Firefox dumps Google for Yahoo as default search tool

Charlee Gothard
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Mayer describes deal as 'most significant partnership for Yahoo in five years'

Mozilla has announced it is changing the default search engine in its Firefox browser for the first time in its 10-year history, replacing Google with a new Yahoo Search feature. In a blog on th...

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