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Yahoo Mail Chases Gmail with IM and SMS Features
mashable.com - 1/29/2009
Yahoo Mail Chases Gmail with IM and SMS Features
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Yahoo Mail has rolled out SMS and IM options, allowing users to send messages to their friends’ phones or instant messaging accounts from within the Yahoo Mail interface. The features were already available in the new version of Yahoo Mail, but with millions of users still on the ...

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gmailblog.blogspot.com - 1/28/2009
Official Gmail Blog: New in Labs: Offline Gmail
— gmailblog.blogspot.com — Tuesday, January 27, 2009 4:00 PM Posted by Andy Palay, Gmail engineer Web-based email is great because you can check it from any computer, but there's one little catch: it's inherently limited by your internet connection. From public WiFi to ... (more) Official Gmail Blog: New in Labs: Offline Gmail

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Carol Bartz Turns to Her Daughter for Yahoo Phone Research
valleywag.gawker.com - 1/30/2009
Carol Bartz Turns to Her Daughter for Yahoo Phone Research
— valleywag.gawker.com — Apple has the iPhone; Google, the G1. Where's the Yahoophone? We hear new CEO Carol Bartz nixed the Yahoo One Phone, a project with Motorola and AT&T;, after her daughter got a look at it. The word from a plugged-in Sunnyvale source: Bartz, who has ... (more) Carol Bartz Turns to Her Daughter for Yahoo Phone Research

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Gmail Goes Offline
pcworld.com - 1/28/2009
Gmail Goes Offline
— pcworld.com — If you live in Gmail, but don’t always have a broadband connection available, today should be a happy day for you. Google is rolling out a new system for letting Gmail users access their accounts offline . Google will cache your messages on your ... (more) Gmail Goes Offline

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ZNF ‘Round The Web
Zatz Not Funny! — ... this a separate initiative? The best mobile video is still serving yourself via a Slingbox or Hava placeshifter. Requires more tech skills to set up and may or may not be cheaper in the long run (if you already have a data plan, it probably is), but you get everything you already pay for (and hopefully record) at home. Regarding your quality concerns, MediaFLO service is probably the best subscription service. But it’s limited live channels and limited regions are a drawback. Yahoo Mail Chases Gmail with IM and SMS Features Another user of Yahoo Plus ...

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