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Yahoo revealed on Thursday that it will dole out rewards of up to $15,000 (and starting from $150) to individuals and firms that inform the company of bugs and vulnerabilities classified as new, unique and/or high-risk issues, as part of an updated vulnerability reporting policy. This is a huge change from what Yahoo has been Continue Reading →

Yahoo will begin offering a new ‘Not My Email’ button this week that gives owners of newly claimed, previously dormant, user names the ability to ‘return’ messages that were not meant for them. This is part of Yahoo’s ongoing efforts to mitigate any potential harm that may come from its recent ‘user name recycle program‘. Continue Reading →

On Monday, Yahoo will begin notifying those who requested a particular user ID through the company’s newly expanded pool of usernames if their choice has been granted. In case you missed it the first time around: earlier this summer, Yahoo announced it would re-open access to unused Yahoo IDs, and the email addresses associated with Continue Reading →

The latest numbers from comScore’s Web rankings pegged Yahoo as the top US Web property in terms of unique visitors for the month of July, beating out long-time rival Google. The victory is strong vindication of CEO Marissa Mayer’s turnaround at Yahoo. The company had an estimated 197 million unique visitors for the month, compared Continue Reading →

Tumblr has quietly stopped indexing adult-oriented blogs in search engines and in Tumblr’s internal searches, a move that has raised new questions about whether the popular blogging service will crack down on porn in the wake of its acquisition by Yahoo. An FAQ doc for adult-oriented blogs, apparently published in the past couple of months, Continue Reading →

Yahoo just released its mixed Q2 earnings, and a few sentences may have given the answer everyone was waiting for — yes, Yahoo still has plenty of cash to pursue more acquisitions. Evidence of this lies in the company’s share buyback program. “During the second quarter of 2013 Yahoo repurchased 25 million shares for $653 Continue Reading →

If you’re itching to shed that old, embarrassing Yahoo username in favor of something a little more age appropriate, we’ve got good news. Mayer and Co. have just opened up a wish list to request inactive usernames. Plug in your five moniker requests (in order of preference) by August 7th, and if you’re first in Continue Reading →

Yahoo recently announced it would “recycle” old usernames to let more people get access to the email addresses they really want. As of this weekend, any Yahoo username not accessed in the past year was put up for grabs for others to claim; you can soon put in requests for usernames you might want, and Continue Reading →

If you haven’t signed into Yahoo in the past 12 months, the tech giant wants you back and it’s using some tough love to get you. Yahoo has set 11:59 p.m. PT on July 14, 2013 as the deadline for users to sign into the site or their Yahoo mail. Those who don’t will lose Continue Reading →

Yahoo has been snapping up companies left and right lately, and the revitalized company’s hunger means that some well-received apps and services have gone (or will soon go) offline. Earlier today, another company threw its name into that particular pile: task management service Astrid will officially go dark on August 5, just over three months Continue Reading →