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I truly don't understand how Yahoo still exists. How have they survived this long?
by SteveNuts 7y ago
I truly don't understand how Yahoo still exists. How have they survived this long?
- peterhookgen 7y agoI ask myself the same question, especially when it was announced on HN they just spent cash on a new branding logo https://www.underconsideration.com/brandnew/archives/new_logo_and_identity_for_yahoo_by_pentagram.php https://www.underconsideration.com/brandnew/archives/new_log...
- sincerely 7y agoWorking for Pentagram seems sweet. Huge cool designer cachet despite the fact that all you do is redesign logos and branding for incredibly uncool legacy corporations
- Alex3917 7y agoWhat's the deal with this new folksy corporate logo style that everyone is jumping on? It seems like Yahoo and McDonalds are just copying Walmart.
- martinpw 7y agoFrom that article: The strategy positions Yahoo as an “amplification brand,” amplifying the things that matter, helping to “amplify you.” So, umm, I guess I have no idea what they do.
- kevin_thibedeau 7y agoy! upside down. Money well spent.
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- marsrover 7y agoAll the great logos they design keep them in business.
- taftster 7y agoFantasy football, NCAA Men's Basketball tournament, and maybe finance.yahoo.com is about it.
- tempsy 7y agoThe updated Yahoo Finance app is really slick, actually. It actually makes me wonder WTF happened to Google Finance? Why did they essentially abandon it? Charts just show up at the top of the results page but there's no dedicated site anymore.
- mikeyouse 7y agoThe fall of Google finance is astounding. You can go to https://finance.google.com https://finance.google.com and search for "Slack" with no results. You can search for "WORK" (Slack's stock symbol) with no results. You have to actually type "NYSE:Work" to have it show up in the search results. It's astonishing.
- ping_pong 7y agoAgreed, Google Finance is garbage. I talked with a Google recruiter and asked if there were any positions at Google Finance, and she thought I meant in the Finance department, not on that particular site. There's so much that can be done with it, and Google has abandoned it.
- JumpCrisscross 7y ago> There's so much that can be done with it, and Google has abandoned it Does anyone know the inside ballgame on this one?
- journalctl 7y agoWhat other service am I supposed to use as a permanent throwaway email account?
- zeta0134 7y agoI realize you're posting this in jest, but I actually prefer AOL for this. They're one of the only major providers that will still let you sign up without providing a phone number. And, like Yahoo, I'm kindof amazed that they're still around.
- throwaway13000 7y agoYahoo owns AOL!
- toast0 7y agoNot accurate. Verizon owns them both, but bought AOL before Yahoo.
- journalctl 7y agoHuh, I didn’t know most of the providers require a phone number now. Thanks for the info!
- bediger4000 7y agomail.yandex.com - they don't even require a cell phone number.
- throwaway13000 7y agoWhen was the last time you changed your email address?
- mixmastamyk 7y agoThey’re profitable.