It’s truly the end of an era with Yahoo being officially over. Its beleaguered CEO Ex-Googler Marissa Mayer has left the company with a $55 million severance package and the new owners Verizon have decided to do away with the name Yahoo. Yahoo has been renamed ‘Altaba’, and the internet has some strong reactions on the oddball name.
1. Because Altaba also happens to be a prescription drug.
https://twitter.com/mat/status/818590261961863168
2. Are we sure it’s Verizon and not Alibaba that’s bought the company?
https://twitter.com/mohanstatsman/status/818662576204562433
3. Verizon’s paid for $4.83 Billion for Yahoo’s core business.
Altaba is Arabic for "set money on fire."
— Rudy Havenstein, Senior Markets Commentator. (@RudyHavenstein) January 10, 2017
4. Ouch.
https://twitter.com/rameshsrivats/status/818707069230403584
5. …but Google is worth $495 billion.
https://twitter.com/surfperch/status/818701533965479936
6.
https://twitter.com/vexmark/status/818596775246331904
7. Remember the millions of compromised emails?
https://twitter.com/markmilian/status/818599479909568512
8. It really was that simple
https://twitter.com/BenThePCGuy/status/818613919405244417
9. More ouch.
https://twitter.com/debostic/status/818643703334105088
10. It just doesn’t end, unlike Yahoo.
https://twitter.com/stuartenyt/status/818600775454781447