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Yahoo! Kids, originally known as Yahooligans!, [3] was founded in March 1996 by Yahoo! to provide children with a venue to find appropriate, safe Internet content. [4] The website was the oldest online search directory for children.
In addition, April 2013 brought the closure of Upcoming, Yahoo Deals, Yahoo SMS Alerts, Yahoo Kids, Yahoo Mail and Messenger feature phone (J2ME). [118] In early July 2013 Yahoo announced the scheduled closure of the task management service Astrid. Yahoo had acquired the company in May 2013 and was to discontinue the service on August 5, 2013.
Yahoo's first acquisition was the purchase of Net Controls, a web search engine company, in September 1997 for US$1.4 million. As of April 2008, the company's largest acquisition is the purchase of Broadcast.com , an Internet radio company, for $5.7 billion, making Broadcast.com co-founder Mark Cuban a billionaire.
MSN Games announced the retiring of support for CD-ROM games, chat lobbies, the ZoneFriends client and the Member Plus program, scheduled for June 19, 2006. [3] In a series of public chats held with various administrators and developers of the Zone, MSN outlined its plan to shift its gaming environment into Windows Live Messenger, a more frequently updated client than the outdated ZoneFriends ...
From the inaugural Winter Games in 1924 until 1992, winter and summer Games were held in the same year. Since 1994, summer and winter Games have been held in staggered even years. There have been 30 Until 2024,the Summer Olympic Games held in 23 cities, and 24 Winter Olympic Games held in 21 cities.
Computer and video games Playlist.com: Music Posterous: Blogging platform Poupéegirl: Japanese avatars Pownce: Microblogging application (similar to Twitter) Qaiku: Micro-blogging and live-streaming service comparable to Twitter and Jaiku Quechup: Friendship, dating Raptr: Video games Rentboy.com: Male sex workers Rupture: Gamers Sarahah
Yahoo! Auctions is a service set up by the online search giant Yahoo! in 1998 to compete against eBay. [2]There are currently only two localizations of the service active in Taiwan and Japan; Yahoo! has discontinued the service in the United States, Canada, Singapore, Hong Kong, United Kingdom and Ireland.
Yahoo! Maktoob (Arabic: مكتوب) was an online services company founded in Amman ().Maktoob.com was known as the first Arabic–English email service provider. [1] In 2009, Yahoo! acquired Maktoob.com, making it Yahoo!'s official arm in the MENA region. [2]