By: Aseem Gaurav on September 17, 2012
Yahoo has moved away from the BlackBerry to Apple’s latest technology marvel, the iPhone 5, and other smartphones running on Android and Windows Phone 8.
The program, which is applicable only to Yahoo’s US employees, is called "Yahoo! Smart Phones, Smart Fun!" and under this the company will pay its employees' data and phone bills.
Under the program, Yahoo staff can chose from: the iPhone 5 (iOS), the Samsung Galaxy S3 (Android), the HTC EVO 4G LTE (Android), the HTC One X (Android) or the Nokia Lumia 920 (Windows Phone 8).
Yahoo! Chief Executive Marissa Mayer has reportedly sent an e-mail to all her full and part-time staff, saying Yahoo! wants its “employees to have devices similar to our users.”
The company will distribute the smartphones to its employees across 22 countries, which is likely to cost million of dollars.
Meantime, Yahoo! also said it will no longer provide IT support for the Blackberry phones.
Earlier this year, Mayer took charge of the top post of the company and one of her immediate decision was to give employees free lunch at the company’s café to boost morale.
Yahoo has moved away from the BlackBerry to Apple’s latest technology marvel, the iPhone 5, and other smartphones running on Android and Windows Phone 8.
The program, which is applicable only to Yahoo’s US employees, is called "Yahoo! Smart Phones, Smart Fun!" and under this the company will pay its employees' data and phone bills.
Under the program, Yahoo staff can chose from: the iPhone 5 (iOS), the Samsung Galaxy S3 (Android), the HTC EVO 4G LTE (Android), the HTC One X (Android) or the Nokia Lumia 920 (Windows Phone 8).
Yahoo! Chief Executive Marissa Mayer has reportedly sent an e-mail to all her full and part-time staff, saying Yahoo! wants its “employees to have devices similar to our users.”
The company will distribute the smartphones to its employees across 22 countries, which is likely to cost million of dollars.
Meantime, Yahoo! also said it will no longer provide IT support for the Blackberry phones.
Earlier this year, Mayer took charge of the top post of the company and one of her immediate decision was to give employees free lunch at the company’s café to boost morale.
