrian Lamo]] is convicted of compromising security at Yahoo!<ref>{{cite web |title= Yahoo! News hacked |url= http://www.securityfocus.com/news/254 |work= SecurityFocus |publisher= SecurityFocus |accessdate= October 15, 2013 |first= Kevin|last= Poulsen |date= September 18, 2001}}</ref>
 
* October 2001: Yahoo! acquires Australian online auction site Sold.com from Fairfax Media and the latter gains AU$18.3 million.<ref>{{cite web |title= Sally Kiernan |url= http://au.linkedin.com/in/sallykiernan |work= Sally Kiernan at Linkedin |publisher= LinkedIn Corporation |accessdate= May 25, 2013 |first= Sally|last= Kiernan |date= May 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title= A stronger company in a weaker market |url= http://fairfaxmedia.com.au/resources/annual-reports/FXJ01aConcise_2001.pdf |work= Fairfax Review |publisher= John Fairfax Holdings Ltd |accessdate= May 27, 2013 |author= Frederick G. Hilmer |year= 2001}}</ref>
 
* October 2001: Yahoo! acquires Australian online auction site Sold.com from Fairfax Media and the latter gains AU$18.3 million.<ref>{{cite web |title= Sally Kiernan |url= http://au.linkedin.com/in/sallykiernan |work= Sally Kiernan at Linkedin |publisher= LinkedIn Corporation |accessdate= May 25, 2013 |first= Sally|last= Kiernan |date= May 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title= A stronger company in a weaker market |url= http://fairfaxmedia.com.au/resources/annual-reports/FXJ01aConcise_2001.pdf |work= Fairfax Review |publisher= John Fairfax Holdings Ltd |accessdate= May 27, 2013 |author= Frederick G. Hilmer |year= 2001}}</ref>
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* December 27, 2001: Yahoo bids $436 million for the job search engine [[Yahoo! HotJobs|HotJobs]], defeating rival [[TMP Worldwide]] ([[Monster.com]]).<ref>{{cite news |title= Yahoo Wins Battle for HotJobs.com |url= http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,41710,00.html |accessdate= May 25, 2013 |newspaper= Fox News |date= December 27, 2001 |author= Reuters}}</ref>
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* December 27, 2001: Yahoo bids $436 million for the job search engine [[wikipedia:Yahoo! HotJobs|HotJobs]], defeating rival [[wikipedia:TMP Worldwide|TMP Worldwide]] ([[wikipedia:Monster.com|Monster.com]]).<ref>{{cite news |title= Yahoo Wins Battle for HotJobs.com |url= http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,41710,00.html |accessdate= May 25, 2013 |newspaper= Fox News |date= December 27, 2001 |author= Reuters}}</ref>
  
 
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* February 13, 2002: Yahoo! completes its acquisition of [[Yahoo! HotJobs|HotJobs]].<ref>{{cite news |title= Yahoo buttons up HotJobs acquisition |url= http://news.cnet.com/2100-1023-836379.html?tag=mncol;txt |accessdate= May 25, 2013 |newspaper= CNET News |date= February 13, 2002 |author= Jim Hu}}</ref>
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* February 13, 2002: Yahoo! completes its acquisition of [[wikipedia:Yahoo! HotJobs|HotJobs]].<ref>{{cite news |title= Yahoo buttons up HotJobs acquisition |url= http://news.cnet.com/2100-1023-836379.html?tag=mncol;txt |accessdate= May 25, 2013 |newspaper= CNET News |date= February 13, 2002 |author= Jim Hu}}</ref>
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* June 3, 2002: [[SBC Communications]] and Yahoo! launch national co-branded dial service.<ref>{{cite web |title= Internet Leaders SBC and Yahoo! Launch National Co-Branded Dial Service |url= http://www.sbc.com/gen/press-room?pid=4800&cdvn=news&newsarticleid=20046 |work= AT&T News Room |publisher= AT&T Intellectual Property |accessdate= May 25, 2013 |date= June 3, 2002}}</ref>
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* June 3, 2002: [[wikipedia:SBC Communications|SBC Communications]] and Yahoo! launch national co-branded dial service.<ref>{{cite web |title= Internet Leaders SBC and Yahoo! Launch National Co-Branded Dial Service |url= http://www.sbc.com/gen/press-room?pid=4800&cdvn=news&newsarticleid=20046 |work= AT&T News Room |publisher= AT&T Intellectual Property |accessdate= May 25, 2013 |date= June 3, 2002}}</ref>
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* December 2002: Yahoo! starts acquisition of web [[search engine]] company [[Inktomi (company)|Inktomi]].<ref>{{cite web |title= Yahoo To Buy Inktomi |url= http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2066000/Yahoo-To-Buy-Inktomi |work= Search Engine Watch |publisher= Incisive Interactive Marketing LLC |accessdate= May 25, 2013 |first= Danny|last= Sullivan |date= January 6, 2003}}</ref>
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* December 2002: Yahoo! starts acquisition of web [[wikipedia:search engine|search engine]] company [[wikipedia:Inktomi (company)|Inktomi]].<ref>{{cite web |title= Yahoo To Buy Inktomi |url= http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2066000/Yahoo-To-Buy-Inktomi |work= Search Engine Watch |publisher= Incisive Interactive Marketing LLC |accessdate= May 25, 2013 |first= Danny|last= Sullivan |date= January 6, 2003}}</ref>
  
 
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* June 2003: [[BT Group plc|BT]] Openworld announces an alliance with Yahoo!<ref>{{cite web |title= Openworld Goes Yahoo! |url= http://www.neowin.net/news/openworld-goes-yahoo |work= Neowin.net |publisher= Neowin LLC |accessdate= May 25, 2013 |author= cheekymonkey |date= June 16, 2003}}</ref>
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* June 2003: [[wikipedia:BT Group plc|BT]] Openworld announces an alliance with Yahoo!<ref>{{cite web |title= Openworld Goes Yahoo! |url= http://www.neowin.net/news/openworld-goes-yahoo |work= Neowin.net |publisher= Neowin LLC |accessdate= May 25, 2013 |author= cheekymonkey |date= June 16, 2003}}</ref>
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* July 2003: Yahoo! acquires [[Yahoo! Search Marketing|Overture Services, Inc.]]<ref>{{cite news |title= Yahoo Acquires Overture Services |url= http://articles.latimes.com/2003/oct/08/business/fi-overture8 |accessdate= May 25, 2013 |newspaper= Los Angeles Times |date= October 8, 2003 |author= Bloomberg News}}</ref>
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* July 2003: Yahoo! acquires [[wikipedia:Yahoo! Search Marketing|Overture Services, Inc.]]<ref>{{cite news |title= Yahoo Acquires Overture Services |url= http://articles.latimes.com/2003/oct/08/business/fi-overture8 |accessdate= May 25, 2013 |newspaper= Los Angeles Times |date= October 8, 2003 |author= Bloomberg News}}</ref>
  
 
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* January 19, 2004: Yahoo! announces the formation of Yahoo Research Labs, a research organization for the invention of new technologies and solutions for Yahoo! Yahoo!'s Head and Principal Scientist Dr. [[Gary William Flake]] leads the new organization.<ref>{{cite web |title= Speaker Gary William Flake |url= http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/et2005/view/e_spkr/2039 |work= O'Reilly Emerging Technologies Conference |publisher= O'Reilly Media, Inc |accessdate= May 25, 2013 |date= March 14–17, 2005}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title= Yahoo launches web research lab to explore data mining, algorithms |url= http://www.internetretailer.com/2004/01/22/yahoo-launches-web-research-lab-to-explore-data-mining-algorith |work= Internet Retailer |publisher= Vertical Web Media |accessdate= May 25, 2013 |first= Paul|last= Demery |date= January 22, 2004}}</ref>
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* January 19, 2004: Yahoo! announces the formation of Yahoo Research Labs, a research organization for the invention of new technologies and solutions for Yahoo! Yahoo!'s Head and Principal Scientist Dr. [[wikipedia:Gary William Flake|Gary William Flake]] leads the new organization.<ref>{{cite web |title= Speaker Gary William Flake |url= http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/et2005/view/e_spkr/2039 |work= O'Reilly Emerging Technologies Conference |publisher= O'Reilly Media, Inc |accessdate= May 25, 2013 |date= March 14–17, 2005}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title= Yahoo launches web research lab to explore data mining, algorithms |url= http://www.internetretailer.com/2004/01/22/yahoo-launches-web-research-lab-to-explore-data-mining-algorith |work= Internet Retailer |publisher= Vertical Web Media |accessdate= May 25, 2013 |first= Paul|last= Demery |date= January 22, 2004}}</ref>
 
* February 19, 2004: Yahoo! drops Google-powered results and launches its own web-crawling algorithm with its own site index.{{Citation needed|date=May 2013}}
 
* February 19, 2004: Yahoo! drops Google-powered results and launches its own web-crawling algorithm with its own site index.{{Citation needed|date=May 2013}}
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* March 2004: Yahoo launches its own [[search engine]] technology.{{Citation needed|date=May 2013}}
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* March 2004: Yahoo launches its own [[wikipedia:search engine|search engine]] technology.{{Citation needed|date=May 2013}}
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* March 1, 2004: Yahoo announces that it will practice [[paid inclusion]] for its search service; however, it also announced that it would continue to rely mainly on a free [[web crawler|web crawl]] for most of its search engine content.{{Citation needed|date=May 2013}}
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* March 1, 2004: Yahoo announces that it will practice [[wikipedia:paid inclusion|paid inclusion]] for its search service; however, it also announced that it would continue to rely mainly on a free [[wikipedia:web crawler|web crawl]] for most of its search engine content.{{Citation needed|date=May 2013}}
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* March 25, 2004: Yahoo acquires the European shopping search engine [[Kelkoo]].<ref>{{cite web |title= Yahoo acquires Kelkoo |url= http://www.zdnet.com/yahoo-acquires-kelkoo-3039149931/ |work= ZDNet |publisher= CBS Interactive |accessdate= May 25, 2013 |first= Jo|last= Best |date= March 26, 2004}}</ref>
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* March 25, 2004: Yahoo acquires the European shopping search engine [[wikipedia:Kelkoo|Kelkoo]].<ref>{{cite web |title= Yahoo acquires Kelkoo |url= http://www.zdnet.com/yahoo-acquires-kelkoo-3039149931/ |work= ZDNet |publisher= CBS Interactive |accessdate= May 25, 2013 |first= Jo|last= Best |date= March 26, 2004}}</ref>
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* July 9, 2004 Yahoo acquires [[email]] provider [[Oddpost]].<ref>{{cite web |title= Yahoo Buys Oddpost |url= http://www.pcworld.com/article/116858/article.html |work= PC World |publisher= IDG Consumer & SMB |accessdate= May 25, 2013 |first= James|last= Niccolai |date= July 12, 2004}}</ref>
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* July 9, 2004 Yahoo acquires [[wikipedia:email|email]] provider [[wikipedia:Oddpost|Oddpost]].<ref>{{cite web |title= Yahoo Buys Oddpost |url= http://www.pcworld.com/article/116858/article.html |work= PC World |publisher= IDG Consumer & SMB |accessdate= May 25, 2013 |first= James|last= Niccolai |date= July 12, 2004}}</ref>
 
* December 15, 2004: Yahoo launches beta version of its video search engine.<ref>{{cite news |title= Yahoo tests video search engine |url= http://news.cnet.com/Yahoo-tests-video-search-engine/2100-1025_3-5492779.html |accessdate= May 25, 2013 |newspaper= CNET News |date= December 15, 2004 |author= Stefanie Olsen}}</ref>
 
* December 15, 2004: Yahoo launches beta version of its video search engine.<ref>{{cite news |title= Yahoo tests video search engine |url= http://news.cnet.com/Yahoo-tests-video-search-engine/2100-1025_3-5492779.html |accessdate= May 25, 2013 |newspaper= CNET News |date= December 15, 2004 |author= Stefanie Olsen}}</ref>
  
 
===2005===
 
===2005===
 
* February 9, 2005: Yahoo! Launch is changed to Yahoo! Music, a service that provides streaming audio, music videos, Internet radio, exclusive artist features and music news.<ref>{{cite web |title= Launch Becomes Yahoo! Music |url= http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/1418009/launch-becomes-yahoo-music |work= Billboardbiz.com |publisher= Billboard |accessdate= May 25, 2013 |first= Antony|last= Bruno |date= February 9, 2005}}</ref>
 
* February 9, 2005: Yahoo! Launch is changed to Yahoo! Music, a service that provides streaming audio, music videos, Internet radio, exclusive artist features and music news.<ref>{{cite web |title= Launch Becomes Yahoo! Music |url= http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/1418009/launch-becomes-yahoo-music |work= Billboardbiz.com |publisher= Billboard |accessdate= May 25, 2013 |first= Antony|last= Bruno |date= February 9, 2005}}</ref>
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* February 15, 2005: Yahoo! establishes its European headquarters in [[Dublin]], Ireland and creates 400 new jobs.<ref>{{cite news |title= Yahoo! creates 400 jobs in Ireland |url= http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/02/15/yahoo_creates_400_irish_jobs/ |accessdate= May 25, 2013 |newspaper= The Register |date= February 15, 2005 |author= ElectricNews.net}}</ref>
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* February 15, 2005: Yahoo! establishes its European headquarters in [[wikipedia:Dublin|Dublin]], Ireland and creates 400 new jobs.<ref>{{cite news |title= Yahoo! creates 400 jobs in Ireland |url= http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/02/15/yahoo_creates_400_irish_jobs/ |accessdate= May 25, 2013 |newspaper= The Register |date= February 15, 2005 |author= ElectricNews.net}}</ref>
 
* February 28, 2005: Yahoo! launches a developer network that gives an API to most of its search verticals.{{Citation needed|date=May 2013}}
 
* February 28, 2005: Yahoo! launches a developer network that gives an API to most of its search verticals.{{Citation needed|date=May 2013}}
 
* March 2005: Yahoo acquires game platform provider Stadeon.<ref>{{cite web |title= Yahoo! Acquisitions since Overture |url= http://www.seobythesea.com/2005/12/yahoo-acquisitions-since-overture/ |work= SEO by the Sea |publisher= Bill Slawski - SEO by the Sea |accessdate= May 25, 2013 |first= Bill|last= Slawski |date= December 27, 2005}}</ref>
 
* March 2005: Yahoo acquires game platform provider Stadeon.<ref>{{cite web |title= Yahoo! Acquisitions since Overture |url= http://www.seobythesea.com/2005/12/yahoo-acquisitions-since-overture/ |work= SEO by the Sea |publisher= Bill Slawski - SEO by the Sea |accessdate= May 25, 2013 |first= Bill|last= Slawski |date= December 27, 2005}}</ref>
 
* March 2, 2005: Yahoo completes ten years of corporate existence and free ice cream coupons are given away at U.S. Baskin-Robbins stores to its users.<ref>{{cite news |title= Yahoo: It's our birthday, so have a cone on us |url= http://news.cnet.com/Yahoo-Its-our-birthday%2C-so-have-a-cone-on-us/2100-1038_3-5596253.html |accessdate= May 25, 2013 |newspaper= CNET News |date= March 2, 2005 |author= Staff Writer}}</ref>
 
