Oh! Instagram, Here Comes Flickr App From Yahoo!

Instagram vs Yahoo Flickr App http://snapvoip.blogspot.com/

If you are one of those who like to share, photos, a lot of photos, of your breakfast coffee to dinner desert, you got another friend, I meant another app, which some say better than instagram, that you are using now.
Flickr as a web service is fantastic and everyone of us have at least a single photo on Flickr, sharing with someone or the whole world.
Yahoo is wrapping up all that goodness in a mobile app, Flickr for iPhone and doing a very good job of it. The app has been around but the new update brings bunch of good stuff like filters and effects that allows one to make their photos artsy or appear nothing like the original.
App also allows you to share these photos with your Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr accounts, opening up another avenue for you photos to search for 15 second fame.
But unlike the Instagram, this app is loaded with a very good set of tools, the kind that professional photographers would love. Perhaps they will be able to share what the photos looks like which they took with the professional cameras. Sort of a preview of great works yet to be uploaded in their multi megabit goodness'
Here is how Yahoo explains it on the Apple App Store page;

• - Capture and create stunning photos: Take photos with the app’s easy-to-use camera and make them your own with all new filters, editing features, and geo-tagging. 
• - Share your photos with anyone, anywhere: Instantly share with your Flickr groups and Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr or email contacts. You pick.
• - Discover the world through photos: The most interesting images in the world live on Flickr. Rediscover the world and be inspired by the Flickr community of photo hobbyists.
• - Experience high-quality, high-resolution photos: Flickr maintains the original quality of your photos so they look as crisp and stunning as the moment you snapped the photo.  Your photos always look better on Flickr!

Features:

✓ Custom filters enhance your photos plus photo correction, retouching and many other tools
✓ Access your Flickr photos on any device – phone, tablet, computer and Apple TV!
✓ Connect with others around shared interests. Whether it’s food, travel, or anything else – Flickr has more than 1.6M groups, so there’s bound to be a Group that interests you!
✓ New justified layout photo display makes your personal photostream look amazing
✓ See recent photo activities from your friends and family. Make comments or mark them as favorites.
✓ Flexible, personal privacy options to make your photos as public or private as you want

Yahoo Does Mobile App Search, Y! AppSpot

Mobile App Search, Y! AppSpot http://snapvoip.blogspot.com/
Not to be outdone all the app search startups, Yahoo has entered the game with App search apps for both Android and iPhone. The App is called AppSpot or Y! AppSpot.
There is a web / desktop version as well.
If you have the app installed, AppSpot gives you daily recommendations in six categories; music, games, news, social networking, travel, utilities with slot machine rolling interface. The web app does that too but it rolls horizontally.
I tried some searches on the web version and i seems to be doing what is expected to. I will try the iPhone or the Android version as I find time.
You can find the Apps and the web version at Yahoo.

Android Will Get A "Bing" Client Soon!

Android Will Get A "Bing" Client  http://snapvoip.blogspot.com/

Microsoft will release its first full-featured Bing search client for Android in the next six weeks, matching the search capabilities that Microsoft offers for the Bing for iPhone in iOS 4, Microsoft announced today. Microsofts  Bing client for the iPhone has been downloaded more than 4 million times.Microsoft accounted for about 12.7 % of the searches on the web. With Google leading with 62.6 and Yahoo at 18.9%, according to ComScore.

Microsoft acknowledged the low posisition but promises to grow with the help of Bings Visual richness.
"None of us are confused: We're a very low-share player, We've barely got into double digits and it's a long road." said Satya Nadella, senior vice president for Microsoft's online services
More at Yahoo

Mobile Search, A New Battle Ground?

Mobile Search, A New Battle Ground? http://snapvoip.blogspot.com/
If you are watching Worldcup 2010, you know some of the top teams are already gone and others are struggling. Complacency seem to affect many top players. Is the same phenomenon extending into Mobile Search? Techcrunch think iPhone Apps are changing the face of mobile search, but what about the millions of other phones? do they search via Bing? Google or perhaps Yahoo!
I think Google rules, in search and the search results!

YPhone Coming Soon Via "Project Nike"? , Yahoo And Nokia To Announce On Monday!

