Yahoo grabs for Android smartphone homescreen

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http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/8MqtNQ00sCF1_6BwJz7IGA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/Part-WAS-Was8518766-1-1-0.jpg (http://news.yahoo.com/yahoo-grabs-android-smartphone-homescreen-192359086.html)Yahoo on Monday ramped up its move to mobile, grabbing for Android smartphone home screens with an Aviate application tuned to where people are. Yahoo bought Aviate early this year in a deal reported to be valued about $80 million dollars and the software was subsequently honed with a test group. An English language version of Aviate for smartphones powered by Google-backed Android software made its global debut on Monday. "We created Aviate to connect you with the information you need at the moment it’s useful," Aviate founder and Yahoo product manager Mark Daiss said in a Tumblr post.



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