* March 2, 2005: Yahoo completes ten years of corporate existence and free ice cream coupons are given away at U.S. Baskin-Robbins stores to its users.<ref>{{cite news |title= Yahoo: It's our birthday, so have a cone on us |url= http://news.cnet.com/Yahoo-Its-our-birthday%2C-so-have-a-cone-on-us/2100-1038_3-5596253.html |accessdate= May 25, 2013 |newspaper= CNET News |date= March 2, 2005 |author= Staff Writer}}</ref>
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* March 20, 2005: Yahoo! acquires photo sharing service [[Flickr]] and its creator [[Ludicorp]].<ref>{{cite web |title= Yahoo Acquires Flickr |url= http://www.ludicorp.com/news_item_display.php?id=50 |work= Ludicorp |publisher= Ludicorp Research & Development Ltd |accessdate= May 25, 2013 |date= March 25, 2005 |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20050326164018/http://www.ludicorp.com/news_item_display.php?id=50 |archivedate= March 26, 2005}}</ref>
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* March 20, 2005: Yahoo! acquires photo sharing service [[wikipedia:Flickr|Flickr]] and its creator [[wikipedia:Ludicorp|Ludicorp]].<ref>{{cite web |title= Yahoo Acquires Flickr |url= http://www.ludicorp.com/news_item_display.php?id=50 |work= Ludicorp |publisher= Ludicorp Research & Development Ltd |accessdate= May 25, 2013 |date= March 25, 2005 |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20050326164018/http://www.ludicorp.com/news_item_display.php?id=50 |archivedate= March 26, 2005}}</ref>
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* March 29, 2005: Yahoo! launch blogging and social networking service [[Yahoo! 360°]].<ref>{{cite web |title= Yahoo launches blogging and social networking rival to MSN and Google |url= http://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240060347/Yahoo-launches-blogging-and-social-networking-rival-to-MSN-and-Google |work= Computer Weekly |publisher= TechTarget |accessdate= May 25, 2013 |first= Antony|last= Savvas |date= March 16, 2005}}</ref>
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* March 29, 2005: Yahoo! launch blogging and social networking service [[wikipedia:Yahoo! 360°|Yahoo! 360°]].<ref>{{cite web |title= Yahoo launches blogging and social networking rival to MSN and Google |url= http://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240060347/Yahoo-launches-blogging-and-social-networking-rival-to-MSN-and-Google |work= Computer Weekly |publisher= TechTarget |accessdate= May 25, 2013 |first= Antony|last= Savvas |date= March 16, 2005}}</ref>
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* April 7, 2005: [[Wikimedia Foundation]] announces Yahoo support.<ref>{{cite web |title= Yahoo To Support Wikipedia Online Encyclopedia |url= http://digital-lifestyles.info/2005/04/08/yahoo-to-support-wikipedia-online-encyclopedia/ |work= Digital-Lifestyles |publisher= Digital-Lifestyles |accessdate= May 25, 2013 |first= Mike|last= Slocombe |date= April 8, 2005}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title= Press releases/Wikimedia announces Yahoo support |url= http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/Wikimedia_announces_Yahoo_support |work= Wikimedia Foundation |publisher= Wikimedia Foundation |accessdate= May 25, 2013 |date= January 12, 2010}}</ref>
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* April 7, 2005: [[wikipedia:Wikimedia Foundation|Wikimedia Foundation]] announces Yahoo support.<ref>{{cite web |title= Yahoo To Support Wikipedia Online Encyclopedia |url= http://digital-lifestyles.info/2005/04/08/yahoo-to-support-wikipedia-online-encyclopedia/ |work= Digital-Lifestyles |publisher= Digital-Lifestyles |accessdate= May 25, 2013 |first= Mike|last= Slocombe |date= April 8, 2005}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title= Press releases/Wikimedia announces Yahoo support |url= http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/Wikimedia_announces_Yahoo_support |work= Wikimedia Foundation |publisher= Wikimedia Foundation |accessdate= May 25, 2013 |date= January 12, 2010}}</ref>
 
* May 26, 2005: Yahoo announces its new PhotoMail service.<ref>{{cite news |title= Yahoo Unveils PhotoMail |url= http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,1820562,00.asp |work= PC Mag |publisher= Ziff Davis, Inc |accessdate= May 25, 2013 |first= Libe|last= Goad |date= May 25, 2005}}</ref>
 
* May 26, 2005: Yahoo announces its new PhotoMail service.<ref>{{cite news |title= Yahoo Unveils PhotoMail |url= http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,1820562,00.asp |work= PC Mag |publisher= Ziff Davis, Inc |accessdate= May 25, 2013 |first= Libe|last= Goad |date= May 25, 2005}}</ref>
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* June 14, 2005: Yahoo acquires [[VoIP]] provider DialPad Communications.<ref>{{cite web |title= Yahoo buys Dial Pad |url= http://gigaom.com/2005/06/14/breaking-yahoo-buys-dial-pad/ |work= GIGAOM |publisher= GIGAOM |accessdate= May 25, 2013 |first= Om|last= Malik |date= June 14, 2005}}</ref>
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* June 14, 2005: Yahoo acquires [[wikipedia:VoIP|VoIP]] provider DialPad Communications.<ref>{{cite web |title= Yahoo buys Dial Pad |url= http://gigaom.com/2005/06/14/breaking-yahoo-buys-dial-pad/ |work= GIGAOM |publisher= GIGAOM |accessdate= May 25, 2013 |first= Om|last= Malik |date= June 14, 2005}}</ref>
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* July 15, 2005: Yahoo announces [[Yahoo! Research Berkeley]].<ref>{{cite web |title= UC Berkeley, Yahoo team up to research new Internet technologies |url= http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2005/07/15_yahoo.shtml |work= UC Berkeley News |publisher= UC Regents |accessdate= May 25, 2013 |first= Kathleen|last= Maclay |date= July 15, 2005}}</ref>
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* July 15, 2005: Yahoo announces [[wikipedia:Yahoo! Research Berkeley|Yahoo! Research Berkeley]].<ref>{{cite web |title= UC Berkeley, Yahoo team up to research new Internet technologies |url= http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2005/07/15_yahoo.shtml |work= UC Berkeley News |publisher= UC Regents |accessdate= May 25, 2013 |first= Kathleen|last= Maclay |date= July 15, 2005}}</ref>
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* July 25, 2005: Yahoo acquires [[:Category:Widget engines|widget engine]] software [[Konfabulator]] that is transformed into a free software platform and renamed [[Yahoo! Widgets]].<ref>{{cite web |title= Yahoo! acquires Konfabulator |url= http://www.macworld.com/article/1046042/konfabulator.html |work= Macworld |publisher= IDG Consumer & SMB |accessdate= May 25, 2013 |first= Jim|last= Dalrymple |date= July 25, 2005}}</ref>
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* July 25, 2005: Yahoo acquires [[wikipedia::Category:Widget engines|widget engine]] software [[wikipedia:Konfabulator|Konfabulator]] that is transformed into a free software platform and renamed [[wikipedia:Yahoo! Widgets|Yahoo! Widgets]].<ref>{{cite web |title= Yahoo! acquires Konfabulator |url= http://www.macworld.com/article/1046042/konfabulator.html |work= Macworld |publisher= IDG Consumer & SMB |accessdate= May 25, 2013 |first= Jim|last= Dalrymple |date= July 25, 2005}}</ref>
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* August 11, 2005: Yahoo acquires 40 percent of [[Alibaba.com]] for US$1 billion, and Alibaba takes over the operation of Yahoo China.<ref>{{cite news |title= Yahoo Buys Stake in Alibaba |url= https://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,68497,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_5 |work= Wired |publisher= Conde Naste |accessdate= May 25, 2013 |date= August 11, 2005}}</ref>
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* August 11, 2005: Yahoo acquires 40 percent of [[wikipedia:Alibaba.com|Alibaba.com]] for US$1 billion, and Alibaba takes over the operation of Yahoo China.<ref>{{cite news |title= Yahoo Buys Stake in Alibaba |url= https://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,68497,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_5 |work= Wired |publisher= Conde Naste |accessdate= May 25, 2013 |date= August 11, 2005}}</ref>
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* August 23, 2005: [[Verizon Communications|Verizon]] and Yahoo launch integrated [[DSL]] service.<ref>{{cite web |title= Verizon and Yahoo! hook up to offer DSL |url= http://www.geek.com/news/verizon-and-yahoo-hook-up-to-offer-dsl-558651/ |work= Geek.com |publisher= Ziff Davis, Inc |accessdate= May 25, 2013 |first= Brian|last= Osborne |date= January 18, 2005}}</ref>
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* August 23, 2005: [[wikipedia:Verizon Communications|Verizon]] and Yahoo launch integrated [[wikipedia:DSL|DSL]] service.<ref>{{cite web |title= Verizon and Yahoo! hook up to offer DSL |url= http://www.geek.com/news/verizon-and-yahoo-hook-up-to-offer-dsl-558651/ |work= Geek.com |publisher= Ziff Davis, Inc |accessdate= May 25, 2013 |first= Brian|last= Osborne |date= January 18, 2005}}</ref>
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* September 7, 2005: Information supplied by Yahoo! to the People's Republic of China leads to the imprisonment of reporter [[Shi Tao (journalist)|Shi Tao]], aged 37 years, for ten years. Yahoo states that it was following Chinese law.<ref>{{cite news |title= Yahoo 'helped jail China writer' |url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/4221538.stm |accessdate= May 25, 2013 |newspaper= BBC News |date= September 7, 2005}}</ref>
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* September 7, 2005: Information supplied by Yahoo! to the People's Republic of China leads to the imprisonment of reporter [[wikipedia:Shi Tao (journalist)|Shi Tao]], aged 37 years, for ten years. Yahoo states that it was following Chinese law.<ref>{{cite news |title= Yahoo 'helped jail China writer' |url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/4221538.stm |accessdate= May 25, 2013 |newspaper= BBC News |date= September 7, 2005}}</ref>
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* October 4, 2005: Yahoo! purchases online social event calendar [[Upcoming.org]].<ref>{{cite web |title= Yahoo and Upcoming, Sitting In A Tree |url= http://www.waxy.org/archive/2005/10/04/yahoo_an.shtml |work= Waxy.org |publisher= Andy Baio |accessdate= May 25, 2013 |first= Andy|last= Baio |date= October 24, 2005}}</ref>
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* October 4, 2005: Yahoo! purchases online social event calendar [[wikipedia:Upcoming.org|Upcoming.org]].<ref>{{cite web |title= Yahoo and Upcoming, Sitting In A Tree |url= http://www.waxy.org/archive/2005/10/04/yahoo_an.shtml |work= Waxy.org |publisher= Andy Baio |accessdate= May 25, 2013 |first= Andy|last= Baio |date= October 24, 2005}}</ref>
 
* October 17, 2005: Yahoo buys British location technology company Whereonearth Ltd.<ref>{{cite web |title= Yahoo! Buys WhereOn Earth |url= http://blog.gisuser.com/2005/10/18/yahoo-buys-whereon-earth/ |work= AnyGeo – GIS, Maps, Mobile and Social Location Technology |publisher= WordPress |accessdate= May 25, 2013 |author= Glenn |date= October 18, 2005}}</ref>
 
* October 17, 2005: Yahoo buys British location technology company Whereonearth Ltd.<ref>{{cite web |title= Yahoo! Buys WhereOn Earth |url= http://blog.gisuser.com/2005/10/18/yahoo-buys-whereon-earth/ |work= AnyGeo – GIS, Maps, Mobile and Social Location Technology |publisher= WordPress |accessdate= May 25, 2013 |author= Glenn |date= October 18, 2005}}</ref>
 
* November 15, 2005: The sports section of My Yahoo! is hacked; titles such as "selfhood + conscience" and "aesthetic freedom" link to various pages at doublereflection.org.<ref>{{cite web |title= Yahoo Sports Hijacked |url= http://blog.unto.net/yahoo-sports-hijacked.html |work= DeWitt Clinton |publisher= DeWitt Clinton |accessdate= May 25, 2013 |first= DeWitt|last= Clinton |date= November 2005}}</ref>
 
* November 15, 2005: The sports section of My Yahoo! is hacked; titles such as "selfhood + conscience" and "aesthetic freedom" link to various pages at doublereflection.org.<ref>{{cite web |title= Yahoo Sports Hijacked |url= http://blog.unto.net/yahoo-sports-hijacked.html |work= DeWitt Clinton |publisher= DeWitt Clinton |accessdate= May 25, 2013 |first= DeWitt|last= Clinton |date= November 2005}}</ref>
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* December 1, 2005: [[TiVo]] and Yahoo! form a partnership where several Yahoo! features can be viewed on television via the Series2 [[TiVo]] set top box.<ref>{{cite news |title= Yahoo, TiVo Form a Partnership to Connect Some of Their Services |url= http://articles.latimes.com/2005/nov/07/business/fi-yahoo7 |accessdate= May 25, 2013 |newspaper= Los Angeles Times |date= November 7, 2005 |agency= Associated Press}}</ref>
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* December 1, 2005: [[wikipedia:TiVo|TiVo]] and Yahoo! form a partnership where several Yahoo! features can be viewed on television via the Series2 [[wikipedia:TiVo|TiVo]] set top box.<ref>{{cite news |title= Yahoo, TiVo Form a Partnership to Connect Some of Their Services |url= http://articles.latimes.com/2005/nov/07/business/fi-yahoo7 |accessdate= May 25, 2013 |newspaper= Los Angeles Times |date= November 7, 2005 |agency= Associated Press}}</ref>
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* December 8 (U.S. time), 9 (Australian time), 2005: Australia's Seven Network combines its online, mobile and internet TV business with the local arm of Yahoo! and the commencement of [[Yahoo!7]] is scheduled for January 2006. Yahoo!7 covered both the Australian Open tennis tournament and the Winter Olympic Games in 2006.<ref name="Mir">{{cite news |title= Seven clicks on Yahoo! to build web venture |url= http://www.smh.com.au/news/technology/seven-clicks-on-yahoo-to-build-web-venture/2005/12/11/1134235943818.html |accessdate= May 25, 2013 |newspaper= The Sydney Morning Herald |date= December 12, 2005 |author= Miriam Steffens}}</ref>
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* December 8 (U.S. time), 9 (Australian time), 2005: Australia's Seven Network combines its online, mobile and internet TV business with the local arm of Yahoo! and the commencement of [[wikipedia:Yahoo!7|Yahoo!7]] is scheduled for January 2006. Yahoo!7 covered both the Australian Open tennis tournament and the Winter Olympic Games in 2006.<ref name="Mir">{{cite news |title= Seven clicks on Yahoo! to build web venture |url= http://www.smh.com.au/news/technology/seven-clicks-on-yahoo-to-build-web-venture/2005/12/11/1134235943818.html |accessdate= May 25, 2013 |newspaper= The Sydney Morning Herald |date= December 12, 2005 |author= Miriam Steffens}}</ref>
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* December 9, 2005: Yahoo acquires [[del.icio.us]].<ref>{{cite news |title= Yahoo acquires social network del.icio.us |url= http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/tech/news/techpolicy/business/2005-12-11-yahoo-delicious_x.htm |accessdate= May 25, 2013 |newspaper= USA Today |date= December 11, 2005 |agency= Associated Press}}</ref>
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* December 9, 2005: Yahoo acquires [[wikipedia:del.icio.us|del.icio.us]].<ref>{{cite news |title= Yahoo acquires social network del.icio.us |url= http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/tech/news/techpolicy/business/2005-12-11-yahoo-delicious_x.htm |accessdate= May 25, 2013 |newspaper= USA Today |date= December 11, 2005 |agency= Associated Press}}</ref>
  
 
===2006===
 
===2006===
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* May 1, 2006: Yahoo! launches Yahoo! Tech.<ref>{{cite web |title= News: Yahoo Launches Tech News Channel |url= http://battellemedia.com/archives/2006/04/news_yahoo_launches_tech_news_channel.php |work= John Battelle's SearchBlog |publisher= John Battelle |accessdate= May 25, 2013 |first= John|last= Battelle |date= April 30, 2006}}</ref>
 
* May 1, 2006: Yahoo! launches Yahoo! Tech.<ref>{{cite web |title= News: Yahoo Launches Tech News Channel |url= http://battellemedia.com/archives/2006/04/news_yahoo_launches_tech_news_channel.php |work= John Battelle's SearchBlog |publisher= John Battelle |accessdate= May 25, 2013 |first= John|last= Battelle |date= April 30, 2006}}</ref>
 
* September 27, 2006: Yahoo! acquires online video editing site Jumpcut.<ref>{{cite web |title= Search engine giant Yahoo! acquires video-editing site Jumpcut |url= http://techwhack.co/video-editing-site-jumpcut-9875/ |work= TechWhack |publisher= WordPress |accessdate= May 25, 2013 |first= Sushubh|last= Mittal |date= September 28, 2006}}</ref>
 
