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Yahoo, Gmail Asked To Route All Overseas Mails Through Servers In India

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New Delhi, India -- The Government of India in a bid to have an iron grip over instances of terror activities planned on the internet, is now relentlessly haunting the digital communication in India. Now, major email service providers such as Google, Yahoo and others were asked by the Indian government to route all emails accessed in India through servers located in the country to provide quicker access to security agencies, media reports said Tuesday.

Yahoo News Poaches NY Times' Virginia Heffernan As National Correspondent

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Sunnyvale, California -- Hold onto grasp some exciting personnel news from the purple mother-ship: In a most conspicuous move since announcing the expansion of its political coverage, Yahoo News has appointed a veteran of the New York Times columnist Virginia Heffernan as its National Correspondent.

Yahoo Unfurls iPhone, Android Apps Search Engine In The UK

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London -- Apparently aiming to capitalize on the increasing number of mobile apps on the market, internet pioneer Yahoo on Wednesday officially unfurled an App Search engine for iPhone and Android apps, essentially a discovery engine that helps UK users navigate the 500,000-plus apps in both the App Store and Android Market and access reviews.

Yahoo Starts Cleaning House--Shutters Down 10 Mobile Apps

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Sunnyvale, California -- Earlier this month internet pioneer Yahoo appointed Scott Thompson as new CEO, who now seems to radically change its business structure. And one of the first changes the company appears to be counterintuitively, decommissioning 10 of its mobile applications, most optimized for Apple's iOS and Google's Android and BlackBerry platforms to make way for new things.

YAHOO INDIA GAGS DELHI POLICE; MOVES HIGH COURT

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Yahoo India Pvt Ltd challenged the summons issued to it by a magistrate for allegedly hosting objectionable content. The challenge convinced the Delhi High Court, who in return demanded a response from Delhi Police. Justice Suresh Kait said, "Notice be issued for February 10," while admitting the petition of Yahoo India for hearing. In addition, the court even allowed for Yahoo India's plea that its case be heard separately.