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Thursday, February 11, 2010

Yahoo Sketch a Search - Draw on Your Phone with Your Finger!

There was a Yahoo press event today (I didn’t know about that or the Google one yesterday…). There were no big announcements, but attendees suggest the goal was simply to note that the company was not “out” of search. The one cool demo, per Harry McCracken: a “draw your area of interest” tool to define where to search for results on a map. There were no plans disclosed about when it might be available on cell phones. Hard to believe we don’t have this yet; once I have a touch screen phone I know I’ll like it. I used to use my finger on my Palm Pilot.

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by Adena Schutzberg on 02/11 at 06:00 AM | Comments | Bookmark and Share

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