* September 27, 2006: Yahoo! acquires online video editing site Jumpcut.<ref>{{cite web |title= Search engine giant Yahoo! acquires video-editing site Jumpcut |url= http://techwhack.co/video-editing-site-jumpcut-9875/ |work= TechWhack |publisher= WordPress |accessdate= May 25, 2013 |first= Sushubh|last= Mittal |date= September 28, 2006}}</ref>
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* September 29 to 30, 2006: Yahoo! hosts an [[Open Hack Day]] (including an external site) that features a musical performance by [[Beck]].<ref>{{cite web |title= Beck at Yahoo! Hack Day |url= http://laughingsquid.com/beck-at-yahoo-hack-day/ |work= Laughing Squid |publisher= WordPress |accessdate= May 25, 2013 |first= Scott|last= Beale |date= September 30, 2006}}</ref>
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* September 29 to 30, 2006: Yahoo! hosts an [[wikipedia:Open Hack Day|Open Hack Day]] (including an external site) that features a musical performance by [[wikipedia:Beck|Beck]].<ref>{{cite web |title= Beck at Yahoo! Hack Day |url= http://laughingsquid.com/beck-at-yahoo-hack-day/ |work= Laughing Squid |publisher= WordPress |accessdate= May 25, 2013 |first= Scott|last= Beale |date= September 30, 2006}}</ref>
 
* December 5, 2006: Yahoo! announces a significant re-organization, including the departure of Dan Rosensweig (COO), Lloyd Braun, and John Marcom. Sue Decker is promoted from CFO, and other business unit shifts are made.<ref>{{cite news |title= Two top Yahoo execs to leave in reorg |url= http://news.cnet.com/2100-1030_3-6141206.html |accessdate= May 25, 2013 |newspaper= CNET News |date= December 6, 2006 |author= Elinor Mills}}</ref>
 
* December 5, 2006: Yahoo! announces a significant re-organization, including the departure of Dan Rosensweig (COO), Lloyd Braun, and John Marcom. Sue Decker is promoted from CFO, and other business unit shifts are made.<ref>{{cite news |title= Two top Yahoo execs to leave in reorg |url= http://news.cnet.com/2100-1030_3-6141206.html |accessdate= May 25, 2013 |newspaper= CNET News |date= December 6, 2006 |author= Elinor Mills}}</ref>
 
* December 13, 2006: Yahoo! announces Yahoo!Xtra, a joint venture in New Zealand between its Australian joint venture Yahoo!7 and Telecom NZ.<ref>{{cite news |title= Yahoo to replace Microsoft MSN as Telecom's Xtra partner |url= http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=10415173 |accessdate= May 25, 2013 |newspaper= The New Zealand Herald |date= December 13, 2006 |author= NZPA}}</ref>
 
* December 13, 2006: Yahoo! announces Yahoo!Xtra, a joint venture in New Zealand between its Australian joint venture Yahoo!7 and Telecom NZ.<ref>{{cite news |title= Yahoo to replace Microsoft MSN as Telecom's Xtra partner |url= http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=10415173 |accessdate= May 25, 2013 |newspaper= The New Zealand Herald |date= December 13, 2006 |author= NZPA}}</ref>
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* February 5, 2007: Yahoo launches a new search advertising system, Panama.<ref>{{cite web |title= New Panama Ranking System For Yahoo Ads Launches Today |url= http://searchengineland.com/070205-090623.php |work= SearchEngineLand |publisher= Third Door Media, Inc |accessdate= May 25, 2013 |first= Mona|last= Elesseily |date= February 5, 2007}}</ref>
 
* February 5, 2007: Yahoo launches a new search advertising system, Panama.<ref>{{cite web |title= New Panama Ranking System For Yahoo Ads Launches Today |url= http://searchengineland.com/070205-090623.php |work= SearchEngineLand |publisher= Third Door Media, Inc |accessdate= May 25, 2013 |first= Mona|last= Elesseily |date= February 5, 2007}}</ref>
 
* March 1, 2007: Localised New Zealand internet portal Yahoo!Xtra launches.<ref>{{cite web |title= Yahoo!XTRA launches tomorrow, nothing new for customers |url= http://www.10layers.com/200702_yahooxtra.php |work= 10layers.com |publisher= 10layers.com |accessdate= May 25, 2013 |date= February 28, 2007}}</ref>
 
* March 1, 2007: Localised New Zealand internet portal Yahoo!Xtra launches.<ref>{{cite web |title= Yahoo!XTRA launches tomorrow, nothing new for customers |url= http://www.10layers.com/200702_yahooxtra.php |work= 10layers.com |publisher= 10layers.com |accessdate= May 25, 2013 |date= February 28, 2007}}</ref>
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* March 2007: Yahoo! acquires Taiwan blogging site [[wretch.cc]].<ref>{{cite web |title= Yahoo Taiwan Buys Local Social Media Site Wretch; Reports At About $22 Million |url= http://paidcontent.org/2006/12/14/yahoo-taiwan-buys-local-social-media-site-wretch-reports-at-about-22-millio/ |work= PaidContent |publisher= GIGAOM |accessdate= May 25, 2013 |first= Rafat|last= Ali |date= December 14, 2006}}</ref>
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* March 2007: Yahoo! acquires Taiwan blogging site [[wikipedia:wretch.cc|wretch.cc]].<ref>{{cite web |title= Yahoo Taiwan Buys Local Social Media Site Wretch; Reports At About $22 Million |url= http://paidcontent.org/2006/12/14/yahoo-taiwan-buys-local-social-media-site-wretch-reports-at-about-22-millio/ |work= PaidContent |publisher= GIGAOM |accessdate= May 25, 2013 |first= Rafat|last= Ali |date= December 14, 2006}}</ref>
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* April 30, 2007: Yahoo! announces acquisition of [[Right Media]].<ref>{{cite news |title= Yahoo to buy rest of Right Media for $680 mln |url= http://www.reuters.com/article/2007/04/30/us-rightmedia-yahoo-idUSN3037037520070430 |accessdate= May 25, 2013 |newspaper= Reuters |date= April 30, 2007 |author= Eric Auchard}}</ref>
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* April 30, 2007: Yahoo! announces acquisition of [[wikipedia:Right Media|Right Media]].<ref>{{cite news |title= Yahoo to buy rest of Right Media for $680 mln |url= http://www.reuters.com/article/2007/04/30/us-rightmedia-yahoo-idUSN3037037520070430 |accessdate= May 25, 2013 |newspaper= Reuters |date= April 30, 2007 |author= Eric Auchard}}</ref>
 
* June 16, 2007: Yahoo! officially retires the Yahoo! Auctions service, except in some parts of Asia.<ref>{{cite web |title= Yahoo Closing their Auctions Service |url= http://mashable.com/2007/05/08/yahoo-auctions-closed/ |work= Mashable |publisher= Mashable |accessdate= May 25, 2013 |first= Kristen|last= Nicole |date= May 8, 2007}}</ref>
 
* June 16, 2007: Yahoo! officially retires the Yahoo! Auctions service, except in some parts of Asia.<ref>{{cite web |title= Yahoo Closing their Auctions Service |url= http://mashable.com/2007/05/08/yahoo-auctions-closed/ |work= Mashable |publisher= Mashable |accessdate= May 25, 2013 |first= Kristen|last= Nicole |date= May 8, 2007}}</ref>
 
* June 18, 2007: Yahoo! co-founder Jerry Yang replaces Terry Semel as CEO.<ref>{{cite web |title= Terry Semel Resigns as Yahoo CEO, Finally |url= http://mashable.com/2007/06/18/terry-semel-yahoo/ |work= Mashable |publisher= Mashable |accessdate= May 25, 2013 |first= Pete|last= Cashmore |date= June 18, 2007}}</ref>
 
* June 18, 2007: Yahoo! co-founder Jerry Yang replaces Terry Semel as CEO.<ref>{{cite web |title= Terry Semel Resigns as Yahoo CEO, Finally |url= http://mashable.com/2007/06/18/terry-semel-yahoo/ |work= Mashable |publisher= Mashable |accessdate= May 25, 2013 |first= Pete|last= Cashmore |date= June 18, 2007}}</ref>
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* June 20, 2007: Yahoo! agrees to acquire [[Rivals.com]].<ref>{{cite news |title= Yahoo agrees to buy Rivals.com |url= http://articles.latimes.com/2007/jun/21/business/fi-briefs21.3 |accessdate= May 25, 2013 |newspaper= The Los Angeles Times |date= June 21, 2007 |author= Times Staff and Wire Reports}}</ref>
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* June 20, 2007: Yahoo! agrees to acquire [[wikipedia:Rivals.com|Rivals.com]].<ref>{{cite news |title= Yahoo agrees to buy Rivals.com |url= http://articles.latimes.com/2007/jun/21/business/fi-briefs21.3 |accessdate= May 25, 2013 |newspaper= The Los Angeles Times |date= June 21, 2007 |author= Times Staff and Wire Reports}}</ref>
 
* June 28, 2007: Yahoo! UK/Ireland online auctions closes, but the Hong Kong sites are not affected.<ref>{{cite web |title= Yahoo closes Yahoo Auctions |url= http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/internet/9309/yahoo-closes-yahoo-auctions/ |work= PC Advisor |publisher= IDG |accessdate= May 25, 2013 |first= Zoe|last= Mutter |date= May 9, 2007}}</ref>
 
* June 28, 2007: Yahoo! UK/Ireland online auctions closes, but the Hong Kong sites are not affected.<ref>{{cite web |title= Yahoo closes Yahoo Auctions |url= http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/internet/9309/yahoo-closes-yahoo-auctions/ |work= PC Advisor |publisher= IDG |accessdate= May 25, 2013 |first= Zoe|last= Mutter |date= May 9, 2007}}</ref>
 
* July 18, 2007: Yahoo acquires 35 percent stake in Indian online advertising company Tyroo Media Pvt Ltd.<ref>{{cite news |title= Yahoo buys stake in largest Indian ad agency Tyroo |url= http://www.ibtimes.com/yahoo-buys-stake-largest-indian-ad-agency-tyroo-198661 |accessdate= May 25, 2013 |newspaper= International Business Times |date= July 23, 2007 |author= IBTimes Staff Reporter}}</ref>
 
* July 18, 2007: Yahoo acquires 35 percent stake in Indian online advertising company Tyroo Media Pvt Ltd.<ref>{{cite news |title= Yahoo buys stake in largest Indian ad agency Tyroo |url= http://www.ibtimes.com/yahoo-buys-stake-largest-indian-ad-agency-tyroo-198661 |accessdate= May 25, 2013 |newspaper= International Business Times |date= July 23, 2007 |author= IBTimes Staff Reporter}}</ref>
 
* August 20, 2007: Yahoo! starts shutting down Yahoo! Photos to transition users across to Flickr—the shutdown was completed on September 20, 2007.<ref>{{cite web |title= Yahoo Photos Begins Closing Down |url= http://techcrunch.com/2007/06/14/yahoo-photos-begins-closing-down/ |work= TechCrunch |publisher= AOL Inc |accessdate= May 25, 2013 |first= Michael|last= Arrington |date= June 14, 2007}}</ref>
 
* August 20, 2007: Yahoo! starts shutting down Yahoo! Photos to transition users across to Flickr—the shutdown was completed on September 20, 2007.<ref>{{cite web |title= Yahoo Photos Begins Closing Down |url= http://techcrunch.com/2007/06/14/yahoo-photos-begins-closing-down/ |work= TechCrunch |publisher= AOL Inc |accessdate= May 25, 2013 |first= Michael|last= Arrington |date= June 14, 2007}}</ref>
 
* August 27, 2007: Yahoo! adds SMS features to email service—users can also check travel details directly from within an email.<ref>{{cite web |title= Yahoo Mail Out Of Beta, Into Email To SMS And More |url= http://gizmodo.com/293577/yahoo-mail-out-of-beta-into-email-to-sms-and-more |work= Gizmodo |publisher= Gawker Media |accessdate= May 25, 2013 |first= Haroon|last= Malik |date= August 26, 2007}}</ref>
 
* August 27, 2007: Yahoo! adds SMS features to email service—users can also check travel details directly from within an email.<ref>{{cite web |title= Yahoo Mail Out Of Beta, Into Email To SMS And More |url= http://gizmodo.com/293577/yahoo-mail-out-of-beta-into-email-to-sms-and-more |work= Gizmodo |publisher= Gawker Media |accessdate= May 25, 2013 |first= Haroon|last= Malik |date= August 26, 2007}}</ref>
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* September 4, 2007: Yahoo! announces acquisition of [[BlueLithium]], a company founded by industry pioneer [[Gurbaksh Chahal]].<ref>{{cite web |title= Yahoo Acquires Blue Lithium |url= http://adage.com/article/digital/yahoo-acquires-blue-lithium/120240/ |work= AdAge |publisher= Advertising Age |accessdate= May 25, 2013 |first= Abbey|last= Klaassen |date= September 4, 2007}}</ref>
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* September 4, 2007: Yahoo! announces acquisition of [[wikipedia:BlueLithium|BlueLithium]], a company founded by industry pioneer [[wikipedia:Gurbaksh Chahal|Gurbaksh Chahal]].<ref>{{cite web |title= Yahoo Acquires Blue Lithium |url= http://adage.com/article/digital/yahoo-acquires-blue-lithium/120240/ |work= AdAge |publisher= Advertising Age |accessdate= May 25, 2013 |first= Abbey|last= Klaassen |date= September 4, 2007}}</ref>
  
 
===2008===
 
===2008===
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* February 1, 2008: [[Microsoft]] makes $44.6 billion bid for Yahoo!<ref>{{cite news |title= Microsoft Makes $44.6 Billion Bid for Yahoo |url= https://dealbook.nytimes.com/2008/02/01/microsoft-makes-446-billion-for-yahoo/ |accessdate= May 25, 2013 |newspaper= The New York Times |date= February 1, 2008 |author= Dealbook}}</ref>
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* February 1, 2008: [[wikipedia:Microsoft|Microsoft]] makes $44.6 billion bid for Yahoo!<ref>{{cite news |title= Microsoft Makes $44.6 Billion Bid for Yahoo |url= https://dealbook.nytimes.com/2008/02/01/microsoft-makes-446-billion-for-yahoo/ |accessdate= May 25, 2013 |newspaper= The New York Times |date= February 1, 2008 |author= Dealbook}}</ref>
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* February 4, 2008: Yahoo! acquires [[FoxyTunes]].<ref>{{cite web |title= Yahoo! Acquires FoxyTunes |url= http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/blog/080205-162949 |work= Search Engine Watch |publisher= Incisive Interactive Marketing LLC |accessdate= May 25, 2013 |date= February 5, 2008}}</ref>
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* February 4, 2008: Yahoo! acquires [[wikipedia:FoxyTunes|FoxyTunes]].<ref>{{cite web |title= Yahoo! Acquires FoxyTunes |url= http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/blog/080205-162949 |work= Search Engine Watch |publisher= Incisive Interactive Marketing LLC |accessdate= May 25, 2013 |date= February 5, 2008}}</ref>
 
* February 4, 2008: Yahoo! and Rhapsody Announce Strategic Partnership in Digital Music.<ref>{{cite web |title= Yahoo Dumps Music Service, Sends Customers to Rhapsody |url= http://gizmodo.com/352187/yahoo-dumps-music-service-sends-customers-to-rhapsody |work= Gizmodo |publisher= Gawker Media |accessdate= May 25, 2013 |first= Wilson|last= Rothman |date= February 4, 2008}}</ref>
 
* February 4, 2008: Yahoo! and Rhapsody Announce Strategic Partnership in Digital Music.<ref>{{cite web |title= Yahoo Dumps Music Service, Sends Customers to Rhapsody |url= http://gizmodo.com/352187/yahoo-dumps-music-service-sends-customers-to-rhapsody |work= Gizmodo |publisher= Gawker Media |accessdate= May 25, 2013 |first= Wilson|last= Rothman |date= February 4, 2008}}</ref>
 
