Tag: Digital Culture

  • “Yahoo” The Unlikely Internet Pioneer

    “Yahoo” The Unlikely Internet Pioneer

    Yahoo, founded in 1994 by Jerry Yang and David Filo, began as a simple directory of websites. The original name, ‘Jerry’s Guide to the World Wide Web’, eventually transformed into the now iconic Yahoo, a term derived from a literary reference in Jonathan Swift’s ‘Gulliver’s Travels’. The name was chosen for its connotation of being…