Yahoo Launches Content Service for Phones
Yahoo Inc. is expanding its presence beyond the PC, moving onto Web-enabled cell phones and other mobile devices so users can access their customized content while untethered.
Yahoo Go Mobile, a new service set to be launched Friday at the International Consumer Electronics Show, is the latest example of the growing trend of get-your-information-anytime-anywhere.
Many of the features and services that Yahoo has been amassing in recent years, beyond the e-mail already available on many so-called smartphones, can now follow its 400 million users wherever they go.
Anyone with a Yahoo account can have their customized data they now get through the Web portal load itself into whichever device they carry. The information - from news to restaurant reviews to personal contacts and appointments - will be synchronized through whatever data network they may be using - cellular or Wi-Fi, for example.
The ICE show has seen the launch of many a new product or service and this is just another, one that will probably find favour with many…Read more from this report.
