Future of photo-sharing site remains unclear but its founders say the innovation at Flickr died as soon as it was acquired in 2005
Marissa Mayer hits out at 'gender bias' as Yahoo is sold for $5bn
Purchase will boost Verizon’s AOL with advertising technology tools and search, mail and messenger assets
From Tumblr to Katie Couric, here's everything Verizon just bought from Yahoo
Verizon has acquired your emails, photos and embarrassing teenage blogs (plus a former NYT columnist and an ABC host)
April 2016
Daily Mail publisher in talks with companies over Yahoo takeover
Daily Mail and General Trust aims to take on news and media properties if a private equity company strikes a deal
December 2011
New Yahoo bid ups price to $25bn
Private equity firms Blackstone Group and Bain Capital reported to be working with Alibaba to make full bid for web portal that would value above earlier bids by Microsoft and others. By Charles Arthur and agencies
November 2011
Yahoo receives bid for 19.9% stake valuing it at $20.6bn
Microsoft-linked private equity group Silver Lake Partners offers $16.50 a share, while TPG Capital says it will pay a dollar more. By Juliette Garside
October 2011
Microsoft considering fresh bid for Yahoo, say sources
Yahoo's shares soared by 10% on the rumour that the software giant said to be considering a fresh bid for the internet business
September 2011
Yahoo fires chief and puts itself up for sale in search for success
Carol Bartz sacked as online firm struggles to match the might of Google and Apple
October 2010
Tech Weekly
Tech Weekly: Apple's profits soar
Yahoo 'targeted for buyout'
February 2010
Technology blog
Breakfast briefing: Microsoft and Yahoo canoodle while Sony Ericsson says no to Google
Europe rubber stamps Microsoft's Yahoo deal
December 2009
Technology blog
Ten years of technology: 2008
As the noughties come to a close, we take a look at the biggest technology stories of the decade - and how the Guardian reported them at the time
September 2009
Investors unhappy as Yahoo boss Bartz earns $2m from share sales
CEO and her team of executives have sold large tranches of stock while internet search engine struggles
August 2009
Technology blog
Breakfast briefing: Microsoft and Yahoo saga continues to drag on
Today's stories from around the web: Search deal faces more scrutiny | San Francisco worker faces reduced charges | PR firm faces iPhone astroturf accusations
Google gets caffeine injection as search speeds up
In face of increasing competition, search engine giant unveils 'secret project' that it says will make online queries faster and more successful
Technology blog
Bartz: Yahoo didn't invest enough in search
Yahoo chief executive Carol Bartz has some candid comments on the company's search deal with Microsoft. But could they cause her trouble later on?
July 2009
The small search engines: Meet Bing, Baidu, Scour and Clusty
Google's rivals are relatively tiny, but not all of them aim to compete directly