Y!Phone, Yahoo And Nokia  http://snapvoip.blogspot.com/
According to some invites the press and media has received from Yahoo to attend a briefing on coming Monday, indicates that we might be seeing yPhone (Y!Phone) soon. Either Yahoo is playing me too catch up game or Nokia is worried about Android inslought, Google Just announced Android 2.2 or FroYo with very attractive features.
"An exciting announcement about providing global consumers with rich online and mobile experiences, and bringing forward a new era in keeping consumers connected."
May be Project Nike will spur Nokia to start making some serious smartphones.
ATD via engadget

Yahoo Messenger For iPhone 1.2.2 released

Yahoo Messenger For iPhone
It looks like today is iPhone app day. One after one desired apps are in the news and in the App Store.
Yahoo quietly has released the Yahoo Messenger for iPhone. From the comments left on the blog post about it, users seem to love it. I am yet to test it and perhaps this weekend will be the time!
Here are some features of the app;
* When you exit the Yahoo! Messenger app on your iPhone while signed in, you’ll show as available to your friends, so people can IM you
* Buzz notification sound is now more civilized and you could turn Buzz on or offwhen needed. Vibrations are added to Buzz that sent or received and Buzz received while on a conversation with another contact will show up on the screen.
* IM notification sound “shorter and prettier”. Otaku's will love it I guess.
* The addressbook integration works better and both yahoo messanger and iPhone contacts are available withing the app. They also have fixed some bugs.
You can get it from , the iTunes App Store or tap the App Store icon on your iPhone and search for Yahoo! Messenger.

Tags: Yahoo Messenger For iPhone 1.2.2, Yahoo, 10" iPhone, BUZZ, IM

Nimbuzz Mac, Softphone For Mac

MAC VoIP
Nimbuzz has released their MAC client that allows to make calls, send SMS, to most of the social messaging systems like, Windows Live Messenger (MSN), Yahoo, ICQ, AIM, Google Talk, Facebook, MySpace, yes we have heard that before. But it was mostly for PCs, Native MAC clients were slow coming.
I have been using Skype For Mac (But we have found remove skype from MAC to be famous as well), and Gizmo5 specially for SIP Calls.
Get your Nimbuzz here.

Tags: nimbuzz, Windows Live Messenger (MSN), Yahoo, ICQ, AIM, Google Talk, Facebook, MySpace, MAC VoIP

Yahoo! Mobile For iPhone And Othe Smartphones.

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The offering announced at Mobile World Congress is well on the way and even though the iPhone offering is slimer than the other smartphone offerings, is still a handful. According to Yahoo press release;
Yahoo! at MWC announced the launch of its new Yahoo! Mobile service. Yahoo! Mobile will be available on the mobile Web, as an app developed for the Apple^® iPhone^™, and as an app developed for smartphones from Nokia^®, RIM^®, Samsung^®, Sony Ericsson^® and Motorola^® as well as those powered by Windows Mobile^®. Yahoo! Mobile initially will be available today through a managed beta program, with general availability expected in Q2 2009.

"We believe the new Yahoo! Mobile will transform the way millions of mobile users around the world will interact with the Internet," said Marco Boerries, executive vice president, Yahoo! Inc. "Yahoo! Mobile will enable users to create their own Internet starting point on their mobile device so they can better discover, connect to and stay informed about the people and things that are important to them."

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KEY FEATURES OF YAHOO! MOBILE iPhone

The mobile Web and iPhone^™ versions of Yahoo! Mobile are planned to include the following features:

Discover

-	Yahoo! oneSearch™ - Yahoo!'s award-winning mobile search service providing the most current, relevant answers you need.
-	Today - The most interesting stories buzzing on the Internet right now, selected by Yahoo!'s editorial team.

Connect

-	Yahoo! oneConnect™ - Yahoo!'s service designed to provide consumers everything they need to stay in touch with the people about whom they care:

	-	Email - Access to Yahoo! Mail and other popular email service providers, including Gmail®, Windows Live™ Hotmail and AOL® Mail.
	-	Pulse - Access totheir social networks, including Bebo®, Dopplr™, Facebook®, Flickr®, Friendster®, Last.fm®, MySpace®, Twitter™ and YouTube™.
	-	Yahoo! Messenger - An upgraded version of Yahoo!'s popular mobile instant messaging service.
	-	Yahoo! Address Book - Keeps consumers' contacts always handy and in sync.
	-	Yahoo! Calendar - View, add and edit appointments when users are away from their PCs.

