Verizon just made a big promise -- literally.
When the company completes its purchase of Yahoo, it will combine it with AOL under the new brand name Oath. Predictably, the Twitterverse has had much to say:
- #OATH because anyone still using Yahoo or AOL in 2017 has to admit to it or commit perjury of E-mail.
- .@Verizon had to wait till after April Fool's Day to announce #Oath, because #branding that bad looks like a joke. #marketing #naming
- LOLOMGWTF would actually be a better name. #Oath#bizchat#techchat#marketing
- #AOL and #Yahoo merger company will be called #Oath because "Crap" was already taken.
- Soon enough your grandma will be logging into her #Oath mail. Sounds like Hotmail, just not hot.
CEO Tim Armstrong says the new entity will roll out this summer. (USA Today)