Yahoo turns to social networking

Yahoo plans to make a move in the social networking space by using its e-mail subscribers as a base for sharing information on the Web, reports The Washington Post.

The company will release a product called Yahoo Updates that allows e-mail users to see what other contacts on their lists are commenting about or sharing on sites like Yahoo Finance, Facebook and the photo sharing site Flickr.

Yahoo introduced a similar tool last year called Connections, which allowed each user to join micro-networks and customise a list of contacts with whom to share information.

Google has mapped every wireless network in Britain in order to use the information for commercial purposes, states Telegraph.co.uk.

Google says it has suspended the use of Streetview cars across the world but their work in Britain is already complete.

The search engine giant points out other companies have already mapped wireless networks, notably a company called Skyhook Wireless; which has a contract with Apple.

Cisco has set out plans to improve its long-term partner engagement, says ARNnet.

Cisco Asia-Pacific partner organisation manager, Mike Allan, says channel engagement through to 2015 would be driven by borderless networks, virtualisation and collaboration.

The networking giant has highlighted healthcare, manufacturing, finance and the public sector as major opportunities for its global partner network.