Rappler's latest stories on Verizon
Verizon joins brands boycotting Facebook ads over hate speech
Facebook is under increasing pressure for its hands-off approach to misinformation and inflammatory posts, particularly by US President Donald Trump
Verizon selling Tumblr to Wordpress owner Automattic
The price for the deal isn't officially disclosed, but sources tell Axios the pricing can either be 'well below' $20 million or possibly even below $10 million
Tumblr founder and CEO David Karp stepping down
Tumblr operations chief Jeff D'Onofrio will take over the CEO reins
Security lapse exposes millions of Verizon user records
The data is found in an unprotected Amazon S3 storage server administered by an engineer for NICE Systems which is based in Israel The storage server is made to log customer call data for unknown purposes
Yahoo signs off, completes sale to Verizon
Verizon finalizes the 4 48 billion deal integrating the Yahoo internet operations into a new unit called Oath which includes another former sector leader AOL
Marissa Mayer fades out as Yahoo ends its run
Marissa Mayer is likely headed for the exit as Yahoo ends two decade run as an independent company
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
Yahoo slashes price of Verizon deal $350-M after data breaches
Yahoo announces in September that hackers in 2014 stole personal data from more than 500 million of its user accounts It admits another cyber attack in December this one dating from 2013 affecting more than a billion users
Yahoo delays sale of core business to Verizon
The deal with Verizon is thrown into doubt following disclosures of two huge data breaches
#ThewRap: Things you need to know, January 10, 2017
Hello Here s a round up of news you need to know this Tuesday
Yahoo chief Marissa Mayer to leave company board after Verizon sale
UPDATED Mayer is expected to remain with Yahoo s core business
Talks of Twitter being sold intensify
Google Microsoft cloud computing group Salesforce US telco Verizon are on the list of rumored buyers
Yahoo announces deal to sell core assets for $4.8B to Verizon
3rd UPDATE The acquisition expected to close in early 2017 will exclude Yahoo s cash certain patent holdings and its big share in China s Alibaba Group and stake in Yahoo Japan
600M Samsung phones vulnerable to keyboard flaw
The security risk lets attackers remotely execute code as a privileged user of the phone allowing them to potentially install malicious apps secretly or access sensitive personal data
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
Tech groups pitch in for Haiyan support
Tiny changes to code or big announcements online can help in bringing the need for Philippine aid after Haiyan to a wider audience
Philippine economy wrap: Sept 1-7
What you need to know about the Philippine economy last week
Vodafone, Verizon in $130-B mega-deal
The deal also marks the group s exit from the United States market and injects several billion euros into the British economy
The NSA Black Hole
5 Basic Things We Still Don t Know About the Agency s Snooping