* February 12, 2008: Yahoo! acquires Maven Networks, Inc.<ref>{{cite news |title= Yahoo buys Maven Networks in Web video push |url= http://www.reuters.com/article/2008/02/12/us-yahoo-deal-maven-idUSN1227867820080212 |accessdate= May 25, 2013 |newspaper= Reuters |date= February 12, 2008 |author= Michele Gershberg}}</ref>
 
* February 12, 2008: Yahoo! acquires Maven Networks, Inc.<ref>{{cite news |title= Yahoo buys Maven Networks in Web video push |url= http://www.reuters.com/article/2008/02/12/us-yahoo-deal-maven-idUSN1227867820080212 |accessdate= May 25, 2013 |newspaper= Reuters |date= February 12, 2008 |author= Michele Gershberg}}</ref>
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===2009===
 
===2009===
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* January 13, 2009: [[Carol Bartz]] joins Yahoo! as new CEO.<ref>{{cite web |title= It’s Official: Carol Bartz Is New Yahoo CEO; Sue Decker Is Out |url= http://paidcontent.org/2009/01/13/419-its-official-carol-bartz-is-new-yahoo-ceo-sue-decker-is-out/ |work= paidContent.org |publisher= GIGAOM |accessdate= May 25, 2013 |author= Staci D. Kramer |date= January 14, 2009}}</ref>
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* January 13, 2009: [[wikipedia:Carol Bartz|Carol Bartz]] joins Yahoo! as new CEO.<ref>{{cite web |title= It’s Official: Carol Bartz Is New Yahoo CEO; Sue Decker Is Out |url= http://paidcontent.org/2009/01/13/419-its-official-carol-bartz-is-new-yahoo-ceo-sue-decker-is-out/ |work= paidContent.org |publisher= GIGAOM |accessdate= May 25, 2013 |author= Staci D. Kramer |date= January 14, 2009}}</ref>
 
* December 2009: Announced integration with Facebook Connect.<ref>{{cite news |title= Yahoo brings Facebook Connect into its sites |url= http://news.cnet.com/8301-30684_3-10407688-265.html |accessdate= May 25, 2013 |newspaper= CNET News |date= December 2, 2009 |author= Tom Krazit}}</ref>
 
* December 2009: Announced integration with Facebook Connect.<ref>{{cite news |title= Yahoo brings Facebook Connect into its sites |url= http://news.cnet.com/8301-30684_3-10407688-265.html |accessdate= May 25, 2013 |newspaper= CNET News |date= December 2, 2009 |author= Tom Krazit}}</ref>
  
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===2012===
 
===2012===
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* January 2012: [[Scott Thompson (businessman)|Scott Thompson]] is appointed as CEO of Yahoo! following the board's September 2011 dismissal of Bartz.<ref>{{cite news |title= Scott Thompson Named New Yahoo CEO |url= http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/04/scott-thompson-named-new-yahoo-ceo_n_1183133.html |work= Huffington Post |publisher= TheHuffingtonPost.com, Inc |accessdate= May 27, 2013 |first= MICHAEL|last= LIEDTKE |date= January 4, 2012}}</ref>
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* January 2012: [[wikipedia:Scott Thompson (businessman)|Scott Thompson]] is appointed as CEO of Yahoo! following the board's September 2011 dismissal of Bartz.<ref>{{cite news |title= Scott Thompson Named New Yahoo CEO |url= http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/04/scott-thompson-named-new-yahoo-ceo_n_1183133.html |work= Huffington Post |publisher= TheHuffingtonPost.com, Inc |accessdate= May 27, 2013 |first= MICHAEL|last= LIEDTKE |date= January 4, 2012}}</ref>
 
* March 14, 2012: Yahoo! sues Facebook over ten patents and Facebook responds by counter-suing Yahoo!<ref>{{cite news |title= Yahoo sues Facebook for infringing 10 patents |url= http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/03/12/us-yahoo-facebook-lawsuit-idUSBRE82B18M20120312 |accessdate= May 27, 2013 |newspaper= Reuters |date= March 12, 2012 |first= Dan|last= Levine |author2= Alexei Oreskovic}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title= Facebook counters Yahoo's legal action with a lawsuit |url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17606189 |accessdate= May 27, 2013 |newspaper= BBC News |date= April 3, 2012}}</ref>
 
* March 14, 2012: Yahoo! sues Facebook over ten patents and Facebook responds by counter-suing Yahoo!<ref>{{cite news |title= Yahoo sues Facebook for infringing 10 patents |url= http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/03/12/us-yahoo-facebook-lawsuit-idUSBRE82B18M20120312 |accessdate= May 27, 2013 |newspaper= Reuters |date= March 12, 2012 |first= Dan|last= Levine |author2= Alexei Oreskovic}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title= Facebook counters Yahoo's legal action with a lawsuit |url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17606189 |accessdate= May 27, 2013 |newspaper= BBC News |date= April 3, 2012}}</ref>
 
* March 2012: Yahoo! lays off 2,000 employees.<ref>{{cite news |title= Yahoo lays off 2,000 employees |url= http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/04/yahoo-layoff-idUSL2E8F41UP20120404 |accessdate= May 27, 2013 |newspaper= Reuters |date= April 4, 2012}}</ref>
 
* March 2012: Yahoo! lays off 2,000 employees.<ref>{{cite news |title= Yahoo lays off 2,000 employees |url= http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/04/yahoo-layoff-idUSL2E8F41UP20120404 |accessdate= May 27, 2013 |newspaper= Reuters |date= April 4, 2012}}</ref>
 
* April 2012: Overhaul of Yahoo!'s organizational structure is announced.<ref>{{cite web |title= It’s Official: Yahoo Reorgs Itself Just Like We Said (Memo Time!) |url= http://allthingsd.com/20120410/its-official-yahoo-reorgs-itself-just-like-we-said-memo-time/ |work= All Things D |publisher= Dow Jones & Company Inc |accessdate= May 27, 2013 |first= Kara|last= Swisher |date= April 10, 2012}}</ref>
 
* April 2012: Overhaul of Yahoo!'s organizational structure is announced.<ref>{{cite web |title= It’s Official: Yahoo Reorgs Itself Just Like We Said (Memo Time!) |url= http://allthingsd.com/20120410/its-official-yahoo-reorgs-itself-just-like-we-said-memo-time/ |work= All Things D |publisher= Dow Jones & Company Inc |accessdate= May 27, 2013 |first= Kara|last= Swisher |date= April 10, 2012}}</ref>
 
* May 3, 2012: Allegations surface in regard to an error in CEO Thompson's resume.<ref>{{cite web |title= Dan Loeb Alleges "Discrepancies" on Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson’s Resume Related to Computer Science Degree |url= http://allthingsd.com/20120503/dan-loeb-alleges-discrepancies-on-yahoo-ceo-scott-thompsons-resume-related-to-computer-science-degree/ |work= All Things D |publisher= Dow Jones & Company Inc |accessdate= May 27, 2013 |first= Kara|last= Swisher |date= May 3, 2012}}</ref>
 
* May 3, 2012: Allegations surface in regard to an error in CEO Thompson's resume.<ref>{{cite web |title= Dan Loeb Alleges "Discrepancies" on Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson’s Resume Related to Computer Science Degree |url= http://allthingsd.com/20120503/dan-loeb-alleges-discrepancies-on-yahoo-ceo-scott-thompsons-resume-related-to-computer-science-degree/ |work= All Things D |publisher= Dow Jones & Company Inc |accessdate= May 27, 2013 |first= Kara|last= Swisher |date= May 3, 2012}}</ref>
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* May 13, 2012: CEO Thompson and chairman [[Roy Bostock]] leave Yahoo!<ref name="PCWorld 2012-05-13">{{cite web |title= Scott Thompson out as Yahoo CEO |url= http://www.pcworld.com/article/255544/scott_thompson_out_as_yahoo_ceo.html |work= PC World |publisher= IDG Consumer & SMB |accessdate= May 27, 2013 |date= May 13, 2012}}</ref> [[Fred Amoroso]] becomes [[Chairman]] of the board and [[Ross Levinsohn]] is appointed Interim [[CEO]] by the [[board of directors]].<ref>{{cite news |title= REVOLVING DOOR: YAHOO USHERS OUT ANOTHER CEO |url= http://bigstory.ap.org/content/revolving-door-yahoo-ushers-out-another-ceo |accessdate= May 27, 2013 |newspaper= Associated Press |date= May 14, 2012 |author= MICHAEL LIEDTKE}}</ref>
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* May 13, 2012: CEO Thompson and chairman [[wikipedia:Roy Bostock|Roy Bostock]] leave Yahoo!<ref name="PCWorld 2012-05-13">{{cite web |title= Scott Thompson out as Yahoo CEO |url= http://www.pcworld.com/article/255544/scott_thompson_out_as_yahoo_ceo.html |work= PC World |publisher= IDG Consumer & SMB |accessdate= May 27, 2013 |date= May 13, 2012}}</ref> [[wikipedia:Fred Amoroso|Fred Amoroso]] becomes [[wikipedia:Chairman|Chairman]] of the board and [[wikipedia:Ross Levinsohn|Ross Levinsohn]] is appointed Interim [[wikipedia:CEO|CEO]] by the [[wikipedia:board of directors|board of directors]].<ref>{{cite news |title= REVOLVING DOOR: YAHOO USHERS OUT ANOTHER CEO |url= http://bigstory.ap.org/content/revolving-door-yahoo-ushers-out-another-ceo |accessdate= May 27, 2013 |newspaper= Associated Press |date= May 14, 2012 |author= MICHAEL LIEDTKE}}</ref>
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* May 21, 2012: Yahoo! sells half of its stake in [[Alibaba Group]] for US$7.1 billion in cash and stock.<ref>{{cite news |title= Alibaba buys back stake held by Yahoo for US$7.1-billion |url= http://business.financialpost.com/2012/05/21/alibaba-buys-back-stake-held-by-yahoo-for-us7-1-billion/ |accessdate= May 27, 2013 |newspaper= Financial Post |date= May 21, 2012 |first= Melanie|last= Lee |author2= Soyoung Kim}}</ref>
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* May 21, 2012: Yahoo! sells half of its stake in [[wikipedia:Alibaba Group|Alibaba Group]] for US$7.1 billion in cash and stock.<ref>{{cite news |title= Alibaba buys back stake held by Yahoo for US$7.1-billion |url= http://business.financialpost.com/2012/05/21/alibaba-buys-back-stake-held-by-yahoo-for-us7-1-billion/ |accessdate= May 27, 2013 |newspaper= Financial Post |date= May 21, 2012 |first= Melanie|last= Lee |author2= Soyoung Kim}}</ref>
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*June 2012: Yahoo! hires former [[Google]] director, Michael Barrett as its [[Chief Revenue Officer]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Yahoo hires former Google director to head ad revenue |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/news/movements/Yahoo-hires-former-Google-director-to-head-ad-revenue/articleshow/14243210.cms |accessdate=2 July 2012 |newspaper=The Times Of India |date=18 June 2012 |author=Reuters |agency=Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120619130613/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/news/movements/Yahoo-hires-former-Google-director-to-head-ad-revenue/articleshow/14243210.cms |archivedate=June 19, 2012 }}</ref>
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*June 2012: Yahoo! hires former [[wikipedia:Google|Google]] director, Michael Barrett as its [[wikipedia:Chief Revenue Officer|Chief Revenue Officer]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Yahoo hires former Google director to head ad revenue |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/news/movements/Yahoo-hires-former-Google-director-to-head-ad-revenue/articleshow/14243210.cms |accessdate=2 July 2012 |newspaper=The Times Of India |date=18 June 2012 |author=Reuters |agency=Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120619130613/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/news/movements/Yahoo-hires-former-Google-director-to-head-ad-revenue/articleshow/14243210.cms |archivedate=June 19, 2012 }}</ref>
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* In July 2012 [[Yahoo! Voices]] [[2012 Yahoo! Voices hack|was hacked]], compromising approximately half a million [[email]] addresses and [[password]]s associated with Yahoo! Contributor Network.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.csmonitor.com/Innovation/Horizons/2012/0712/Yahoo-hack-steals-400-000-passwords.-Is-yours-on-the-list|title=Yahoo hack steals 400,000 passwords. Is yours on the list?|publisher=Christian Science Monitor|accessdate=July 29, 2012}}</ref>
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* In July 2012 [[wikipedia:Yahoo! Voices|Yahoo! Voices]] [[wikipedia:2012 Yahoo! Voices hack|was hacked]], compromising approximately half a million [[wikipedia:email|email]] addresses and [[wikipedia:password|password]]s associated with Yahoo! Contributor Network.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.csmonitor.com/Innovation/Horizons/2012/0712/Yahoo-hack-steals-400-000-passwords.-Is-yours-on-the-list|title=Yahoo hack steals 400,000 passwords. Is yours on the list?|publisher=Christian Science Monitor|accessdate=July 29, 2012}}</ref>
 
* July 6, 2012: Yahoo! and Facebook settle their patent dispute.<ref>{{cite news |title= Yahoo, Facebook have settled patent fight |url= http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/technology/story/2012-07-06/yahoo-facebook-patents-settle/56064392/1 |accessdate= May 27, 2013 |newspaper= USA Today |date= July 6, 2012 |agency= Associated Press}}</ref>
 
* July 6, 2012: Yahoo! and Facebook settle their patent dispute.<ref>{{cite news |title= Yahoo, Facebook have settled patent fight |url= http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/technology/story/2012-07-06/yahoo-facebook-patents-settle/56064392/1 |accessdate= May 27, 2013 |newspaper= USA Today |date= July 6, 2012 |agency= Associated Press}}</ref>
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* July 16, 2012: [[Marissa Mayer]] is appointed CEO.<ref>{{cite news |title= A Yahoo Search Calls Up a Chief From Google |url= https://dealbook.nytimes.com/2012/07/16/googles-marissa-mayer-tapped-as-yahoos-chief/ |accessdate= May 27, 2013 |newspaper= The New York Times |date= July 16, 2012 |author= ANDREW ROSS SORKIN |author2= EVELYN M. RUSLI}}</ref>
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* July 16, 2012: [[wikipedia:Marissa Mayer|Marissa Mayer]] is appointed CEO.<ref>{{cite news |title= A Yahoo Search Calls Up a Chief From Google |url= https://dealbook.nytimes.com/2012/07/16/googles-marissa-mayer-tapped-as-yahoos-chief/ |accessdate= May 27, 2013 |newspaper= The New York Times |date= July 16, 2012 |author= ANDREW ROSS SORKIN |author2= EVELYN M. RUSLI}}</ref>
 
* July 30, 2012: Levinsohn, former interim CEO, leaves Yahoo!<ref>{{cite web |title= Exclusive: Ross Levinsohn Departs Yahoo |url= http://allthingsd.com/20120730/as-expected-ross-levinsohn-departs-yahoo/ |work= All Things D |publisher= Dow Jones & Company Inc |accessdate= May 27, 2013 |first= Kara|last= Swisher |date= July 30, 2012}}</ref>
 
