DookieDraws :
2014 data breach and now FINALLY recommending all users change their Yahoo account passwords. WOW! Thanks for the heads up, Yahoo!
They say they didn't know about it, 'till now. I think the timing (relative to the Verizon acquisition) is suspicious. A big hack, like this, could've hurt their valuation and made them a less desirable target.
jasonelmore :
has the added bonus of not being a data miner
Oh, really?
10tacle :
Marissa Mayer has been an epic failure and was not qualified to be CEO of Yahoo. Yahoo was a sinking ship, but her failed app acquisitions and countless other failed business decisions have all but destroyed Yahoo.
Why Verizon Communication wants any of it is a mystery. She just partied like the Costa Concordia cruise ship captain did while it was headed right for the rocks...
Well, since she took the helm, the stock price has approximately tripled, adding about $30B to their market cap. So, I doubt most of their investors would agree with you.
I'm not going to argue whether or not she could've done better. About the only thing I would say is that it seemed bone-headed and probably hypocritical for her to ban employees from working from home.
Since their inception, Yahoo has played in just about every online business model there is: shopping, auctions, payments, social media, video sharing, dating, careers... you name it, they've tried it. It's kinda sad, and possibly reveals a deeper truth, that they couldn't really succeed in any of them.