Stay Informed

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Yahoo! News - Breaking headlines across popular topics.

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Yahoo! onePlace™ - Access and manage your favorite content, all from one location. Its "Add Anything" functionality is a simple-to-use search and browse process that helps users find and add what they want. Consumers can add their favorite interests from a growing selection of popular categories including news topics and sources, RSS feeds, weather conditions, sports scores, stock quotes, websites/blogs, horoscopes and movie theaters.

The smartphone version of Yahoo! Mobile will include the above functionality, plus:

-	Yahoo! oneSearch with Voice™ - Allowing users to launch searches by simply speaking.
-	Maps - Powerful improved tools that let consumers locate, learn about and get directions to points of interest.
-	Opera Mini™ 4.2 - An integrated version of the world's most popular mobile web browser, with easy return to the Yahoo! Mobile app, that launches when web site access is needed.
-	Widgets - Enhanced mobile-optimized experiences for services from Yahoo! and other brands. Users can browse, add and remove these at anytime according to their tastes.

AVAILABILITY OF YAHOO! MOBILE

A managed beta program for Yahoo! Mobile has already been started. Consumers interested in participating should enter http://mobile.yahoo.com into their phone's browser.

Tags: yahoo! mobile

Verizon Selects Microsoft For Mobile Search

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According to a Reuters article, Microsoft has managed to grab the position to be the search provider for the mobile telephony giant Verizon fro Yahoo and Google. It is not clear what Microsoft gave away to be the default search provider for Verizon but what ever the case it seems to be a good deal. Mobilesearch

Verizon Chief Executive Ivan Seidenberg has said on Wednesday that Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer would announce the deal later in the day at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Seidenberg, speaking at a Citigroup conference, gave no further details.

The agreement follows more than a year of speculation on whom would become the default mobile search provider for Verizon Wireless, which is set to surpass AT&T Inc as the No. 1 U.S. mobile carrier after it closes its purchase of smaller operator Alltel later this week.

Tags: Verizon, Microsoft, google, Yahoo, mobile search, CES 2009, Verizon Wireless, Allte

Two New Mail Domains From Yahoo! YMail.com and Rocketmail.com

Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO) today announced the global availability of two new e-mail domains that will give users the chance to register for the e-mail address or Yahoo! ID they have always wanted. People can finally say goodbye to CutiePie4Ever80 or mattclark1977@yahoo.com and get a new Yahoo! e-mail address at

SUNNYVALE, Calif., Jun 19, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO) today announced the global availability of two new e-mail domains that will give users the chance to register for the e-mail address or Yahoo! ID they have always wanted. People can finally say goodbye to CutiePie4Ever80 or mattclark1977@yahoo.com and get a new Yahoo! e-mail address at ymail.com and rocketmail.com.

Yahoo! Mail is the number one Web mail service in the world with more than 260 million users worldwide(1). As a result of its global popularity, many desirable e-mail addresses have already been taken for the yahoo.com domain, as well as for localized versions of the namespace in countries around the world. With the two new e-mail domain choices, Yahoo! will make millions of new e-mail addresses available to the online community.

Yahoo! recently commissioned a survey conducted by Harris Interactive(R) to determine what online adults look for when choosing an e-mail address and found some noteworthy results:

-- The majority of online adults (59 percent) consider the most important attribute of an e-mail address to be that it is easy to remember.

-- When asked if they could choose any e-mail address for personal use, seven in ten online adults (70 percent) would opt to have some portion of their name included - 31 percent would want their last name included, 27 percent would choose their first name, while 28 percent would prefer to have their nickname as part of their e-mail address.

-- Of online adults who indicated that they are not currently using their first choice e-mail address, over half (54 percent) agree that they want their e-mail address to reflect who they are, and about half (48 percent) would be at least somewhat likely to change addresses should their preferred choice become available.

