Posted on December 27, 2006
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I’ve spent the past few posts looking at how Yahoo! Go will transform your TV, and mobile phone. Now lets see what this exciting service will do for your PC. Yahoo! Go for your PC is a set of applications that help you keep track of what’s going on around the world. Yahoo! Go brings your photos, contacts, and mail to your desktop. Â
Without opening a browser you can preview photos, see who’s online and follow blogs. With completely customizable control over your personal and security preferences you can be assured your information is protected. You’ll be able to manage and edit your contacts which will also update your mobile phone contacts.  Right from your desktop you’ll be able to preview and manage your mail without ever opening a browser.Â
Yahoo! Community is now part of your desktop using Yahoo! Go. That means you’ll be able to share and save all the info that is important to you. So if you find a cool website and want to save and share it you’ll be able to save it to Yahoo! Community and mark it as personal, My Community, or share with everyone.
Yahoo! also has some widgets that ill bring your desktop to life. These widgets are personalized and customizable. Using these widgets you’ll be able to check stocks, weather, and traffic right from your desktop.
Are you ready to get started with Yahoo! Go? Visit their website for more information on how you can get started.
Posted on December 22, 2006
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Now with Yahoo! you can do some really cool stuff with your TV. Just connect your PC to your computer and Yahoo! Go turns your TV into a cool entertainment system. You’ll be able to do things like view photos, search for video, watch movie trailers, play music, and get DVR (Digital Video Recorder) functionality on your TV.  Here’s some highlights of what you can do with Yahoo! Go and your TV.Â
View photos on your TV
If you are like me you’ve got thousands of pictures on your PC. If I want to share them with friends or family we all have to crowd around the PC. Not so With Yahoo! Go! Using Yahoo! Go you and your family can enjoy viewing photos on your TV. Using this service you can look at photos from your local computer or from your Yahoo! Photos account. You can also view your friends online albums they’ve share with you. In addition, you can view and share your flickr photos or view photos from around the world. I can see how this feature could be a huge benefit.
Searching for video and watching movies
Now your can sit comfortably in your living room viewing video content from Yahoo!. If you want to watch video trailers, get movie information, or ratings you can get all that using Yahoo! Go. But that’s not all! If you are looking for local listings for local theaters and show times you can get all that from your TV using this cool service. Now if you have movies stored on your PC you can watch it from your own computer.Â
Your favorite music on your TV
Time to role out your digital play list into your living room. Now you can play the music stored on your PC, or listen to LAUNCHcast radio stations as from your TV.Â
Your TV becomes a DVR
With your TV hooked to your PC and Yahoo! Go you can use your built-in DVR (Digital Video Recorder) for recording all your favorite TV shows and movies.  You will also be able to check TV listings, browse by channel or time, customize guides, and search for all your favorite shows, movies, or sports.
Now are you ready to turn your TV into a cool entertainment system? Visit the Yahoo! Go website to learn more.
Posted on December 19, 2006
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Yahoo! Go is an exciting service for your PC, mobile phone, and even your TV.  Taking a look at Yahoo! Go for your mobile phone I see there are some exciting features.  Now your photos, contacts, messenger, and your yahoo mail is at your fingertips. Pretty exciting stuff!  Â
When you setup your Yahoo! Go account you will have access to your contacts from your mobile device.  So if you lose your phone that you haven’t lost your contacts. Even better you no longer need to keep up multiple contact lists between the web and your phone. Keep them all up-to-date from one location. If you make a change to your contact list your online Yahoo! account is also updated. Now that’s cool!
Are you into taking photos with your mobile device?  You’ll be happy to know the pictures you know take will automatically uploaded to your Yahoo! Photos account. Then you can easily access them online to print or share with your friends. And if you’ve got your PC hooked to your TV using Yahoo! Go you can view those pictures with everyone over your TV.Â
Have you ever wanted to send an instant message to someone but you couldn’t because you were away? Now with Yahoo! Go that is a possibility. Using Yahoo! Go and your mobile phone you can send a voice instant message or text message to your friends. Â
Access your Yahoo email inbox from your mobile phone. Yahoo! Go will allow you to send and receive email from your mobile phone. Your will notify you when you receive new emails to your Yahoo! email account. Your online email account will also keep a back up of the email you send.
This Yahoo! service certainly can make things a bit easier. If you want to give it a whirl visit the Yahoo! Go website.
Posted on December 19, 2006
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Yahoo! Go is an exciting suite of products by Yahoo! This service brings your PC, mobile phone, and TV a bit closer together and will make your life a bit more organized. With Yahoo! Go you will be able to access the information and content that is important to you from whatever device you choose. Now you will be able to access your email, contacts, music, and photos wherever you go. This certainly makes things a bit easier for you. For the next couple of postings we’ll take a look at how this new service called Yahoo! Go.