Mobile Content Bits: Yahoo Voice-Enabled Search; Playboy Pool Party; WeatherBug Gets Mobile Ads (paidContent.org via Yahoo! Finance)
Voice-Enabled Search Comes to Yahoo oneSearch and Yahoo Go 3.0: Yahoo has integrated a voice-enabled search engine into its oneSearch application on Nokia Series 60 devices and Yahoo Go 3.0.
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Academics sink teeth into Yahoo search service (CNET)
Yahoo hopes its Build Your Own Search Service program has piqued the interest of academic researchers. Next stop: start-ups.
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Yahoo investor calls for white knight Microsoft (San Francisco Business Times)
Mithras Capital, an investment fund that owns less than a percent of Yahoo, has called for Microsoft Corp. to ride back in and buy Yahoo for $22 a share, according to news reports. (MSFT) (YHOO)
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Quick Bits: Web 2.0 Meets Darwin (New York Times)
Watching the stock market this morning has been like attending a bungee jumpers convention. (”Does his cord look like it’s a little frayed?”) Meanwhile it doesn’t matter whether the Dow is 9000, 8000 or 7000 for tech companies to realize they need to pull away from the cliff as fast as they can.
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The resort where bailed-out AIG racked up $$$$$$ (USA Today)
It's at The St. Regis Monarch Beach Resort in Dana Point, Calif., where insurance giant American International Group -- bailed out to the tune of more than $100 billion by the U.S. government -- infamously spent $440,000 on a corporate...
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Wednesday night lights: Hockey's back with a vengeance (The Sporting News via Yahoo! News)
What was more shocking: Seeing Brian Engblom without his standard mop or watching Def Leppard lead singer Joe Elliott carry the Stanley Cup ... and then stand in upside down? Horrors! ...
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Hotel how-tos: winning the beach-chaise wars (USA Today)
This may sound like a petty subject -- but it's not for those of us who've spent time at a warm-weather hotel or resort. Most simply don't have enough pool chairs or chaise longues to handle guests on a sunny...
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Cool idea: Voting for or against poolside music (USA Today)
Here's a good companion to the post on poolside chaises. Veteran hotel publicist and Hotsheet reader Karen Weiner Escalera weighs in again with a great newsy tidbit. Frequent resort visitors know that poolside music has gotten louder and "hipper" in...
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MindFuse Raises $1M (Red Herring)
Video game startup hopes to stand out in crowd of massively multiplayer online games with 3D-skinned casual game.
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Staying Calm In Stressful Situations (Psych Central)
Why do some people have the ability to remain calm and relaxed even in the most stressful situations? New mouse experiments are providing insight into brain changes that allow a safe and secure feeling in situations that would normally provoke anxiety. Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) investigators Eric R. Kandel and Daniela [...]
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