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Computer researcher Larry Tesler passes away
Larry Tesler was a great computer researcher, who was famous for his innovations of short-cuts in computers including the commands of cut/copy & paste, find & replace etc. He started working in Silicon Valley in the early 1960s and was ..
Verizon Completes Yahoo Acquisition
Telecom giant Verizon has acquired Yahoo’s core business for $4.48bn (£3.51m), thus ending Yahoo’s two-decade long run as an independent company. Verizon is the No.1 wireless operator in the US. Salient Highlights Verizon will combine Yahoo with AOL which was bought ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2017
SC directs search engines to block sex determination advertisements
Supreme Court (SC) has directed search engines like Google India, Yahoo and Micrsoft’s Bing to block advertisements on sex determination and strictly comply with the laws. This ruling was given by SC bench comprising of Justices Dipak Misra and Prafulla ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2015
Yahoo appoints Marissa Maye as its New President and CEO
Marissa Mayer has been appointed as the new president and CEO of Yahoo – world’s 2nd largest search engine by query volume. Prior to her appointment, she served as the top executive at Google. Mayer will lead the product innovation ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2012
GOOGLE: 49% increase in the Online content censorship demands from India
Internet behemoth Google registered 255 instances of India requesting for online content censorship, posing a sharp increase of 49% in the second half of 2011. India’s request formed part of 1,000 demands from governments around the world to remove ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2012
Yahoo India out of the list of 22 websites facing charges of hosting objectionable content
The Criminal proceedings against Yahoo India were annulled by the Delhi Court as Yahoo India had appealed in the Court that it has not been named in the petition and has thus nothing to do with hosting obnoxious matter on ..