Yahoo says mobile search service reaches 600 million

Internet media firm Yahoo Inc said on Tuesday that its mobile search service will be offered by six more telecom companies in Asia.

It now has 60 such partnerships worldwide, including with Mahanagar Telephon Nigam (MTNL) in India, Hong CSL Limited, Smart Communications and Digital Mobile Phlis (Sun Cellular) in the Philippines and Vibo Telecom in Taiwan. “We are now able to reach 600 million subscribers,” David Ko, Asia managing director and vice president of Yahoo’s mobile division, told reporters at a media briefing.

More at Reuters

Google Product News

Google Toolbar Now Available for Firefox 3

Been waiting for it? Well…it has finally arrived.

Want to know new things you can do with Google Maps? The Google Maps team has been hard at work launching a number of new features in recent months. In case you’ve missed them, here are a few of the features available in Google Maps these days. More here

Now when you look for bits and pieces at Google Code Search, you can switch to an Outline view additional to the existing Files view. More here

You now have a skip intro option on search results. Who doesn’t hate those flash intros? I know I do, thanks Google!

All from Google Blogoscoped

Court nixes expedited trial on Yahoo severance plans

A Delaware Chancery Court on Monday denied a fast-track schedule to hold a trial on whether to invalidate Yahoo’s controversial employee severance plans, prior to the company’s annual shareholders meeting on August 1, according to a Reuters report.

More at cnet

Bloomberg – Yahoo “Damaged Goods”

Yahoo! Inc. Chief Executive Officer Jerry Yang’s five-month conflict with Microsoft Corp. ended yesterday. The outcome may not be good for him or the Internet company’s investors. More at Bloomberg

Arrington – Nothing Yahoo could do to further destroy their company that would surprise him

Read Tech Crunch’s Mike Arrington discuss his realization that Yahoo! had no fight left in them. Click here.

Yahoo & Google Ad-outsourcing deal – Bite me!

With the ad-outsourcing deal between Yahoo (YHOO) and Google (GOOG) finally announced–in a press release so parsed and careful, it makes me immediately suspect–one Microsoft (MSFT) source joked to me:

“Let loose the dogs of war.”

Translation: Bite me!

Read more at Yahoogle?: Microsoft Will “Let Loose the Dogs of War”

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Did Microsoft’s Penny-Pinching Cost It $1 Billion?

Microsoft And Seattle Newspaper In Pissing Match Over Which is Toast First

“Expert”: Google Clueless About Mobile

Google App Engine “Accidentally” Blocks PayPal

Need we say more? Oh, really? if you answered yes, then click here.

6 Productivity Tips for MS Word

Cool tips at Web Worker Daily, including:

• Doing Table Calculations Directly in Word
• Compare Two Documents
• Deja Vu
• Save Multiple Documents Simultaneously
• Building Your Styles Skills

Microsoft Dumps Classifieds Business

Microsoft’s classified service that launched in 2006 will close its doors at the end of July.

Craigslist was just too much, apparently.

From TechCrunch