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  2. History of Yahoo! - Wikipedia

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    Early history (1994–1996) Upon the April 1994 renaming of Jerry and David's Guide to the World Wide Web to Yahoo!, 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."

  3. Timeline of Yahoo! - Wikipedia

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    July 6, 2012: Yahoo! and Facebook settle their patent dispute. [102] July 16, 2012: Marissa Mayer is appointed CEO. [103] July 30, 2012: Levinsohn, former interim CEO, leaves Yahoo! [104] September 18, 2012: Yahoo! announced the completion of the first stage of the Alibaba share repurchase.

  4. Hu Jintao's removal from the 20th National Congress of the ...

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    Process. In the middle of the closing meeting (after the three personnel votes ended and the media entered the venue), according to the photos taken by reporters from ABC and the videos taken by reporters from Channel News Asia, Hu Jintao, a member of the Standing Committee of the Presidium of the 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party, was to check the documents on his table.

  5. Yahoo will not be available in mainland China starting ... - AOL

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    October 29, 2021 at 2:36 PM. As of November 1st, 2021 Yahoo will no longer provide content for users in mainland China. Yahoo products and services remain unaffected in all other global locations ...

  6. China Uncensored - Wikipedia

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    478 million [1] Last updated: August 19, 2023. China Uncensored is a YouTube commentary channel that focuses on sensitive political issues in China with elements of humor and irony. The show opposes the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Chris Chappell is the host of the series. [2] [3]

  7. Criticism of Yahoo! - Wikipedia

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    This came after China blocked Yahoo! services for a time. As reported in The Washington Post and many media sources: The suit says that in 2001, Wang was using a Yahoo! e-mail account to post anonymous writings to an Internet mailing list. The suit alleges that Yahoo!, under pressure from the Chinese government, blocked that account.

  8. The latest threat to China? The rise of the DINKs - AOL

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    Vable Liu, a 29-year-old English teacher in Jinan, the capital of China’s Shandong province, said about a third of her friends are dinks. Liu and her husband recently posted a short video ...

  9. Current TV - Wikipedia

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    Current TV. Current TV was an American television channel which broadcast from August 1, 2005, to August 20, 2013. Prior INdTV founders Al Gore and Joel Hyatt, with Ronald Burkle, each held a sizable stake in Current TV. Comcast and DirecTV each held a smaller stake. [1]