Yahoo set to release first mobile app for video
By Staff and Wire Reports on Sep 10, 2013, at 2:28 AM Updated on 9/10/13 at 4:14 AM
Marissa Mayer: Yahoo's forthcoming mobile app is her latest move to expand Yahoo's services into people's daily lives.
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Yahoo is auditioning for a bigger role on iPhones and iPads with the release of its first mobile application tailored for watching video on touch-control screens.
The app, called Yahoo Screen, is set up to make the experience of sifting through video on smartphones and tablet computers more like channel surfing on a television. Instead of relying on a TV remote control, users of the Yahoo Screen app unveiled Monday will use their fingers to flip through programs and sort through roughly 20 channels.
The app is available only for Apple Inc.'s iPhone and iPad, but Yahoo Inc. intends to develop a version compatible with devices powered by Google Inc.'s Android software.
Yahoo Screen is the latest offshoot of company CEO Marissa Mayer's crusade to make Yahoo's services part of people's daily routines.
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Brazil plans to divorce itself from the U.S.-centric Internet over Washington's widespread online spying, a move that many experts fear will be a potentially dangerous first step toward fracturing a global network built with minimal interference by governments.
In the smartphone world, Android has been a smashing success. It's evolved into a strong and easy-to-use experience, and it's the platform of choice for most of the top-selling devices out there.
