Product Pulse – September 19th, 2008
Posted September 19th, 2008 at 5:40 pm by Nicki Dugan, Blog Editor
2 Comments / Filed in: Product Pulse
Avast, me scurvy dogs. ‘Tis International Talk Like a Pirate Day — when your landlord becomes a “bilge-sucking blaggard,” your girlfriend a “buxom beauty,” tonight’s cocktail your “grog,” and that guy who won’t shut up about all of his iPhone apps a “poxy drivelswigger.” Give me an “Arrrr!” And then feast yer eyes on this week’s booty from the swabbies o’ Sunnyvale (and elsewhere):
- Buzz on the run: You’re about to walk into a really hot party and realize you have absolutely nothing to talk about. Whip out your mobile phone, fire up Yahoo! Go, and fly your way over to the new Yahoo! Buzz widget. You’ll find the top stories in various categories from the last 12 hours. What’s more, iPhone users can “buzz up” their favorite stories at http://buzz.yahoo.com/iphone. There. Now you’re armed and dangerous with the latest on Obama, McCain, Troopergate, and that giant insurance company you now own part of. More here.
- Call me Ishmael: The National Maritime Museum has made Britain’s finest archive of maritime photography available on The Commons on Flickr. You’ll find photos dating back to the beginnings of photography in the 1840s, including expeditions to the Arctic, exploring the Port of London, seaside images by Francis Frith, and turn of the century passenger ships. Know the names of the people depicted, or precise locations, or any other information? Get thee tagging. More here.
- Satisfy song hankerings: When you just have to listen to that song right now, and don’t feel like downloading a player, hauling out your credit card, and restarting our computer, turn to Yahoo! Search. It now offers full song playback directly from your search results page. For thousands of popular artists and songs. Just search for an artist’s name and expand the FoxyPlayer (our browser-based player) that’s peeking out from the left side of your browser, click on a song, and listen to the whole darn thing. High-fives to our buddies at Rhapsody. The only catch — you’re limited to 25 songs a month. But still, how cool is that? More here.
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Tagged: Flickr, iphone, Product Pulse, search, yahoo! mobile, yahoo! music
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Trish | September 23rd, 2008 at 11:35 am
Yahoo! Come and visit Greenville North Carolina! Home of the ECU Pirates – where we don’t just talk like Pirates – we wear PURPLE! Paint the Town Purple – Go Pirates!! ARRGGHHHHH!!
software developers | August 14th, 2009 at 8:29 am
Nice post,
Thanks for writing about it
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