* July 30, 2012: Levinsohn, former interim CEO, leaves Yahoo!<ref>{{cite web |title= Exclusive: Ross Levinsohn Departs Yahoo |url= http://allthingsd.com/20120730/as-expected-ross-levinsohn-departs-yahoo/ |work= All Things D |publisher= Dow Jones & Company Inc |accessdate= May 27, 2013 |first= Kara|last= Swisher |date= July 30, 2012}}</ref>
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* September 18, 2012: Yahoo! announced the completion of the first stage of the [[Ali Baba]] share repurchase. The deal is expected to net Yahoo! US$4.3 billion, and Mayer states that the board and management decided to return US$3 billion to shareholders.<ref>{{cite web |title= Yahoo! Completes First Stage of Alibaba Share Repurchase Agreement Valued at $7.6 Billion |url= http://ycorpblog.com/2012/09/18/alibaba-transaction/ |work= Yahoo! Yodel |publisher= Yahoo!, Inc |accessdate= May 27, 2013 |author= Yahoo |date= September 18, 2012}}</ref>
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* September 18, 2012: Yahoo! announced the completion of the first stage of the [[wikipedia:Ali Baba|Ali Baba]] share repurchase. The deal is expected to net Yahoo! US$4.3 billion, and Mayer states that the board and management decided to return US$3 billion to shareholders.<ref>{{cite web |title= Yahoo! Completes First Stage of Alibaba Share Repurchase Agreement Valued at $7.6 Billion |url= http://ycorpblog.com/2012/09/18/alibaba-transaction/ |work= Yahoo! Yodel |publisher= Yahoo!, Inc |accessdate= May 27, 2013 |author= Yahoo |date= September 18, 2012}}</ref>
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* Yahoo! announces that CFO [[Tim Morse]] will be replaced by [[Ken Goldman]] on October 22, 2012.<ref>{{cite web |title= Yahoo’s Mayer Finally Parts Ways With CFO Tim Morse, as Exec House-Cleaning Continues |url= http://allthingsd.com/20120925/yahoos-mayer-finally-parts-ways-with-cfo-tim-morse/ |work= All Things D |publisher= Dow Jones & Company Inc |accessdate= May 27, 2013 |first= Kara|last= Swisher |date= September 25, 2012}}</ref>
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* Yahoo! announces that CFO [[wikipedia:Tim Morse|Tim Morse]] will be replaced by [[wikipedia:Ken Goldman|Ken Goldman]] on October 22, 2012.<ref>{{cite web |title= Yahoo’s Mayer Finally Parts Ways With CFO Tim Morse, as Exec House-Cleaning Continues |url= http://allthingsd.com/20120925/yahoos-mayer-finally-parts-ways-with-cfo-tim-morse/ |work= All Things D |publisher= Dow Jones & Company Inc |accessdate= May 27, 2013 |first= Kara|last= Swisher |date= September 25, 2012}}</ref>
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* October 15, 2012: [[Henrique De Castro]] is hired by Yahoo! as [[Chief Operating Officer]].<ref>{{cite web |title= Did Marissa Mayer Just Make A Horrible Mistake? Several Ex-Googlers Think So |url= http://www.businessinsider.com/yahoo-coo-henrique-de-castro-2012-10 |work= Business Insider |publisher= Business Insider, Inc |accessdate= May 27, 2013 |first= Nicholas|last= Carlson |date= October 16, 2012}}</ref>
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* October 15, 2012: [[wikipedia:Henrique De Castro|Henrique De Castro]] is hired by Yahoo! as [[wikipedia:Chief Operating Officer|Chief Operating Officer]].<ref>{{cite web |title= Did Marissa Mayer Just Make A Horrible Mistake? Several Ex-Googlers Think So |url= http://www.businessinsider.com/yahoo-coo-henrique-de-castro-2012-10 |work= Business Insider |publisher= Business Insider, Inc |accessdate= May 27, 2013 |first= Nicholas|last= Carlson |date= October 16, 2012}}</ref>
 
* October 24, 2012: Yahoo! acquires Stamped.<ref>{{cite web |first= posted|last= yesterday |url= http://techcrunch.com/2012/10/25/yahoo-bought-stamped/ |title= Marissa Mayer’s First M&A Deal: Yahoo Acquires Stamped As Part Of Major Mobile Push |publisher= TechCrunch |accessdate= 2012-10-27}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://allthingsd.com/20121025/marissa-mayers-first-acquisition-at-yahoo-is-stamped/ |title= Marissa Mayer's First Acquisition at Yahoo Is Stamped&nbsp;— Tricia Duryee&nbsp;— Enterprise |publisher= AllThingsD |accessdate= 2012-10-27}}</ref>
 
* October 24, 2012: Yahoo! acquires Stamped.<ref>{{cite web |first= posted|last= yesterday |url= http://techcrunch.com/2012/10/25/yahoo-bought-stamped/ |title= Marissa Mayer’s First M&A Deal: Yahoo Acquires Stamped As Part Of Major Mobile Push |publisher= TechCrunch |accessdate= 2012-10-27}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://allthingsd.com/20121025/marissa-mayers-first-acquisition-at-yahoo-is-stamped/ |title= Marissa Mayer's First Acquisition at Yahoo Is Stamped&nbsp;— Tricia Duryee&nbsp;— Enterprise |publisher= AllThingsD |accessdate= 2012-10-27}}</ref>
 
* December 4, 2012: Yahoo! acquires OnTheAir.<ref>{{cite web |title= Yahoo Acquires Startup OnTheAir |url= http://www.businessinsider.com/yahoo-acquires-startup-ontheair-2012-12?op=1 |work= Business Insider |publisher= Business Insider, Inc |accessdate= May 27, 2013 |first= Nicholas|last= Carlson |date= December 4, 2012}}</ref>
 
* December 4, 2012: Yahoo! acquires OnTheAir.<ref>{{cite web |title= Yahoo Acquires Startup OnTheAir |url= http://www.businessinsider.com/yahoo-acquires-startup-ontheair-2012-12?op=1 |work= Business Insider |publisher= Business Insider, Inc |accessdate= May 27, 2013 |first= Nicholas|last= Carlson |date= December 4, 2012}}</ref>
  
 
===2013===
 
===2013===
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*January 2013: Yahoo! announces it had purchased the social news start-up [[Snip.it]].<ref>{{cite news|url= http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/01/23/us-yahoo-deal-snipit-idUKBRE90M03M20130123|title= Yahoo snaps up social news start-up Snip.it | first=Gerry| last=Shih | publisher=Reuters | date= January 23, 2013}}</ref>
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*January 2013: Yahoo! announces it had purchased the social news start-up [[wikipedia:Snip.it|Snip.it]].<ref>{{cite news|url= http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/01/23/us-yahoo-deal-snipit-idUKBRE90M03M20130123|title= Yahoo snaps up social news start-up Snip.it | first=Gerry| last=Shih | publisher=Reuters | date= January 23, 2013}}</ref>
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* March 1, 2013: Yahoo! announces that it was making some changes to the products it offers, including shutting down some while updating others. On April 1, the [[Yahoo! Message Boards]] site closed. The Yahoo! updates API were no longer supported after April 16.<ref name="changes">{{cite news |last= Rossiter |first= Jay |title= Focusing on our future -- some changes to our product line-up |url= http://ycorpblog.com/2013/03/01/3553567/ |accessdate= 6 April 2013 |newspaper= The Yahoo Yodel |date= March 1, 2013}}</ref>
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* March 1, 2013: Yahoo! announces that it was making some changes to the products it offers, including shutting down some while updating others. On April 1, the [[wikipedia:Yahoo! Message Boards|Yahoo! Message Boards]] site closed. The Yahoo! updates API were no longer supported after April 16.<ref name="changes">{{cite news |last= Rossiter |first= Jay |title= Focusing on our future -- some changes to our product line-up |url= http://ycorpblog.com/2013/03/01/3553567/ |accessdate= 6 April 2013 |newspaper= The Yahoo Yodel |date= March 1, 2013}}</ref>
 
* March 25, 2013: Yahoo! acquires Summly.<ref>{{cite news |title= Yahoo buys Summly website from 17-year-old tech whiz for $30 million |url= http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2013/03/26/yahoo-buys-summly-website-from-17-year-old-tech-whiz-for-30-million/ |accessdate= May 27, 2013 |newspaper= Fox News |date= March 26, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title= No kiddin’, this tech titan is all of 17 |url= http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/no_kiddin_this_tech_titan_is_all_NZVAlAMoz2TiILXKCgBJsL |accessdate= May 27, 2013 |newspaper= New York Post |date= March 26, 2013 |author= Garett Sloane}}</ref>
 
* March 25, 2013: Yahoo! acquires Summly.<ref>{{cite news |title= Yahoo buys Summly website from 17-year-old tech whiz for $30 million |url= http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2013/03/26/yahoo-buys-summly-website-from-17-year-old-tech-whiz-for-30-million/ |accessdate= May 27, 2013 |newspaper= Fox News |date= March 26, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title= No kiddin’, this tech titan is all of 17 |url= http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/no_kiddin_this_tech_titan_is_all_NZVAlAMoz2TiILXKCgBJsL |accessdate= May 27, 2013 |newspaper= New York Post |date= March 26, 2013 |author= Garett Sloane}}</ref>
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* April 26, 2013: [[Fred Amoroso]] announces that he is stepping down as Yahoo chairman immediately, and would be leaving the board in June 2013.<ref>{{cite news|last=Liedtke |first=Michael |title=Yahoo Chairman Alfred Amoroso gives up post, plans to leave board at annual meeting in June |url=http://www.newser.com/article/da5sskag1/yahoo-chairman-alfred-amoroso-gives-up-post-plans-to-leave-board-at-annual-meeting-in-june.html |accessdate=April 26, 2013 |newspaper=Associated Press |date=April 26, 2013 |deadurl=yes }}</ref>
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* April 26, 2013: [[wikipedia:Fred Amoroso|Fred Amoroso]] announces that he is stepping down as Yahoo chairman immediately, and would be leaving the board in June 2013.<ref>{{cite news|last=Liedtke |first=Michael |title=Yahoo Chairman Alfred Amoroso gives up post, plans to leave board at annual meeting in June |url=http://www.newser.com/article/da5sskag1/yahoo-chairman-alfred-amoroso-gives-up-post-plans-to-leave-board-at-annual-meeting-in-june.html |accessdate=April 26, 2013 |newspaper=Associated Press |date=April 26, 2013 |deadurl=yes }}</ref>
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* May 16, 2013: Yahoo announces that it will begin to include relevant tweets inside their homepage news feed in a partnership with [[Twitter]].<ref name=" Yahoo News Streams Will Now Include Twitter">{{cite web |title= Yahoo News Streams Will Now Include Twitter |url= http://www.w3reports.com/2013/05/16/yahoo-news-streams-will-now-include-twitter/ |publisher= W3Reports |accessdate= 16 May 2013}}</ref>
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* May 16, 2013: Yahoo announces that it will begin to include relevant tweets inside their homepage news feed in a partnership with [[wikipedia:Twitter|Twitter]].<ref name=" Yahoo News Streams Will Now Include Twitter">{{cite web |title= Yahoo News Streams Will Now Include Twitter |url= http://www.w3reports.com/2013/05/16/yahoo-news-streams-will-now-include-twitter/ |publisher= W3Reports |accessdate= 16 May 2013}}</ref>
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* May 19, 2013: The ''Wall Street Journal'' reports that Yahoo!'s board approved an all-cash deal to purchase the six-year-old blogging website [[Tumblr]]. Yahoo! will pay US$1.1 billion for Tumblr, and the company's CEO and founder [[David Karp]] will remain a large shareholder.<ref>{{cite news |title= Yahoo Deal Shows Power Shift |url= http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324787004578493130789235150.html |accessdate= May 20, 2013 |newspaper= The Wall Street Journal |date= May 19, 2013 |author= Joann S. Lublin |author2= Amir Efrati |author3= Spencer E. Ante}}</ref>
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* May 19, 2013: The ''Wall Street Journal'' reports that Yahoo!'s board approved an all-cash deal to purchase the six-year-old blogging website [[wikipedia:Tumblr|Tumblr]]. Yahoo! will pay US$1.1 billion for Tumblr, and the company's CEO and founder [[wikipedia:David Karp|David Karp]] will remain a large shareholder.<ref>{{cite news |title= Yahoo Deal Shows Power Shift |url= http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324787004578493130789235150.html |accessdate= May 20, 2013 |newspaper= The Wall Street Journal |date= May 19, 2013 |author= Joann S. Lublin |author2= Amir Efrati |author3= Spencer E. Ante}}</ref>
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* May 20, 2013: The revamp of the Yahoo-owned photography service [[Flickr]] was launched in [[Times Square]], New York, U.S. in an [[Flickr#2013 Flickr upgrade|event]] that was attended by the city's mayor and a large contingency of journalists. Eleven billboards in Times Square advertised the website's new tagline “biggr, spectaculr, wherevr.” as part of the launch and Yahoo stated that it will provide Flickr users with a free terabyte of storage. The official announcement of the Tumblr acquisition was also included in the May 20 event.<ref>{{cite web |title= Yahoo’s marketing masterstroke: a free terabyte of Flickr storage is better than unlimited |url= http://qz.com/86949/yahoos-marketing-masterstroke-a-free-terabyte-of-flickr-storage-is-better-than-unlimited/ |work= Quartz |publisher= Quartz |accessdate= May 25, 2013 |author= Zachary M. Seward |date= May 21, 2013}}</ref>
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* May 20, 2013: The revamp of the Yahoo-owned photography service [[wikipedia:Flickr|Flickr]] was launched in [[wikipedia:Times Square|Times Square]], New York, U.S. in an [[wikipedia:Flickr#2013 Flickr upgrade|event]] that was attended by the city's mayor and a large contingency of journalists. Eleven billboards in Times Square advertised the website's new tagline “biggr, spectaculr, wherevr.” as part of the launch and Yahoo stated that it will provide Flickr users with a free terabyte of storage. The official announcement of the Tumblr acquisition was also included in the May 20 event.<ref>{{cite web |title= Yahoo’s marketing masterstroke: a free terabyte of Flickr storage is better than unlimited |url= http://qz.com/86949/yahoos-marketing-masterstroke-a-free-terabyte-of-flickr-storage-is-better-than-unlimited/ |work= Quartz |publisher= Quartz |accessdate= May 25, 2013 |author= Zachary M. Seward |date= May 21, 2013}}</ref>
 
* May 26, 2013: Yahoo! bids between US$600 and $800 million for video streaming site Hulu.<ref>{{cite web |title= Yahoo’s Bid for Hulu in $600M to $800M Range — Even as It Preps Other Big Deals in Mobile and Communications |url= http://allthingsd.com/20130526/yahoos-bid-for-hulu-in-600m-to-800m-range-even-as-it-preps-other-big-deals-in-mobile-and-communications/ |work= All Things D |publisher= Dow Jones & Company Inc |accessdate= May 28, 2013 |first= Kara|last= Swisher |date= May 26, 2013}}</ref> As of May 28, 2013, Yahoo!'s videos attract 45 million unique visitors a month, while Hulu has 24 million visitors—the combination of the two audiences can place Yahoo! in the second-most popular position after Google Video.<ref>{{cite news |title= An $800 million bid for Hulu is safe, boring, and exactly the right move for Yahoo |url= http://qz.com/88314/an-800-million-bid-for-hulu-is-safe-boring-and-exactly-the-right-move-for-yahoo/ |accessdate= May 28, 2013 |newspaper= Quartz |date= May 28, 2013 |author= Christopher Mims}}</ref>
 
* May 26, 2013: Yahoo! bids between US$600 and $800 million for video streaming site Hulu.<ref>{{cite web |title= Yahoo’s Bid for Hulu in $600M to $800M Range — Even as It Preps Other Big Deals in Mobile and Communications |url= http://allthingsd.com/20130526/yahoos-bid-for-hulu-in-600m-to-800m-range-even-as-it-preps-other-big-deals-in-mobile-and-communications/ |work= All Things D |publisher= Dow Jones & Company Inc |accessdate= May 28, 2013 |first= Kara|last= Swisher |date= May 26, 2013}}</ref> As of May 28, 2013, Yahoo!'s videos attract 45 million unique visitors a month, while Hulu has 24 million visitors—the combination of the two audiences can place Yahoo! in the second-most popular position after Google Video.<ref>{{cite news |title= An $800 million bid for Hulu is safe, boring, and exactly the right move for Yahoo |url= http://qz.com/88314/an-800-million-bid-for-hulu-is-safe-boring-and-exactly-the-right-move-for-yahoo/ |accessdate= May 28, 2013 |newspaper= Quartz |date= May 28, 2013 |author= Christopher Mims}}</ref>
 
* June 20, 2013: Yahoo! moves the official Yahoo! blog from Yahoo! Yodel to new acquisition Tumblr and uses the URL "http://yahoo.tumblr.com/."<ref>{{cite web |title= We've Moved! |url= http://yodel.yahoo.com/blogs/general/we-re-moving--120325712.html |work= Yahoo! Yodel |publisher= Yahoo! Inc |accessdate= July 6, 2013 |date= May 20, 2013}}</ref>
 
