12 Facts About Yahoo

1. On March 8, 2011 Yahoo launched its Romania local service after years of delay due to the financial crisis.

2. In November 2005, Yahoo purchased the minority interests that SoftBank owned in Europe and Korea.

3. In April 2017, Yahoo was sued for failing to uphold settlement agreements in this case.

4. On March 29, 2012, Yahoo announced that it would introduce a "Do Not Track" feature that summer, allowing users to opt out of Web-visit tracking and customized advertisements.

5. In early July 2013 Yahoo announced the scheduled closure of the task management service Astrid.

6. The Wall Street Journal reported that Yahoo plans to mimic this strategy used by rival Facebook Inc to help drive traffic to its site.

7. In September 2011, Yahoo formed an ad selling strategic partnership with 2 of its top competitors, AOL and Microsoft.

8. As of 2012, Yahoo used Novarra's mobile content transcoding service for OneSearch.

9. On March 31, 2008, Yahoo launched Shine, a site tailored for women seeking online information and advice between the ages of 25 and 54.

10. On November 21, 2014, it was announced that Yahoo had acquired Cooliris.

11. On December 12, 2014, Yahoo! completed the acquisition of video advertising provider BrightRoll for $583 million.

12. In response to Google's Gmail, Yahoo began to offer unlimited email storage in 2007.