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When Jerry and David's Guide to the World Wide Web was renamed to Yahoo! in 1994, Yang and Filo said that "Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle" was a suitable backronym for this name, but they insisted they had selected the name because they liked the word's general definition, as in Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift: "rude, unsophisticated, uncouth."
Yahoo offers a multi-lingual interface available in over 20 languages: Yahoo International. Yahoo! Japan is a separate entity, controlled by SoftBank. [1] Yahoo!Xtra, launched in 2007 in New Zealand is owned by Yahoo!7, a joint venture between Yahoo! and the Seven Network.
MeWe is a global social media and social networking service.As a company based in Los Angeles, California it is also known as Sgrouples, Inc., doing business as MeWe.The site has been described as a Facebook alternative due to its focus on data privacy.
Yahoo's first acquisition was the purchase of Net Controls, a web search engine company, in September 1997 for US$1.4 million. As of April 2008, the company's largest acquisition is the purchase of Broadcast.com , an Internet radio company, for $5.7 billion, making Broadcast.com co-founder Mark Cuban a billionaire.
Yahoo's first acquisition was the purchase of Net Controls, a web search engine company, in September 1997 for US$1.4 million. As of April 2008, the company's largest acquisition is the purchase of Broadcast.com , an Internet radio company, for $5.7 billion, making Broadcast.com co-founder Mark Cuban a billionaire.
January 3, 2000: Yahoo stocks close at an all-time high of $475.00 (pre-split price) a share. This price propelled them to the most valuable company in the world at the time.
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Users can connect services such as Facebook, MySpace and LinkedIn using Windows Live Profile, and display their contact's Messenger social updates within the "Full view" of Windows Live Messenger. Users can also post status updates and photos directly to the connected services within Windows Live Messenger.