* June 20, 2013: Yahoo! moves the official Yahoo! blog from Yahoo! Yodel to new acquisition Tumblr and uses the URL "http://yahoo.tumblr.com/."<ref>{{cite web |title= We've Moved! |url= http://yodel.yahoo.com/blogs/general/we-re-moving--120325712.html |work= Yahoo! Yodel |publisher= Yahoo! Inc |accessdate= July 6, 2013 |date= May 20, 2013}}</ref>
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* June 28, 2013: Yahoo! announces the scheduled closure of twelve services, including [[Yahoo! Axis]], RSS Alerts, and [[Alta Vista]].<ref>{{cite web |title= Happy Friday! Yahoo Kills a Dozen Products. |url= http://allthingsd.com/20130628/happy-friday-yahoo-kills-a-dozen-products/ |work= All Things D |publisher= Dow Jones & Company Inc |accessdate= July 6, 2013 |first= Mike|last= Isaac |date= June 28, 2013}}</ref>
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* June 28, 2013: Yahoo! announces the scheduled closure of twelve services, including [[wikipedia:Yahoo! Axis|Yahoo! Axis]], RSS Alerts, and [[wikipedia:Alta Vista|Alta Vista]].<ref>{{cite web |title= Happy Friday! Yahoo Kills a Dozen Products. |url= http://allthingsd.com/20130628/happy-friday-yahoo-kills-a-dozen-products/ |work= All Things D |publisher= Dow Jones & Company Inc |accessdate= July 6, 2013 |first= Mike|last= Isaac |date= June 28, 2013}}</ref>
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* July 3, 2013: Yahoo! Acquires [[Xobni]]<ref>{{cite web |title= Yahoo Acquires Xobni |url= http://techcrunch.com/2013/07/03/yahoo-acquires-xobni/ |work= TechCrunch |publisher= AOL Inc |accessdate= 6 July 2013 |first= Greg|last= Kumparak |date= 3 July 2013}}</ref> and appoints its former CEO, [[Jeff Bonforte]], as Senior Vice President of Communications Products.<ref>{{cite web |title= Xobni’s Jeff Bonforte Officially Running Yahoo’s Communications Products |url= http://allthingsd.com/20130828/xobnis-jeff-bonforte-officially-running-yahoos-communications-products/ |work= AllThingsD |publisher= Dow Jones & Company Inc |accessdate= December 15, 2013 |first= Kara|last= Swisher |date= August 28, 2013}}</ref>
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* July 3, 2013: Yahoo! Acquires [[wikipedia:Xobni|Xobni]]<ref>{{cite web |title= Yahoo Acquires Xobni |url= http://techcrunch.com/2013/07/03/yahoo-acquires-xobni/ |work= TechCrunch |publisher= AOL Inc |accessdate= 6 July 2013 |first= Greg|last= Kumparak |date= 3 July 2013}}</ref> and appoints its former CEO, [[wikipedia:Jeff Bonforte|Jeff Bonforte]], as Senior Vice President of Communications Products.<ref>{{cite web |title= Xobni’s Jeff Bonforte Officially Running Yahoo’s Communications Products |url= http://allthingsd.com/20130828/xobnis-jeff-bonforte-officially-running-yahoos-communications-products/ |work= AllThingsD |publisher= Dow Jones & Company Inc |accessdate= December 15, 2013 |first= Kara|last= Swisher |date= August 28, 2013}}</ref>
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* July 6, 2013: The scheduled closure of May 2013 acquisition [[Astrid (application)|Astrid]] is announced. The task management service will be discontinued on August 5, 2013.<ref>{{cite web |title= Yahoo! acquires Astrid |url= http://blog.astrid.com/blog/2013/05/01/yahoo-acquires-astrid/ |work= Astrid |publisher= Astrid |accessdate= 6 July 2013 |first= Jon|last= Paris |date= 1 May 2013}}</ref><ref name="Tech">{{cite web |title= Yahoo’s Recently Acquired Task Tracking Service Astrid Will Go Dark On August 5 |url= http://techcrunch.com/2013/07/06/astrid-goes-dark-august-5-goodnight-sweet-squid/?ncid=tcdaily |work= TechCrunch |publisher= AOL Inc |accessdate= July 6, 2013 |first= Chris|last= Velazko |date= July 6, 2013}}</ref>
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* July 6, 2013: The scheduled closure of May 2013 acquisition [[wikipedia:Astrid (application)|Astrid]] is announced. The task management service will be discontinued on August 5, 2013.<ref>{{cite web |title= Yahoo! acquires Astrid |url= http://blog.astrid.com/blog/2013/05/01/yahoo-acquires-astrid/ |work= Astrid |publisher= Astrid |accessdate= 6 July 2013 |first= Jon|last= Paris |date= 1 May 2013}}</ref><ref name="Tech">{{cite web |title= Yahoo’s Recently Acquired Task Tracking Service Astrid Will Go Dark On August 5 |url= http://techcrunch.com/2013/07/06/astrid-goes-dark-august-5-goodnight-sweet-squid/?ncid=tcdaily |work= TechCrunch |publisher= AOL Inc |accessdate= July 6, 2013 |first= Chris|last= Velazko |date= July 6, 2013}}</ref>
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* July 6, 2013: After deactivating inactive [[User account|user (login) account]]s Yahoo! announces it will give them to people on a first-come, first-served basis.<ref>{{cite news |title= Race to snatch old, unused Yahoo user names begins |url= http://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-tn-yahoo-opens-up-usernames-20130715,0,4634661.story#axzz2nWqyWllB |accessdate= December 15, 2013 |newspaper= Los Angeles Times |date= July 15, 2013 |author= Paresh Dave}}</ref>
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* July 6, 2013: After deactivating inactive [[wikipedia:User account|user (login) account]]s Yahoo! announces it will give them to people on a first-come, first-served basis.<ref>{{cite news |title= Race to snatch old, unused Yahoo user names begins |url= http://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-tn-yahoo-opens-up-usernames-20130715,0,4634661.story#axzz2nWqyWllB |accessdate= December 15, 2013 |newspaper= Los Angeles Times |date= July 15, 2013 |author= Paresh Dave}}</ref>
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* July 2013: In an insider deal,Yahoo! corporate director, [[Daniel Loeb]] sells his stock for double what he paid for it depleting Yahoo!’s cash.<ref>{{cite news |title= Wolff: Daniel Loeb has reason to shout Yahoo! |url= http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/columnist/wolff/2013/07/29/wolff-daniel-loeb-has-reason-to-shout-yahoo/2597313/ |accessdate= December 15, 2013 |newspaper= USA Today |date= July 29, 2013 |author= Michael Wolff}}</ref>
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* July 2013: In an insider deal,Yahoo! corporate director, [[wikipedia:Daniel Loeb|Daniel Loeb]] sells his stock for double what he paid for it depleting Yahoo!’s cash.<ref>{{cite news |title= Wolff: Daniel Loeb has reason to shout Yahoo! |url= http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/columnist/wolff/2013/07/29/wolff-daniel-loeb-has-reason-to-shout-yahoo/2597313/ |accessdate= December 15, 2013 |newspaper= USA Today |date= July 29, 2013 |author= Michael Wolff}}</ref>
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* July 2013: [[Yahoo]] traffic tops [[Google]]'s according to [[ComScore]]<ref>{{cite news |last= Womack  |first= Brian |url= https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-08-22/yahoo-tops-google-in-u-s-for-web-traffic-in-july-comscore-says.html |title= Yahoo Tops Google for U.S Web Traffic in July, ComScore Says |publisher= Bloomberg |date= August 22, 2013 |accessdate= February 12, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthof/2013/08/21/yahoo-tops-google-as-biggest-website-says-comscore-even-without-tumblr/ |title= Yahoo Tops Google As Biggest Website, Says ComScore - Even Without Tumblr |publisher= Forbes |date= August 21, 2013 |accessdate= February 12, 2014 |first=Robert |last=Hof}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title= Google overtaken by Yahoo! in US website visitors for first time in two years |url= https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/aug/22/yahoo-beats-google-website-visitors?CMP=EMCNEWEML6619I2&et_cid=46382&et_rid=7107573&Linkid=http%3a%2f%2fwww.theguardian.com%2ftechnology%2f2013%2faug%2f22%2fyahoo-beats-google-website-visitors |accessdate= August 24, 2013 |newspaper= The Guardian |date= August 23, 2013 |author= Juliet Garside}}</ref>
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* July 2013: [[wikipedia:Yahoo|Yahoo]] traffic tops [[wikipedia:Google|Google]]'s according to [[wikipedia:ComScore|ComScore]]<ref>{{cite news |last= Womack  |first= Brian |url= https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-08-22/yahoo-tops-google-in-u-s-for-web-traffic-in-july-comscore-says.html |title= Yahoo Tops Google for U.S Web Traffic in July, ComScore Says |publisher= Bloomberg |date= August 22, 2013 |accessdate= February 12, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthof/2013/08/21/yahoo-tops-google-as-biggest-website-says-comscore-even-without-tumblr/ |title= Yahoo Tops Google As Biggest Website, Says ComScore - Even Without Tumblr |publisher= Forbes |date= August 21, 2013 |accessdate= February 12, 2014 |first=Robert |last=Hof}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title= Google overtaken by Yahoo! in US website visitors for first time in two years |url= https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/aug/22/yahoo-beats-google-website-visitors?CMP=EMCNEWEML6619I2&et_cid=46382&et_rid=7107573&Linkid=http%3a%2f%2fwww.theguardian.com%2ftechnology%2f2013%2faug%2f22%2fyahoo-beats-google-website-visitors |accessdate= August 24, 2013 |newspaper= The Guardian |date= August 23, 2013 |author= Juliet Garside}}</ref>
 
* August 5, 2013: Yahoo launches a month-long logo change display.<ref>{{cite web |title= The Color Purple: Yahoo Tries to Excite Consumers With Month-Long New Logo Reveal |url= http://allthingsd.com/20130806/the-color-purple-yahoo-tries-to-excite-consumers-with-month-long-new-logo-reveal/ |work= AllThingsD |publisher= Dow Jones & Company Inc |accessdate= December 15, 2013 |author= Kara Swisher}}</ref>
 
* August 5, 2013: Yahoo launches a month-long logo change display.<ref>{{cite web |title= The Color Purple: Yahoo Tries to Excite Consumers With Month-Long New Logo Reveal |url= http://allthingsd.com/20130806/the-color-purple-yahoo-tries-to-excite-consumers-with-month-long-new-logo-reveal/ |work= AllThingsD |publisher= Dow Jones & Company Inc |accessdate= December 15, 2013 |author= Kara Swisher}}</ref>
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* August, 2013: [[Tumblr]] will display documents related to 56 thousand emails intercepted by the [[National Security Agency]]<ref>{{cite news |newspaper= USA Today |date= August 22, 2013 |page= A1 |title= NSA admits new privacy violations}}</ref>
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* August, 2013: [[wikipedia:Tumblr|Tumblr]] will display documents related to 56 thousand emails intercepted by the [[wikipedia:National Security Agency|National Security Agency]]<ref>{{cite news |newspaper= USA Today |date= August 22, 2013 |page= A1 |title= NSA admits new privacy violations}}</ref>
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* August, 2013: [[Marissa Mayer]] appears on ''[[Vogue Magazine]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title= Yahoo's Marissa Mayer: Hail to the Chief |url= http://www.vogue.com/magazine/article/hail-to-the-chief-yahoos-marissa-mayer/#1 |work= Vogue |publisher= Condé Nast |accessdate= December 15, 2013 |first= Jacob|last= Weisberg |author2=Mikael Jansson  |date= August 16, 2013}}</ref>
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* August, 2013: [[wikipedia:Marissa Mayer|Marissa Mayer]] appears on ''[[wikipedia:Vogue Magazine|Vogue Magazine]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title= Yahoo's Marissa Mayer: Hail to the Chief |url= http://www.vogue.com/magazine/article/hail-to-the-chief-yahoos-marissa-mayer/#1 |work= Vogue |publisher= Condé Nast |accessdate= December 15, 2013 |first= Jacob|last= Weisberg |author2=Mikael Jansson  |date= August 16, 2013}}</ref>
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* August 2013: [[Yahoo! Groups]] introduces [[Yahoo! Groups#Yahoo! Groups remodel 2013 "neo"|NEO (redesign)]].{{citation needed|date=December 2013}}
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* August 2013: [[wikipedia:Yahoo! Groups|Yahoo! Groups]] introduces [[wikipedia:Yahoo! Groups#Yahoo! Groups remodel 2013 "neo"|NEO (redesign)]].{{citation needed|date=December 2013}}
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* November 2013: [[Pincus v. Yahoo! Inc.|Brian Pincus]] is seeking a class-action suit to represent non-Yahoo customers whose email address was intercepted by Yahoo!
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* November 2013: [[wikipedia:Pincus v. Yahoo! Inc.|Brian Pincus]] is seeking a class-action suit to represent non-Yahoo customers whose email address was intercepted by Yahoo!
  
 
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* January 3, 2014: a [[malicious exploit]] is detected in Yahoo!’s ad network by Fox-IT. Targeted at [[Java (software platform)|Java]], the malware's first infection was dated back to December 30, 2013 and especially affected users in Romania, France, and the UK. Fox IT stated on its blog that the malware was being delivered to 300,000 Yahoo! users per hour when they discovered it.<ref>{{cite web |title= If You Used Yahoo This Week, You Might Have Malware (Updated) |url= http://gizmodo.com/if-you-used-yahoo-this-week-you-might-have-malware-1494764215 |work= Gizmodo |publisher= Gizmodo |accessdate=January 6, 2014 |author= Robert Sorokanich}}</ref>
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* January 3, 2014: a [[wikipedia:malicious exploit|malicious exploit]] is detected in Yahoo!’s ad network by Fox-IT. Targeted at [[wikipedia:Java (software platform)|Java]], the malware's first infection was dated back to December 30, 2013 and especially affected users in Romania, France, and the UK. Fox IT stated on its blog that the malware was being delivered to 300,000 Yahoo! users per hour when they discovered it.<ref>{{cite web |title= If You Used Yahoo This Week, You Might Have Malware (Updated) |url= http://gizmodo.com/if-you-used-yahoo-this-week-you-might-have-malware-1494764215 |work= Gizmodo |publisher= Gizmodo |accessdate=January 6, 2014 |author= Robert Sorokanich}}</ref>
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* January 2014: [[Henrique De Castro]], Yahoo!’s [[Chief operating officer|COO]] leaves Yahoo!<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.cnbc.com/id/101339692 |title= Yahoo COO Henrique de Castro leaving |publisher= Cnbc.com |date= January 15, 2014 |accessdate= February 12, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://recode.net/2014/01/15/henrique-de-castro-out-at-yahoo/ |title= "Dead Man Walking" Walks: COO Henrique De Castro Out at Yahoo |publisher= Re/code |date= January 15, 2014 |accessdate= February 12, 2014}}</ref>
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* January 2014: [[wikipedia:Henrique De Castro|Henrique De Castro]], Yahoo!’s [[wikipedia:Chief operating officer|COO]] leaves Yahoo!<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.cnbc.com/id/101339692 |title= Yahoo COO Henrique de Castro leaving |publisher= Cnbc.com |date= January 15, 2014 |accessdate= February 12, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://recode.net/2014/01/15/henrique-de-castro-out-at-yahoo/ |title= "Dead Man Walking" Walks: COO Henrique De Castro Out at Yahoo |publisher= Re/code |date= January 15, 2014 |accessdate= February 12, 2014}}</ref>
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* February 11, 2014: Yahoo! acquired Wander.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://techcrunch.com/2014/02/11/yahoo-acquires-social-diary-company-wander-for-over-10m/ |title= Yahoo Acquires Social Diary Company Wander For A Price Over $10M |work= TechCrunch |accessdate= February 11, 2014}}</ref> Wander’s team of five joins [[Yahoo! Mobile|Yahoo’s mobile]] and emerging products unit in [[New York City]].<ref>{{cite web |author= Zach Miners @zachminers |url= http://www.pcworld.com/article/2096841/yahoo-acquires-diary-app-maker-wander-with-an-eye-toward-mobile.html |title= Yahoo acquires diary app maker Wander with an eye toward mobile |publisher= PCWorld |date= February 11, 2014 |accessdate= February 13, 2014}}</ref>
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* February 11, 2014: Yahoo! acquired Wander.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://techcrunch.com/2014/02/11/yahoo-acquires-social-diary-company-wander-for-over-10m/ |title= Yahoo Acquires Social Diary Company Wander For A Price Over $10M |work= TechCrunch |accessdate= February 11, 2014}}</ref> Wander’s team of five joins [[wikipedia:Yahoo! Mobile|Yahoo’s mobile]] and emerging products unit in [[wikipedia:New York City|New York City]].<ref>{{cite web |author= Zach Miners @zachminers |url= http://www.pcworld.com/article/2096841/yahoo-acquires-diary-app-maker-wander-with-an-eye-toward-mobile.html |title= Yahoo acquires diary app maker Wander with an eye toward mobile |publisher= PCWorld |date= February 11, 2014 |accessdate= February 13, 2014}}</ref>
 
