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BlueJeans, Zoom's challenger, to shut down in changing times
Technology | Aug 09, 2023, 04:16 PM ISTThe decision to discontinue these offerings comes after Verizon acquires BlueJeans in May 2020. BlueJeans, which originally debuted in 2011, provided business-focused video software.
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OneSearch: A privacy-focused search engine is here
Technology | Jan 15, 2020, 06:56 PM ISTOneSearch, Verizon's privacy-focused search engine has been introduced. Read on to know more
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Yahoo Messenger services to stop from July 17
Technology | Jun 09, 2018, 05:02 PM ISTYahoo Messenger first made its debut as "Yahoo Pager" way back in 1998 as an alternative to email and short message service (SMS) on basic mobile devices.
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Yahoo logs off as Verizon completes $4.5 bn takeover, CEO Marissa Mayer quits
Jun 14, 2017, 10:58 AM ISTCEO Mayer will not be joining Verizon and will walk away from Yahoo with a compensation package currently worth about $127 million, including her severance pay and stock awards that will be fully vested with the deal’s completion
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Verizon takes over Yahoo to complete Rs 29,000 cr deal
Jun 13, 2017, 10:41 PM ISTVerizon has taken over Yahoo, completing a $4.5 billion (approx Rs 29,000 crore) deal that will usher in a new management team to attempt to wring more advertising revenue from one of the internet's best-known brands
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Yahoo salvages Verizon deal with USD 350 million discount
Feb 22, 2017, 07:11 AM ISTYahoo is taking a USD 350 million hit on its previously announced USD 4.8 billion (over Rs 32,000 crore) sale to Verizon in a concession for security lapses that exposed personal information stored in more than 1 billion Yahoo user accounts.
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‘I Love Yahoo, plan to stay’: Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer’s letter to Yahoo employees
Jul 25, 2016, 07:17 PM ISTYahoo has inked a $4.83 billion (Rs. 32200 crore approx.) deal with Verizon after a five-month auction, marking an end of an era for the company that once defined the internet. Yahoo in its
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An end to Yahoo era, Verizon buys internet pioneer in Rs 32000 cr all-cash deal
Jul 25, 2016, 05:31 PM ISTVerizon Communications has agreed to buy online portal Yahoo Inc. for little over $4.8 billion or around Rs 32200 crore, according to media reports. The deal is expected to be announced formally on Monday before
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Yahoo CEO Mayer could get $55M in severance pay in potential sale
May 01, 2016, 08:10 AM ISTSan Francisco:Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer will walk away with a $55 million severance package if the company’s auction of its Internet operations culminates in a sale that ousts her from her job. The payout disclosed
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Verizon reports 1,000-1,999 security data orders
Jan 23, 2014, 07:14 PM ISTWashington: Verizon Communications Inc. says it received between 1,000 and 1,999 government requests for customer information related to national security last year.The largest U.S. cellphone carrier made the disclosure Wednesday in its first report on
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Verizon buys intel unit, preps mobile TV service
Jan 22, 2014, 06:27 PM ISTLos Angeles: Someday, the full lineup of channels from Verizon's FiOS TV service may be available on your phone.That's the vision outlined Tuesday after telecommunications giant Verizon Communications Inc. announced that it's buying Intel Media,
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Verizon buys US wireless stake for $130 billion from Vodafone
Sep 03, 2013, 09:10 AM ISTNew York: Verizon will own its wireless business outright after agreeing Monday to pay $130 billion for the 45 percent stake in Verizon Wireless owned by British cellphone carrier Vodafone.The buyout, the second-largest acquisition deal
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Verizon Wireless sells spectrum rights to AT&T for $1.9 billion
Jan 28, 2013, 01:02 PM ISTNew York, Jan 28: Verizon Wireless said Friday that it's selling space on the airwaves to AT&T Inc. in exchange for $1.9 billion and the transfer of some airwave rights from AT&T.The sale of spectrum