Having unwillingly ceded Web search leadership to Google, Yahoo is not about to also let the growing world of mobile services slip through its fingers. The Internet veteran chose the 2008 International Consumer Electronics Show to announce a number of mobile initiatives, including a decision to open its mobile platform for developers and publishers. Yahoo seeks to “enable and lead a mobile ecosystem ultimately serving billions of users by providing indispensable and compelling services to consumers, developers, publishers and advertisers.”
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Yahoo Pumps Up Mobile Effort in Bid to Get a Jump on Google
Posted by: Fred J. Aun January 8, 2008 11:13 AMHaving unwillingly ceded Web search leadership to Google, Yahoo is not about to also let the growing world of mobile services slip through its fingers. The Internet veteran chose the 2008 International Consumer Electronics Show to announce a number of mobile initiatives, including a decision to open its mobile platform for developers and publishers. Yahoo seeks to “enable and lead a mobile ecosystem ultimately serving billions of users by providing indispensable and compelling services to consumers, developers, publishers and advertisers.”