Yahoo: Pipe in data, and mash it up

09 February 2007

Yahoo: Pipe in data, and mash it upZDNet - 09 February 2007
Yahoo wants more mashups.

The Web giant on Wednesday released Yahoo Pipes, a hosted visual-development tool that lets people manipulate data feeds from Web sites to create new applications.

Mashup applications combine data from different Web services; some of the most popular mashups involve taking data from one source, such as real-estate listings, and displaying them on Web-based mapping services.


Yahoo: Pipe in data, then mash it upCNET News.com, CA - 09 February 2007
Yahoo wants more mashups.
The Web giant on Wednesday released Yahoo Pipes, a hosted visual-development tool that lets people manipulate data feeds from Web sites to create new applications.

Mashup applications combine data from different Web services; some of the most popular mashups involve taking data from one source, such as real-estate listings, and displaying them on Web-based mapping services.

Nokia offers free mapping program, phone searchInfoWorld, CA - 09 February 2007
Nokia will give away mapping software to its customers as well as users of Window Mobile devices. Mobile users can download the Smart2go maps that cover 150 countries and include 15 million points of interest, such as restaurants and accommodation. Users can store the map data on a memory card in the handset. The data can be downloaded over the air or via a connection to a PC.

Nokia Releases Free Mapping and Search SoftwarePC Magazine - 09 February 2007
Nokia said on Thursday it will start offering its smart2go mapping and navigation platform free to mobile customers using select Nokia S60 and Windows Mobile 5.0 devices. Smart2go (www.smart2go.com) allows users to map routes in more than 150 countries and is supported for full turn-by-turn satellite navigation in over 30 countries, according to the Finnish mobile phone maker
Microsoft to update Windows for wirelessBusinessWeek - 09 February 2007 REDMOND, Wash.
Microsoft Corp. plans a launch this spring of its next-generation operating system for wireless devices, Windows Mobile 6, which is important for the company's efforts to grab market share beyond the desktop

Microsoft Presents New Windows Mobile VersioneWeek, MA - 9 hours ago

A Microsoft spokesperson has told eWEEK that the company will show its new version of Windows Mobile to the world on Feb. 12 at the 3GSM trade show in Barcelona, Spain.
The new version, Windows Mobile 6, is an upgrade to the popular Windows Mobile 5, now widely used in smart phones, PDAs and some cell phones. The new version adds a number of capabilities not present, or in some cases incomplete, in the earlier version.


Google opens Gmail to allCNET News.com, CA - Feb 7, 2007Google on Wednesday said its Gmail service is now open to anyone who wants an account. Previously the service, which provides users with 2.8GB of e-mail storage space, has been by invitation only.


Google Poised to Open Gmail to AllTechNewsWorld, CA - 08 February 2007

With reportedly tens of millions of users, Gmail still lags far behind Web e-mail giants Microsoft and Yahoo. One reason may be that, until now, users could obtain a Gmail account by invitation only. Though finding an invitation is no longer difficult, Google has promised to soon drop the invitation-only requirement in North America.