In one of the more shocking things I’ve heard in a while (and that says a lot,) Yahoo has announced they will officially be changing their name upon Verizon’s acquisition of the company in upcoming months. A cool 12 years ago, Microsoft had offered to buy Yahoo for over $45 billion, but they turned it down…and now have to accept a $5 billion buyout from Verizon after a failure to turn the company around in recent years. CEO Marissa Mayer will exit the company’s board, as will Yahoo co-founder David Filo. But, on to this name change…