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Thursday May 8, 2008

Yahoo Glue Pages Beta Test Rolls Out In India

Yahoo has rolled out a new search concept in India called Glue Pages in beta test form that aggregates text, images, and video results on a single results page. Yahoo Glue Pages Beta currently works for select search terms across select categories such as health, sports, entertainment, travel, technology, and finance and results are displayed alongside the usual Yahoo India search results. The system is meant to streamline the search process and is ideal for topics with broad coverage. Glue Pages was developed after a study of user behavioral patterns revealed that user experience shows a lot of room for improvement and innovations, which Yahoo hopes it will resolve with the introduction of Glue Pages.

http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/145626/yahoo_india_search_results_combine_text_video_and_images.html
http://www.paidcontent.org/entry/419-yahoo-india-adds-content-to-search-results-with-glue-page/
http://www.business-standard.com/common/storypage_c_online.php?leftnm=10&bKeyFlag=IN&autono=37091
http://news.idg.no/cw/art.cfm?id=C7A7B13E-17A4-0F78-31FB2DECA6114FE1
http://www.littleabout.com/2008/05/08/glue-pages-beta-the-three-in-one-search-by-yahoo-india/
http://www.techshout.com/internet/2008/08/glue-pages-beta-search-now-available-on-yahoo-india/
http://www.cxotoday.com/India/News/Yahoo_India_introduces_Glue_Pages_Beta/551-89169-913.html
http://uk.webhostdir.com/news/articles/shownews.asp?id=25669
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http://in.yahoo.com/

Organizations Testing Alternatives To Microsoft Office Suite

Government agencies and organizations looking for a more affordable alternative to Microsoft’s pricey Office suite are experimenting with other major Internet company offerings. Google charges a flat, monthly fee of $50 per user, per year, for its web-based Premier Edition equipped with administrator and security tools designed for business and government settings. Google’s Premier Edition is more affordable compared to a single license for the Professional version of Microsoft Office 2007 which sells for $399. Adding threat to Microsoft’s dominance of the desktop software market is IBM, which has emerged with its Lotus Symphony suite -- a free collection of open source productivity tools that, like Google Apps, includes word processing, spreadsheet, and presentation applications.

http://www.informationweek.com/news/internet/google/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=207600018

[edited by: Vanessa_Zamora at 5:35 pm (utc) on May 8, 2008]