Verizon Won't Drop Yahoo but May Seek Lower Price
1. The Yahoo hacking scandal occurred when Reuters cited anonymous sources and said that Yahoo built secret software to scan email information from many users.
2. The price tag on the original Yahoo-Verizon deal was 4.8 million dollars.
3. Verizon is investigating whether it caused "material" damage to the company to potentially renegotiate the 8 million dollar price tag.
4. Verizon stroke a deal with Yahoo in July of 2016.
5. Verizon plans to combine Yahoo with its AOL unit to capitalize on the growing online advertising market.
6. Alphabet is an American multinational conglomerate founded on October 2, 2015 which Google is now owned by.
7. Google and Facebook dominate the online advertising market.
Samsung Discontinues the Galaxy Note 7 Over Fire Concerns
1. The tech debate describes the battery life issues and other problem involving phones getting caught on fire from Samsung's new Galaxy Note 7 cellphone.
2. Samsung discontinued the Galaxy Note 7 after many reports of phones catching on fire.
3. The Galaxy Note 7 had been on the market for less than two months.
4. Samsung is offering to exchange the Note 7's for other products or refund them.
5. Samsung could potentially lose up to 17 million dollars by pulling the Note 7's off the shelves.
6. Samsung's value of their stock went down 8% on Tuesday.
7. The Galaxy Note 7 was supposed to compete with Apple's new iPhone 7.
8. Verizon is not going to market the Note 7 for the holiday season.
9. Verizon is focusing on the new iPhone, the new Google Pixel, and other phones from Motorola.
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