Essay about Timeline of Yahoo!

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Timeline of Yahoo!

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Timeline of Yahoo!
Timeline of major events for Yahoo!.

1990s
1994
• January 1994: Jerry Yang and David Filo create "Jerry's Guide to the World Wide Web" while studying at Stanford University. • April 1994: "Jerry's Guide to the World Wide Web" is renamed "Yahoo"

1995
• March 1995: Yahoo is incorporated. • 1995: Ziff Davis Inc. launches the magazine Yahoo! Internet Life, initially as ZD Internet Life. The magazine was meant to accompany and complement the website.

1996
• April 12, 1996: Yahoo has Initial public offering, closing at $33.00, up 270% from the IPO price, after peaking at $43.00 for the day.

1997
• October 8, 1997: Yahoo! acquires Four11, and Four11's Rocketmail service becomes
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November 15, 2005 The sports section of My Yahoo [19] is hacked; titles such as "selfhood + conscience" and "aesthetic freedom" link to various pages at doublereflection.org. December 1, 2005 - Tivo and Yahoo form a partnership where several Yahoo features can be viewed on television via the Series2 TiVO set top box. [20], [21] December 8/ (US time) 9, (Australian time) 2005 Yahoo!7 announced for January 2006. Official Site [22] December 9, 2005 Yahoo acquires del.icio.us

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2006
• January 9, 2006 Yahoo acquires webjay [23] • January 2006: Yahoo! announces 50:50 joint venture in Australia with the Seven Network, called Yahoo!7. Official Site [24] • February 12, 2006 Yahoo Developer Network PHP Center [25] launched. • May 1, 2006 Yahoo launches Yahoo Tech [26]. • August 31, 2006 Yahoo retires former frontpage. • September 27, 2006 Yahoo acquires online video editing site Jumpcut [27]. • September 29 to September 30, 2006 Yahoo hosts an Open Hack Day (external site [28]), featuring a musical performance by Beck • December 5, 2006 Yahoo announces a significant re-organization, including the departure of Dan Rosensweig (COO), Lloyd Braun and John Marcom. Sue Decker is promoted from CFO, and other business unit shifts are made. • December 13, 2006: Yahoo! announces Yahoo!Xtra, a joint venture in New Zealand between its Australian JV, Yahoo!7, and Telecom