"We recognize that people want an e-mail address that reflects who they are, whether they are signing up for an e-mail address for the first time, or simply updating their e-mail pseudonym to reflect the stage they are at in life," said John Kremer, vice president, Yahoo! Mail. "We are thrilled to be able to offer new Yahoo! e-mail domain choices to Internet users, along with the same great Web mail experience that hundreds of millions of people have already come to expect."

E-mail addresses at the new domains will have the same great Yahoo! Mail features as addresses at the yahoo.com domain, including:

-- Unlimited storage - Yahoo! Mail provides all users with free unlimited e-mail storage(2)

-- Integrated Instant Messaging and Text Messaging - Users can connect in real-time to their contacts with Yahoo! Messenger or Windows Live(R) Messenger and send text messages to friends on the go, right from their Yahoo! Mail inbox

-- Protection from spam and viruses - All of the same great protection that is built into Yahoo! Mail will apply to these new domains. Yahoo! uses advanced technologies and data from numerous sources to dramatically reduce the delivery of spam and phishing e-mails

-- Country-specific e-mail account - When signing up for an e-mail account, users have the option of choosing localized country versions from each of the Yahoo! domains: yahoo.com, ymail.com and rocketmail.com

As always, a Yahoo! ID will work for everything across the Yahoo! Network, from checking e-mail to checking out Messenger, Flickr, Groups, Sports, Finance and more.

In many markets, Yahoo! will also help users transfer their e-mail and contacts to their new address and notify friends of their new e-mail address.

In addition, Yahoo! has reserved a number of desirable e-mail addresses - all related to charitable organizations - using the new domains and will put these e-mail addresses up for charity auction beginning on Thursday, June 19, 2008. Yahoo! is working with auction partners eBay Giving Works and Auction Cause. The proceeds from the auction will benefit the following organizations: The Breast Cancer Research Foundation, Ocean Conservancy, Point Foundation, Right To Play and World Wildlife Fund. To participate in the online auction, please visit http://www.ebay.com/ymail.

Users can learn more about and register for a new e-mail at ymail.com and rocketmail.com at http://mail.yahoo.com.

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Yahoo! Mail is the number one Web mail service in the world with more than 260 million users worldwide(1). As a result of its global popularity, many desirable e-mail addresses have already been taken for the yahoo.com domain, as well as for localized versions of the namespace in countries around the world. With the two new e-mail domain choices, Yahoo! will make millions of new e-mail addresses available to the online community.

Yahoo! recently commissioned a survey conducted by Harris Interactive(R) to determine what online adults look for when choosing an e-mail address and found some noteworthy results:

-- The majority of online adults (59 percent) consider the most important attribute of an e-mail address to be that it is easy to remember.

-- When asked if they could choose any e-mail address for personal use, seven in ten online adults (70 percent) would opt to have some portion of their name included - 31 percent would want their last name included, 27 percent would choose their first name, while 28 percent would prefer to have their nickname as part of their e-mail address.

-- Of online adults who indicated that they are not currently using their first choice e-mail address, over half (54 percent) agree that they want their e-mail address to reflect who they are, and about half (48 percent) would be at least somewhat likely to change addresses should their preferred choice become available.

"We recognize that people want an e-mail address that reflects who they are, whether they are signing up for an e-mail address for the first time, or simply updating their e-mail pseudonym to reflect the stage they are at in life," said John Kremer, vice president, Yahoo! Mail. "We are thrilled to be able to offer new Yahoo! e-mail domain choices to Internet users, along with the same great Web mail experience that hundreds of millions of people have already come to expect."

E-mail addresses at the new domains will have the same great Yahoo! Mail features as addresses at the yahoo.com domain, including:

-- Unlimited storage - Yahoo! Mail provides all users with free unlimited e-mail storage(2)

-- Integrated Instant Messaging and Text Messaging - Users can connect in real-time to their contacts with Yahoo! Messenger or Windows Live(R) Messenger and send text messages to friends on the go, right from their Yahoo! Mail inbox

-- Protection from spam and viruses - All of the same great protection that is built into Yahoo! Mail will apply to these new domains. Yahoo! uses advanced technologies and data from numerous sources to dramatically reduce the delivery of spam and phishing e-mails

-- Country-specific e-mail account - When signing up for an e-mail account, users have the option of choosing localized country versions from each of the Yahoo! domains: yahoo.com, ymail.com and rocketmail.com

As always, a Yahoo! ID will work for everything across the Yahoo! Network, from checking e-mail to checking out Messenger, Flickr, Groups, Sports, Finance and more.

