Gratefuled Posted July 27, 2016 Posted July 27, 2016 I've been reading that Verizon bought Yahoo for 5 billion USD. I know we get Yahoo via Singapore but has anyone heard anything about the future of Yahoo? I hope it improves. Yahoo pretty much has a monopoly on social networking. I don't use Facebook or Twitter so whats in the future for people like me? I can do without it but just curious. I had Verizon in the states. It provides cell phones that are locked in to be used by Verizon subscribers only. There was a monthly charge for unlimited use within the states. A fee was added if you wanted to send messages or talk out of the country like Canada, Mexico, Asia, Europe. I was not aware that it got involved with internet service. Maybe its a good thing. Thats all, Just curious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Hounddriver Posted July 27, 2016 Posted July 27, 2016 I use Yahoo for an ancient email address that I have had for decades but I can't think of anything else I use Yahoo for. What do you use Yahoo for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reboot Posted July 27, 2016 Posted July 27, 2016 Been using Yahoo Mail since the late 90s..same account. I pay for the ad free version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tukaram (Tim) Posted July 27, 2016 Posted July 27, 2016 Yahoo and AT&T used to work together in early 2000s... Terrible service. I did not know anyone still used Yahoo anymore. I never hear anything about them. 5 billion? wow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happyhorn52 Posted July 27, 2016 Posted July 27, 2016 Message board for Stocks and Finance and Email. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reboot Posted July 27, 2016 Posted July 27, 2016 They wrecked the finance message boards and the new stock specific finance news feeds are garbage as well. I use Yahoo Finance to track news for portfolio stocks. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnMyWay Posted July 27, 2016 Posted July 27, 2016 11 hours ago, Gratefuled said: Yahoo pretty much has a monopoly on social networking. Not quite sure what you mean by this? 11 hours ago, Gratefuled said: I was not aware that it got involved with internet service. They provide home phone and cable TV in some areas, and also provide internet over those lines. They already own AOL, but I'm not quite sure what AOL does these days. Like many, AOL was the first internet connection I ever had, back in the 90's. Yahoo put itself out for bid and Verizon made the deal. The value is in the advertising revenue. Yahoo has over 1 billion users. Yahoo mail has been my main e-mail for many years. I read that Verizon's rational is that they want to compete with Facebook and Google for the billions in advertising revenue they are raking in. I doubt that much will change for a Yahoo mail user. Mail and the search engine will be around for a long time and that is where most of the ad revenue is. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
not so old china hand Posted July 28, 2016 Posted July 28, 2016 Since G-Mail is blocked here I now use Yahoo for email. Yahoo news seems to work OK but the search function only works intermittently so mainly use Bing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mogo51 Posted July 28, 2016 Posted July 28, 2016 Not a Yahoo user so can't comment. I was hotmail originally, then went to Gmail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tukaram (Tim) Posted July 28, 2016 Posted July 28, 2016 2 hours ago, mogo51 said: Not a Yahoo user so can't comment. I was hotmail originally, then went to Gmail. I have had my own domain since 2002? So I do my own email 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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