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AOL and Yahoo to be combined into a unit called Oath
The merging of the two internet brands takes place after US telecoms giant Verizon consummates the purchase of Yahoo s internet business
Verizon buys faded Internet pioneer AOL for $4.4B
The deal is described as a way to help Verizon – one of the largest US mobile carriers and a major broadband provider – build its offerings in video and other digital content especially for wireless
HuffPost launches in India, eyes China edition
It hopes to gain new readers in the world s second most populous nation of 1 25 billion where smartphones and other Internet enabled devices are proliferating
Radionomy acquires Shoutcast, Winamp
The purchase of Shoutcast which has a catalog of around 50 000 stations is a significant increase to Radionomy s current stable of 6 000 online radio stations
Tech giants align, call for transparency
At least 63 companies advocates and trade groups have joined forces to ask the US government for greater transparency with national security issues
Internet titans deny opening doors to US spies
Apple Facebook and other Internet greats deny giving the US government access to their servers
US secretly mining data from web giants: report
Media reports show the US accesses the servers of 9 Internet giants to mine secret data
Facebook to pay Microsoft $550-M for patents
Facebook strikes a US 550 M deal with Microsoft for hundreds of AOL patents