* February 13, 2014: Yahoo! acquired Distill.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://techcrunch.com/2014/02/13/yahoo-distill/ |title= Yahoo Acquires Technical Recruiting Startup Distill |work= TechCrunch |accessdate= February 13, 2014}}</ref>
 
* February 13, 2014: Yahoo! acquired Distill.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://techcrunch.com/2014/02/13/yahoo-distill/ |title= Yahoo Acquires Technical Recruiting Startup Distill |work= TechCrunch |accessdate= February 13, 2014}}</ref>
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*February 27, 2014: Yahoo! denies any knowledge of the [[Optic Nerve (GCHQ)|interception and collection]]  of webcam images by [[GCHQ]], Britain's surveillance agency, who with aid from the US [[National Security Agency|NSA]], intercepted Yahoo webcam images of millions of individuals not suspected of wrongdoing.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/27/gchq-nsa-webcam-images-internet-yahoo|title=Optic Nerve: millions of Yahoo webcam images intercepted by GCHQ|first1=Spencer|last1=Ackerman|first2=James|last2=Ball|date=February 28, 2014|publisher=|accessdate=August 6, 2016|via=The Guardian}}</ref><ref>http://www.byt heguardian.com/world/2014/feb/27/gchq-interception-storage-webcam-images-condemned</ref>
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*February 27, 2014: Yahoo! denies any knowledge of the [[wikipedia:Optic Nerve (GCHQ)|interception and collection]]  of webcam images by [[wikipedia:GCHQ|GCHQ]], Britain's surveillance agency, who with aid from the US [[wikipedia:National Security Agency|NSA]], intercepted Yahoo webcam images of millions of individuals not suspected of wrongdoing.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/27/gchq-nsa-webcam-images-internet-yahoo|title=Optic Nerve: millions of Yahoo webcam images intercepted by GCHQ|first1=Spencer|last1=Ackerman|first2=James|last2=Ball|date=February 28, 2014|publisher=|accessdate=August 6, 2016|via=The Guardian}}</ref><ref>http://www.byt heguardian.com/world/2014/feb/27/gchq-interception-storage-webcam-images-condemned</ref>
 
* July 11, 2014: Yahoo acquired video streaming platform RayV.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/11/yahoo-acquires-video-streaming-platform-rayv/ |title= Yahoo Acquires Video Streaming Platform RayV|work= TechCrunch |accessdate= July 11, 2014}}</ref>
 
* July 11, 2014: Yahoo acquired video streaming platform RayV.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/11/yahoo-acquires-video-streaming-platform-rayv/ |title= Yahoo Acquires Video Streaming Platform RayV|work= TechCrunch |accessdate= July 11, 2014}}</ref>
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* July 21, 2014:  Yahoo announced that it is buying mobile ad company [[Flurry (company)|Flurry]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.businessinsider.com/yahoo-buying-flurry-2014-7/ |title= Yahoo Acquires Mobile Ad Company Flurry For Hundreds Of Millions|publisher= Business Insider |date= July 21, 2014 |accessdate= July 21, 2014}}</ref>
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* July 21, 2014:  Yahoo announced that it is buying mobile ad company [[wikipedia:Flurry (company)|Flurry]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.businessinsider.com/yahoo-buying-flurry-2014-7/ |title= Yahoo Acquires Mobile Ad Company Flurry For Hundreds Of Millions|publisher= Business Insider |date= July 21, 2014 |accessdate= July 21, 2014}}</ref>
 
* August 2014: Yahoo announced that it acquires Ad startup ClarityRay.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://techcrunch.com/2014/08/15/yahoo-acquires-clarityray/ |title= Yahoo Acquires Ad Startup ClarityRay|publisher= Business Insider|date= August 15, 2014 |accessdate= August 18, 2014}}</ref>
 
* August 2014: Yahoo announced that it acquires Ad startup ClarityRay.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://techcrunch.com/2014/08/15/yahoo-acquires-clarityray/ |title= Yahoo Acquires Ad Startup ClarityRay|publisher= Business Insider|date= August 15, 2014 |accessdate= August 18, 2014}}</ref>
  
 
===2015===
 
===2015===
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Yahoo Japan is going to buy travel booking site [[Ikyu]] for about $830 million.<ref>{{cite web |title= Yahoo Japan Bids To Buy Travel Booking Site Ikyu For Around $830M |url= http://techcrunch.com/2015/12/15/yahoo-japan-bids-to-buy-travel-booking-site-ikyu-for-around-830m/|publisher= TechCrunch |accessdate=December 15, 2015 |author= Jon Russell}}</ref>
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Yahoo Japan is going to buy travel booking site [[wikipedia:Ikyu|Ikyu]] for about $830 million.<ref>{{cite web |title= Yahoo Japan Bids To Buy Travel Booking Site Ikyu For Around $830M |url= http://techcrunch.com/2015/12/15/yahoo-japan-bids-to-buy-travel-booking-site-ikyu-for-around-830m/|publisher= TechCrunch |accessdate=December 15, 2015 |author= Jon Russell}}</ref>
  
 
===2016===
 
===2016===
 
* July 25, 2016: Verizon agrees to purchase Yahoo's operating business for $4.8 billion.<ref>{{cite web |title= Verizon to acquire Yahoo in $4.8 billion deal |url= http://www.cnbc.com/2016/07/25/verizon-to-acquire-yahoo.html/|publisher= CNBC |accessdate=July 25, 2016 |author= Tom DiChristopher}}</ref>
 
* July 25, 2016: Verizon agrees to purchase Yahoo's operating business for $4.8 billion.<ref>{{cite web |title= Verizon to acquire Yahoo in $4.8 billion deal |url= http://www.cnbc.com/2016/07/25/verizon-to-acquire-yahoo.html/|publisher= CNBC |accessdate=July 25, 2016 |author= Tom DiChristopher}}</ref>
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* September 22, 2016: [[Yahoo!]] reports [[Yahoo! data breaches|a data breach]] of user account data that occurred sometime in late 2014, and affected over 500 million Yahoo! user accounts − said to be the largest known [[data breach]] by then.<ref name="nyt1">{{cite web | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/23/technology/yahoo-hackers.html | title=Yahoo Says Hackers Stole Data on 500 Million Users in 2014 |first=Nicole |last=Perlroth | work=The New York Times | date=September 22, 2016 | accessdate=September 22, 2016}}</ref> Specific details of material taken include names, email addresses, telephone numbers, encrypted or unencrypted security questions and answers, dates of birth, and [[Encryption|encrypted]] [[password]]s.<ref name=BBC_23_Sept_2016>{{cite news |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-37447016 |title=Yahoo 'state' hackers stole data from 500 million users |publisher=[[BBC News]] |date=September 23, 2016 |accessdate=September 23, 2016}}</ref> The breach used manufactured [[HTTP cookie|web cookies]] to falsify login credentials, allowing hackers to gain access to any account without a password.<ref name="wash1">{{cite web|title=Yahoo discovered hack leading to major data breach two years before it was disclosed|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2016/11/10/yahoo-discovered-hack-leading-to-major-data-breach-two-years-before-it-was-disclosed/|publisher=The Washington Post|accessdate=10 November 2016}}</ref><ref name=bbc2>{{cite web|title=Yahoo knew of 'state-backed' hack in 2014|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-37936219|publisher=BBC|accessdate=10 November 2016}}</ref><ref name="wired dec2016">{{cite web | url = https://www.wired.com/2016/12/yahoo-hack-billion-users/| title = Hack Brief: Hackers Breach a Billion Yahoo Accounts. A Billion | first = Lily Hay | last = Newman | date = December 14, 2016 | accessdate = December 15, 2016  |work = [[Wired (magazine)|Wired]] }}</ref>
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* September 22, 2016: [[wikipedia:Yahoo!|Yahoo!]] reports [[wikipedia:Yahoo! data breaches|a data breach]] of user account data that occurred sometime in late 2014, and affected over 500 million Yahoo! user accounts − said to be the largest known [[wikipedia:data breach|data breach]] by then.<ref name="nyt1">{{cite web | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/23/technology/yahoo-hackers.html | title=Yahoo Says Hackers Stole Data on 500 Million Users in 2014 |first=Nicole |last=Perlroth | work=The New York Times | date=September 22, 2016 | accessdate=September 22, 2016}}</ref> Specific details of material taken include names, email addresses, telephone numbers, encrypted or unencrypted security questions and answers, dates of birth, and [[wikipedia:Encryption|encrypted]] [[wikipedia:password|password]]s.<ref name=BBC_23_Sept_2016>{{cite news |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-37447016 |title=Yahoo 'state' hackers stole data from 500 million users |publisher=[[wikipedia:BBC News|BBC News]] |date=September 23, 2016 |accessdate=September 23, 2016}}</ref> The breach used manufactured [[wikipedia:HTTP cookie|web cookies]] to falsify login credentials, allowing hackers to gain access to any account without a password.<ref name="wash1">{{cite web|title=Yahoo discovered hack leading to major data breach two years before it was disclosed|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2016/11/10/yahoo-discovered-hack-leading-to-major-data-breach-two-years-before-it-was-disclosed/|publisher=The Washington Post|accessdate=10 November 2016}}</ref><ref name=bbc2>{{cite web|title=Yahoo knew of 'state-backed' hack in 2014|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-37936219|publisher=BBC|accessdate=10 November 2016}}</ref><ref name="wired dec2016">{{cite web | url = https://www.wired.com/2016/12/yahoo-hack-billion-users/| title = Hack Brief: Hackers Breach a Billion Yahoo Accounts. A Billion | first = Lily Hay | last = Newman | date = December 14, 2016 | accessdate = December 15, 2016  |work = [[wikipedia:Wired (magazine)|Wired]] }}</ref>
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* December 14, 2016: [[Yahoo! data breaches|A separate data breach]], occurring earlier around August 2013 is reported. This breach affected over 1 billion user accounts and is again considered the largest discovered in the [[history of the Internet]].<ref name="nytimes dec2016">{{cite web| url = https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/14/technology/yahoo-hack.html | title = Yahoo Says 1 Billion User Accounts Were Hacked | first = Vindu | last = Goel | date = December 14, 2016 | accessdate = December 14, 2016 | work = [[New York Times]] }}</ref> The data taken is similar to the data breached earlier except that it had very weak password encryption.
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* December 14, 2016: [[wikipedia:Yahoo! data breaches|A separate data breach]], occurring earlier around August 2013 is reported. This breach affected over 1 billion user accounts and is again considered the largest discovered in the [[wikipedia:history of the Internet|history of the Internet]].<ref name="nytimes dec2016">{{cite web| url = https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/14/technology/yahoo-hack.html | title = Yahoo Says 1 Billion User Accounts Were Hacked | first = Vindu | last = Goel | date = December 14, 2016 | accessdate = December 14, 2016 | work = [[wikipedia:New York Times|New York Times]] }}</ref> The data taken is similar to the data breached earlier except that it had very weak password encryption.
  
 
===2017===
 
===2017===
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* January 9, 2017: In a company filing  Yahoo! CEO [[Marissa Mayer]] announces she will step down from Yahoo's board of directors if its sale to Verizon goes through. She also announced that when that deal closed Yahoo! will rename itself to "Altaba".<ref>{{cite web|last1=Fiegerman|first1=Seth|title=Marissa Mayer to resign from Yahoo board after sale|url=http://money.cnn.com/2017/01/09/technology/yahoo-marissa-mayer-altaba/|publisher=CNNMoney|accessdate=5 February 2017|date=9 January 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Merced|first1=Michael J. De La|title=After Verizon Deal, Yahoo to Become ‘Altaba’ and Marissa Mayer to Step Down From Board|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/09/business/dealbook/yahoo-would-become-altaba-after-selling-its-internet-business.html|publisher=The New York Times|accessdate=5 February 2017|date=9 January 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer To Resign From Board After Verizon Acquisition|url=http://fortune.com/2017/01/09/yahoo-marissa-mayer-board-verizon-acquisition/|publisher=Fortune|accessdate=5 February 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Mascarenhas|first1=Hyacinth|title=Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer to step down after Verizon deal as remaining business to be named Altaba|url=http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/yahoo-ceo-marissa-mayer-step-down-after-verizon-deal-company-change-name-altaba-1600162|publisher=International Business Times UK|accessdate=5 February 2017|date=10 January 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Marissa Mayer is resigning from Yahoo's board|url=http://www.businessinsider.de/marissa-mayer-is-resigning-from-yahoos-board-2017-1|publisher=Business Insider|accessdate=5 February 2017|language=en}}</ref>
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* January 9, 2017: In a company filing  Yahoo! CEO [[wikipedia:Marissa Mayer|Marissa Mayer]] announces she will step down from Yahoo's board of directors if its sale to Verizon goes through. She also announced that when that deal closed Yahoo! will rename itself to "Altaba".<ref>{{cite web|last1=Fiegerman|first1=Seth|title=Marissa Mayer to resign from Yahoo board after sale|url=http://money.cnn.com/2017/01/09/technology/yahoo-marissa-mayer-altaba/|publisher=CNNMoney|accessdate=5 February 2017|date=9 January 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Merced|first1=Michael J. De La|title=After Verizon Deal, Yahoo to Become ‘Altaba’ and Marissa Mayer to Step Down From Board|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/09/business/dealbook/yahoo-would-become-altaba-after-selling-its-internet-business.html|publisher=The New York Times|accessdate=5 February 2017|date=9 January 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer To Resign From Board After Verizon Acquisition|url=http://fortune.com/2017/01/09/yahoo-marissa-mayer-board-verizon-acquisition/|publisher=Fortune|accessdate=5 February 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Mascarenhas|first1=Hyacinth|title=Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer to step down after Verizon deal as remaining business to be named Altaba|url=http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/yahoo-ceo-marissa-mayer-step-down-after-verizon-deal-company-change-name-altaba-1600162|publisher=International Business Times UK|accessdate=5 February 2017|date=10 January 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Marissa Mayer is resigning from Yahoo's board|url=http://www.businessinsider.de/marissa-mayer-is-resigning-from-yahoos-board-2017-1|publisher=Business Insider|accessdate=5 February 2017|language=en}}</ref>
  
 
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See also: History of Yahoo!

