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Yahoo acquires social data visualization startup Vizify

2014-03-06 13:41:43| InfoWorld: Top News

Yahoo has acquired Vizify, a company that turns social media data into interactive visual aids such as infographics and videos, adding to the Internet giant's string of acquisitions designed both to get talent and access to new technologies and services. In this instance, Vizify in Portland, Oregon, will be closing down the service and refunding its paid customers. From Wednesday, Vizify will not be accepting new users, the startup wrote on its website.

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Yahoo Buys Data Visualization Tool Vizify

2014-03-06 02:38:12| PC Magazine Software Product Guide

As part of the deal, Yahoo will shut down Vizify.

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Yahoo to Drop Google, Facebook Log-Ins

2014-03-05 19:36:55| PC Magazine Software Product Guide

The switch will roll out gradually and affect services like Flickr and Fantasy Sports.

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Report: Britain Snooped on Yahoo Users' Sexy Times

2014-02-28 17:41:18| TechNewsWorld

Britain's Government Communications Headquarters, or GCHQ, reportedly intercepted and collected millions of images of people via Yahoo webcam chats, some of which were sexually explicit. As part of the surveillance program, dubbed "Optic Nerve," GCHQ saved images from webcams on agency databases regardless of whether or not the individuals were an intelligence target.

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