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Microsoft Open Port 25 To Hackers
For once, the correct definition of hackers applies here; the new Port 25 website from Microsoft offers communications from the company's Open Source Software Lab.
MSN Search Took The Morning Off
For nearly four hours, Microsoft's MSN search returned a "service unavailable" message to visitors arriving at search.msn.com yesterday.
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Yahoo To Kickoff Mobile World Cup App
A deal between major World Cup sponsor Yahoo and mobile application developer Everypoint will provide real-time information about the competition this summer.
AOL Much Ado About Mobile
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Marketing's
New Black
What's black and white and read all over? The answer to this limerick used to be "a newspaper." Today it's the Blackberry.
Fourth
Origami UMPC Uses VIA Processor
There's some info coming out on the fourth "Origami" Ultra
Mobile PC (after the Asus, Samsung and Founder devices),
and it doesn't use an Intel chip. The Smart Caddie UMPC
comes from Japanese firm PBJ, and is powered by a one
gigahertz Via C7M processor.
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04.07.06
Bravo Among First To Offer PayPal Mobile
 By
David A. Utter
The new service from PayPal where users of mobile phones can pay for
goods with a text message or phone call will be able to try out the
service during Bravo's "Top Chef" series.
When the Bravo TV show "Top Chef" debuts its new series on April 12th, an online store will also launch on the site.
To purchase items online, Bravo will offer, among its payment options, PayPal Mobile, which launched in late March.
"We saw record viewer response from all of our other interactive text messaging initiatives, from the voting during Project Runway's finale, to getting text messaged from Top Chef characters during the show. We strongly believe this new feature will be equally embraced by our savvy audience." Lauren Zalaznick, Bravo's President, said in a statement.
During the show, Bravo will prompt viewers on-screen when items are available for purchase with PayPal Mobile's text-to-buy feature. The price of all items will include tax and shipping to ensure viewers will have a one-stop and simplified process for this new feature.
Bravo also said it will promote the PayPal Mobile text to buy service via on-air spots during "Top Chef" and on BravoTV.com.
Once an order has been placed with PayPal Mobile, the user will receive a callback to confirm the legitimacy of the order. Then the order goes through processing and ships to the purchaser.
That means while watching an aspiring contestant get dismissed from the competition, viewers can order a copy of the stylish kitchen towel he or she cried into after receiving the bad news. One can only imagine what other reality shows could do with PayPal Mobile.
RIM Jams Yahoo Into BlackBerry
Yahoo achieved a place in the pockets of millions of BlackBerry users
in 60 countries through a new deal with Research In Motion.
The two companies expanded their existing strategic global alliance by introducing several Yahoo services on the BlackBerry platform. A joint statement issued by the firms noted how Yahoo! Go for Mobile, Search, Mail, and Messenger will be available to BlackBerry users.
"This is killer," Marco Boerries, senior vice-president of Yahoo Connected Life, said in a Reuters interview. "The cool thing about this is that in the same way we now seamlessly connect personal communications, your personal address book to the BlackBerry, we also connect personal information you are already using on Yahoo, like sports, news or weather."
Yahoo's Mobile for BlackBerry website lists steps on setting up Search, Mail, and Messenger access on the device. Not all wireless carriers support Mail and Messenger yet, but Yahoo said these services will be rolled out to other carriers.
RIM and Yahoo are still working on integrating Yahoo's Go service with the BlackBerry. Yahoo Go provides real-time access to a variety of Yahoo's online services, like community and content sites.
Yahoo Mail on the BlackBerry can sync mail items and status now. Future developments will permit Yahoo! users to wirelessly import, modify and synchronize their Yahoo! Address Book and Yahoo! Calendar entries on their BlackBerries.
Messenger gives users access to friends lists, multiple conversations, chats, and even emoticons for instant messaging sessions. Search functions as it normally does for users.
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David Utter is a staff writer for WebProNews covering technology and business. |
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