In many markets, Yahoo! will also help users transfer their e-mail and contacts to their new address and notify friends of their new e-mail address.

In addition, Yahoo! has reserved a number of desirable e-mail addresses - all related to charitable organizations - using the new domains and will put these e-mail addresses up for charity auction beginning on Thursday, June 19, 2008. Yahoo! is working with auction partners eBay Giving Works and Auction Cause. The proceeds from the auction will benefit the following organizations: The Breast Cancer Research Foundation, Ocean Conservancy, Point Foundation, Right To Play and World Wildlife Fund. To participate in the online auction, please visit http://www.ebay.com/ymail.

Users can learn more about and register for a new e-mail at ymail.com and rocketmail.com at http://mail.yahoo.com.

Tags: Yahoo, ymail, rocketmail

Zimbra Collaboration Suite Expanded And Offers Optimized iPhone Support

Zimbra Collaboration Suite is expanded and now provides better Safari 3 Integration, CalDAV Support for iCal on Mac OS X Leopard, and most importantly optimized iPhone Support. I have used Zimbra even before it was a part of Yahoo. I will be happy to test out new features on the iPhone and iPod Touch once I get the new update loaded!
SAN MATEO, Calif., Jan 15, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Zimbra, a Yahoo! (Nasdaq:YHOO) company, and the leader in open source, next-generation messaging and collaboration software, today announced that it has expanded its support for Apple products and technologies, including Safari 3 and CalDAV for Mac OS X Leopard.

"The amazing speed of Safari 3 has blown the Zimbra team away and we are excited to be the first major collaboration platform to support the calendaring standard CalDAV," said Satish Dharmaraj, CEO and co-founder of Zimbra. "We also wanted to expand our support for the iPhone by adding an optimized mobile web experience on top of our iSync support."

"Leopard is packed with more than 300 new features, including major enhancements to Safari and iCal," said Ron Okamoto, Apple's vice president of Worldwide Developer Relations. "We're pleased that Zimbra users can take advantage of the world's fastest browser with Safari and improved iCal group calendaring with CalDAV in Leopard."

The Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS) fully supports Safari 3, which is the fastest Web browser on any platform and is available for Tiger and Leopard users and is in beta on Windows. ZCS's rich AJAX interface, including email, calendaring, Zimbra Documents, and customizable mash-ups called Zimlets, takes full advantage of Safari's optimized AJAX browsing experience.

To meet the advanced calendaring needs of Mac users, Zimbra now supports CalDAV, a key feature for customers using Leopard's iCal 3 as their calendaring client. Based on a public standard, CalDAV allows users to synchronize and browse free/busy time and recurring appointments easily, both with personal and public calendars.

Additionally, ZCS is now available to iPhone users via the Zimbra Mobile HTML client. The iPhone's Safari browser enables fast access to the full-featured AJAX interface, and the Zimbra Connector for Apple iSync allows users to sync not only their email but also their address books and calendars to their iPhones.

These enhancements reflect Zimbra's ongoing commitment to the Mac community, and to providing innovative features for the Mac platform. Zimbra has long supported iSync, which provides a two-way sync between Apple Mail, Address Book, iCal, Microsoft Entourage, and the ZCS server. To test these new capabilities including support for Safari, CalDAV and iPhone, visit www.zimbra.com and register for a Hosted Demo Account.

tag: Zimbra Collaboration Suite, Yahoo, Safari 3, CalDAV, iCal, Mac OS X Leopard, iPhone, iPod Touch, iSync, Zimlets, Zimbra Mobile, Microsoft Entourage,

Socialize with Yahoo Mail via SMS

Yahoo mail is offering SMS talk or texting with new Mail interface as it emerges from beta phase,
WeSeePeople: Socialize with Yahoo Mail

Tags: Yahoo, SMS, Yahoo Mail, WeSeePeople