1990s

1994

1995

  • March 2, 1995: Yahoo! is incorporated.[3]
  • August 1995: Launch of the Yahoo! commercial website that includes advertisements and news feeds from Reuters. Tim Koogle is also named CEO of Yahoo![2]

1996

  • April 12, 1996: Yahoo! has Initial public offering, closing at US$33.00—up 270 percent from the IPO price—after peaking at US$43.00 for the day.[2][4]
  • September 1996: Yahoo! UK is launched.[5]

1997

  • October 8, 1997: Yahoo! acquires Four11 for about US$94 million in stock.[6]

1998

  • June 1998: Together with the ymail.com domain name, Four11's Rocketmail is incorporated into Yahoo! Mail.[7]
  • June 8, 1998: Yahoo! acquires Viaweb, co-founded by Paul Graham, for US$49 million and transforms it into Yahoo! Store.[8]
  • October 12, 1998: Yahoo! acquires direct marketing company Yoyodyne Entertainment, Inc.[9]

1999

  • January 28, 1999: Yahoo! acquires Geocities for US$4.58 billion in stock.[10]
  • April 1, 1999: Yahoo! acquires Broadcast.com for US$5.7 billion in shares.[11]

2000s

2000

  • January 3, 2000: Yahoo stocks close at an all-time high of $475.00 (pre-split price) a share. The day before, it hit an intra-day high of $500.13 (pre-split price).[5]
  • January 19, 2000: At the height of the Dot-com tech bubble, shares in Yahoo Japan became the first stocks in Japanese history to trade at over ¥100,000,000, reaching a price of 101.4 million yen ($962,140 at that time).[12]
  • February 7, 2000: Yahoo.com was brought to a halt for a few hours as it was the victim of a distributed denial of service attack (DDoS).[13][14] On the next day, its shares rose by about $16, or 4.5 percent, as the failure was blamed on hackers rather than on an internal glitch, as was the case with an eBay incident earlier that year.Template:Fix/category[citation needed]
  • May 22, 2000: In LICRA v. Yahoo!, a French judge ordered Yahoo to ban Nazi-related sites from its search engine, and to stop to act as an intermediary on bids for objects with racist overtones. Yahoo denied the French court's jurisdiction over a United States-based company, and the tribunal's requests were finally abandoned in 2003. Yahoo eventually quit voluntarily trading on Nazi and Ku Klux Klan bibelots.[15][16]
  • June 28, 2000: Yahoo acquires eGroups.[17]

2001

  • March 7, 2001: Yahoo CEO Tim Koogle announces he will step down and remain only a company board member.
  • April 17, 2001: Terry Semel announced as the new Yahoo CEO.[18]
  • September 26, 2001: Yahoo stocks close at an all-time low of $8.11. The day before, it hit an intra-day low of $8.02 (both figures are pre-split prices).Template:Fix/category[citation needed]
  • September 18, 2001: Hacker Adrian Lamo is convicted of compromising security at Yahoo![19]
  • October 2001: Yahoo! acquires Australian online auction site Sold.com from Fairfax Media and the latter gains AU$18.3 million.[20][21]
  • December 27, 2001: Yahoo bids $436 million for the job search engine HotJobs, defeating rival TMP Worldwide (Monster.com).[22]

2002

2003

2004

2005

  • February 9, 2005: Yahoo! Launch is changed to Yahoo! Music, a service that provides streaming audio, music videos, Internet radio, exclusive artist features and music news.[33]
  • February 15, 2005: Yahoo! establishes its European headquarters in Dublin, Ireland and creates 400 new jobs.[34]
  • February 28, 2005: Yahoo! launches a developer network that gives an API to most of its search verticals.Template:Fix/category[citation needed]
  • March 2005: Yahoo acquires game platform provider Stadeon.[35]
  • March 2, 2005: Yahoo completes ten years of corporate existence and free ice cream coupons are given away at U.S. Baskin-Robbins stores to its users.[36]
  • March 20, 2005: Yahoo! acquires photo sharing service Flickr and its creator Ludicorp.[37]
  • March 29, 2005: Yahoo! launch blogging and social networking service Yahoo! 360°.[38]
  • April 7, 2005: Wikimedia Foundation announces Yahoo support.[39][40]
  • May 26, 2005: Yahoo announces its new PhotoMail service.[41]
  • June 14, 2005: Yahoo acquires VoIP provider DialPad Communications.[42]
  • July 15, 2005: Yahoo announces Yahoo! Research Berkeley.[43]
  • July 25, 2005: Yahoo acquires widget engine software Konfabulator that is transformed into a free software platform and renamed Yahoo! Widgets.[44]
  • August 11, 2005: Yahoo acquires 40 percent of Alibaba.com for US$1 billion, and Alibaba takes over the operation of Yahoo China.[45]
  • August 23, 2005: Verizon and Yahoo launch integrated DSL service.[46]
  • September 7, 2005: Information supplied by Yahoo! to the People's Republic of China leads to the imprisonment of reporter Shi Tao, aged 37 years, for ten years. Yahoo states that it was following Chinese law.[47]
  • October 4, 2005: Yahoo! purchases online social event calendar Upcoming.org.[48]
  • October 17, 2005: Yahoo buys British location technology company Whereonearth Ltd.[49]
  • November 15, 2005: The sports section of My Yahoo! is hacked; titles such as "selfhood + conscience" and "aesthetic freedom" link to various pages at doublereflection.org.[50]
  • December 1, 2005: TiVo and Yahoo! form a partnership where several Yahoo! features can be viewed on television via the Series2 TiVo set top box.[51]
  • December 8 (U.S. time), 9 (Australian time), 2005: Australia's Seven Network combines its online, mobile and internet TV business with the local arm of Yahoo! and the commencement of Yahoo!7 is scheduled for January 2006. Yahoo!7 covered both the Australian Open tennis tournament and the Winter Olympic Games in 2006.[52]
  • December 9, 2005: Yahoo acquires del.icio.us.[53]

2006

  • January 9, 2006: Yahoo acquires WebJay.[54]
  • January 2006: Yahoo! launches Yahoo!7.[52]
  • February 12, 2006: Yahoo! Developer Network PHP Center launched.[55]
  • May 1, 2006: Yahoo! launches Yahoo! Tech.[56]
  • September 27, 2006: Yahoo! acquires online video editing site Jumpcut.[57]
  • September 29 to 30, 2006: Yahoo! hosts an Open Hack Day (including an external site) that features a musical performance by Beck.[58]
  • December 5, 2006: Yahoo! announces a significant re-organization, including the departure of Dan Rosensweig (COO), Lloyd Braun, and John Marcom. Sue Decker is promoted from CFO, and other business unit shifts are made.[59]
  • December 13, 2006: Yahoo! announces Yahoo!Xtra, a joint venture in New Zealand between its Australian joint venture Yahoo!7 and Telecom NZ.[60]

2007

  • January 8, 2007: Yahoo acquires MyBlogLog.[61]
  • February 5, 2007: Yahoo launches a new search advertising system, Panama.[62]
  • March 1, 2007: Localised New Zealand internet portal Yahoo!Xtra launches.[63]
  • March 2007: Yahoo! acquires Taiwan blogging site wretch.cc.[64]
  • April 30, 2007: Yahoo! announces acquisition of Right Media.[65]
  • June 16, 2007: Yahoo! officially retires the Yahoo! Auctions service, except in some parts of Asia.[66]
  • June 18, 2007: Yahoo! co-founder Jerry Yang replaces Terry Semel as CEO.[67]
  • June 20, 2007: Yahoo! agrees to acquire Rivals.com.[68]
  • June 28, 2007: Yahoo! UK/Ireland online auctions closes, but the Hong Kong sites are not affected.[69]
  • July 18, 2007: Yahoo acquires 35 percent stake in Indian online advertising company Tyroo Media Pvt Ltd.[70]
  • August 20, 2007: Yahoo! starts shutting down Yahoo! Photos to transition users across to Flickr—the shutdown was completed on September 20, 2007.[71]
  • August 27, 2007: Yahoo! adds SMS features to email service—users can also check travel details directly from within an email.[72]
  • September 4, 2007: Yahoo! announces acquisition of BlueLithium, a company founded by industry pioneer Gurbaksh Chahal.[73]

2008

  • February 1, 2008: Microsoft makes $44.6 billion bid for Yahoo![74]
  • February 4, 2008: Yahoo! acquires FoxyTunes.[75]
  • February 4, 2008: Yahoo! and Rhapsody Announce Strategic Partnership in Digital Music.[76]
  • February 12, 2008: Yahoo! acquires Maven Networks, Inc.[77]
  • February 12, 2008: Yahoo! and T-Mobile Agree to Enter into Strategic Partnership.[78]
  • November 17, 2008: Yahoo! co-founder and CEO Yang steps down as CEO just 18 months after his starting date.[79]

2009

  • January 13, 2009: Carol Bartz joins Yahoo! as new CEO.[80]
  • December 2009: Announced integration with Facebook Connect.[81]

2010s

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2010

  • March 2010: Yahoo! acquires sports mobile and social gaming startup Citizen Sports. This acquisition provided a valuable mobile property as well as strong engineering and management talent.[82]
  • July 2010: Yahoo! launches mail and messenger applications for Android.[83]
  • July 2010: Yahoo! announces search alliance with Microsoft[84]
  • August 2010: Yahoo! Organic Search results replaced with Organic results from Bing[85]
  • October 2010: Yahoo! acquires Dapper.[86]

2011

  • September 6, 2011: CEO Bartz is fired.[87]
  • November 2011: Yahoo! acquires Interclick, a developer of online user behavior identification and targeting technology.[88]

2012

  • January 2012: Scott Thompson is appointed as CEO of Yahoo! following the board's September 2011 dismissal of Bartz.[89]
  • March 14, 2012: Yahoo! sues Facebook over ten patents and Facebook responds by counter-suing Yahoo![90][91]
  • March 2012: Yahoo! lays off 2,000 employees.[92]
  • April 2012: Overhaul of Yahoo!'s organizational structure is announced.[93]
  • May 3, 2012: Allegations surface in regard to an error in CEO Thompson's resume.[94]
  • May 13, 2012: CEO Thompson and chairman Roy Bostock leave Yahoo![95] Fred Amoroso becomes Chairman of the board and Ross Levinsohn is appointed Interim CEO by the board of directors.[96]
  • May 21, 2012: Yahoo! sells half of its stake in Alibaba Group for US$7.1 billion in cash and stock.[97]
  • June 2012: Yahoo! hires former Google director, Michael Barrett as its Chief Revenue Officer.[98]
  • In July 2012 Yahoo! Voices was hacked, compromising approximately half a million email addresses and passwords associated with Yahoo! Contributor Network.[99]
  • July 6, 2012: Yahoo! and Facebook settle their patent dispute.[100]
  • July 16, 2012: Marissa Mayer is appointed CEO.[101]
  • July 30, 2012: Levinsohn, former interim CEO, leaves Yahoo![102]
  • September 18, 2012: Yahoo! announced the completion of the first stage of the Ali Baba share repurchase. The deal is expected to net Yahoo! US$4.3 billion, and Mayer states that the board and management decided to return US$3 billion to shareholders.[103]
  • Yahoo! announces that CFO Tim Morse will be replaced by Ken Goldman on October 22, 2012.[104]
  • October 15, 2012: Henrique De Castro is hired by Yahoo! as Chief Operating Officer.[105]
  • October 24, 2012: Yahoo! acquires Stamped.[106][107]
  • December 4, 2012: Yahoo! acquires OnTheAir.[108]

2013

  • January 2013: Yahoo! announces it had purchased the social news start-up Snip.it.[109]
  • March 1, 2013: Yahoo! announces that it was making some changes to the products it offers, including shutting down some while updating others. On April 1, the Yahoo! Message Boards site closed. The Yahoo! updates API were no longer supported after April 16.[110]
  • March 25, 2013: Yahoo! acquires Summly.[111][112]
  • April 26, 2013: Fred Amoroso announces that he is stepping down as Yahoo chairman immediately, and would be leaving the board in June 2013.[113]
  • May 16, 2013: Yahoo announces that it will begin to include relevant tweets inside their homepage news feed in a partnership with Twitter.[114]
  • May 19, 2013: The Wall Street Journal reports that Yahoo!'s board approved an all-cash deal to purchase the six-year-old blogging website Tumblr. Yahoo! will pay US$1.1 billion for Tumblr, and the company's CEO and founder David Karp will remain a large shareholder.[115]
  • May 20, 2013: The revamp of the Yahoo-owned photography service Flickr was launched in Times Square, New York, U.S. in an event that was attended by the city's mayor and a large contingency of journalists. Eleven billboards in Times Square advertised the website's new tagline “biggr, spectaculr, wherevr.” as part of the launch and Yahoo stated that it will provide Flickr users with a free terabyte of storage. The official announcement of the Tumblr acquisition was also included in the May 20 event.[116]
  • May 26, 2013: Yahoo! bids between US$600 and $800 million for video streaming site Hulu.[117] As of May 28, 2013, Yahoo!'s videos attract 45 million unique visitors a month, while Hulu has 24 million visitors—the combination of the two audiences can place Yahoo! in the second-most popular position after Google Video.[118]
  • June 20, 2013: Yahoo! moves the official Yahoo! blog from Yahoo! Yodel to new acquisition Tumblr and uses the URL "http://yahoo.tumblr.com/."[119]
  • June 28, 2013: Yahoo! announces the scheduled closure of twelve services, including Yahoo! Axis, RSS Alerts, and Alta Vista.[120]
  • July 3, 2013: Yahoo! Acquires Xobni[121] and appoints its former CEO, Jeff Bonforte, as Senior Vice President of Communications Products.[122]
  • July 6, 2013: The scheduled closure of May 2013 acquisition Astrid is announced. The task management service will be discontinued on August 5, 2013.[123][124]
  • July 6, 2013: After deactivating inactive user (login) accounts Yahoo! announces it will give them to people on a first-come, first-served basis.[125]
  • July 2013: In an insider deal,Yahoo! corporate director, Daniel Loeb sells his stock for double what he paid for it depleting Yahoo!’s cash.[126]
  • July 2013: Yahoo traffic tops Google's according to ComScore[127][128][129]
  • August 5, 2013: Yahoo launches a month-long logo change display.[130]
  • August, 2013: Tumblr will display documents related to 56 thousand emails intercepted by the National Security Agency[131]
  • August, 2013: Marissa Mayer appears on Vogue Magazine.[132]
  • August 2013: Yahoo! Groups introduces NEO (redesign).Template:Fix/category[citation needed]
  • November 2013: Brian Pincus is seeking a class-action suit to represent non-Yahoo customers whose email address was intercepted by Yahoo!

2014

  • January 3, 2014: a malicious exploit is detected in Yahoo!’s ad network by Fox-IT. Targeted at Java, the malware's first infection was dated back to December 30, 2013 and especially affected users in Romania, France, and the UK. Fox IT stated on its blog that the malware was being delivered to 300,000 Yahoo! users per hour when they discovered it.[133]
  • January 2014: Henrique De Castro, Yahoo!’s COO leaves Yahoo![134][135]
  • February 11, 2014: Yahoo! acquired Wander.[136] Wander’s team of five joins Yahoo’s mobile and emerging products unit in New York City.[137]
  • February 13, 2014: Yahoo! acquired Distill.[138]
  • February 27, 2014: Yahoo! denies any knowledge of the interception and collection of webcam images by GCHQ, Britain's surveillance agency, who with aid from the US NSA, intercepted Yahoo webcam images of millions of individuals not suspected of wrongdoing.[139][140]
  • July 11, 2014: Yahoo acquired video streaming platform RayV.[141]
  • July 21, 2014: Yahoo announced that it is buying mobile ad company Flurry.[142]
  • August 2014: Yahoo announced that it acquires Ad startup ClarityRay.[143]

2015

Yahoo Japan is going to buy travel booking site Ikyu for about $830 million.[144]

2016

  • July 25, 2016: Verizon agrees to purchase Yahoo's operating business for $4.8 billion.[145]
  • September 22, 2016: Yahoo! reports a data breach of user account data that occurred sometime in late 2014, and affected over 500 million Yahoo! user accounts − said to be the largest known data breach by then.[146] Specific details of material taken include names, email addresses, telephone numbers, encrypted or unencrypted security questions and answers, dates of birth, and encrypted passwords.[147] The breach used manufactured web cookies to falsify login credentials, allowing hackers to gain access to any account without a password.[148][149][150]
  • December 14, 2016: A separate data breach, occurring earlier around August 2013 is reported. This breach affected over 1 billion user accounts and is again considered the largest discovered in the history of the Internet.[151] The data taken is similar to the data breached earlier except that it had very weak password encryption.

2017

  • January 9, 2017: In a company filing Yahoo! CEO Marissa Mayer announces she will step down from Yahoo's board of directors if its sale to Verizon goes through. She also announced that when that deal closed Yahoo! will rename itself to "Altaba".[152][153][154][155][156]

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