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This morning, Yahoo brought out a pair of new mobile apps to help broaden its mobile presence and fall in line with its recent redesign campaign. First up on the list is Mail, which currently is no stranger to smartphones but is now available in all its tablet-optimized glory on Android slates and iPads. Also added to the Yahoo portfolio is a Flickr-integrated Weather app for iPhone and iPod touch, which allows you to look at user-submitted pictures of the weather in the city or region you’re checking out. Want your image to be gazed upon by millions of admirers? Upload them to the Project Weather Flickr Group and there’s a solid chance you’ll get featured. Head below to the source for the full scoop.

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Source: Yahoo! Weather, Yahoo! Mail

AOL‘s recently-resigned sales executive Ned Brody has reportedly received an offer from Yahoo, which is trying to reel him in despite possible legal action from his former employer. This information comes from sources who are said to be “close to the situation,” who say it is tricky because Brody is currently under a non-compete order for 12 months.

Although the sources say that Brody has already resigned, it is worth noting that AOL still has him listed on its corporate leadership page. The sources are not certain that the former AOL employee has accepted Yahoo’s job offer, but report that the salary is of a generous nature, and word has it Yahoo will shell out cash to keep Brody on board with the company during his non-compete months – essentially paying him to take a long vacation.

Despite that attempt to take advantage of a loophole that may not exist in the non-compete, the sources say AOL has warned Yahoo it may take legal action in response. However, the former employer has not made any attempts to keep Brody on board, with reasons being cited as an offer from Yahoo that is too large for it to counter. The amount of that offer, however, is not known at this time.

The slot Brody would fill previously belonged to Ross Levinsohn, who left Yahoo in early 2012, leaving a hole in the company that has been temporarily filled by Mark Ellis and Peter Foster, both Vice Presidents of different divisions of Yahoo’s business. Despite the duration it has been without a permanent replacement, such a position is one of importance to the company, and should Brody accept its offer, he’ll become an integral part of helping boost Yahoo.

[via AllThingsD]

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It is said that Yahoo are currently talking to Apple to ensure that some of the former’s services would end up on a more prominent place on not only the hugely popular iPhone, but also on the game changing iPad as well. Both giants from the Silicon Valley have been talking to one another, where it is hoped that when an agreement is settled between the two of them, additional sports as well as news content will be loaded onto Apple devices, in an effort to expand a partnership that will make use of the voice activated assistant Siri that will bypass search while offering users information directly whenever they hold a pseudo-conversation into their handsets, at least this is what the Wall Street Journal reported earlier today.

Yahoo will also be exploring the possibility of making Web search results available to Apple, so that it will not rely so much on Google. There might be a spanner in the works though, as Yahoo’s partnership with Microsoft’s Bing search engine might be reconsidered down the road. Right now, Yahoo’s CEO Marissa Mayer has clearly stated that the company’s top priority is to expand Yahoo’s footprint on mobile devices.

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Google, Amazon and Microsoft are finally getting the syncing cloud storage thing right. But, Dropbox is still the player to catch. While the rest are still working on actually getting the desktop client stuff ironed out, the iconic blue box is spreading its tentacles across the web. Today Yahoo! announced a partnership that puts the pioneering storage service right in your inbox. Yahoo! Mail is now tightly integrated with Dropbox, allowing you to share files straight from your folders online or save attachments to them. The tie-in comes courtesy of Dropbox Chooser, which also means an end to size limits for email attachments. Anything over 25MB is shared through a Dropbox link, rather than directly attached to your message. If you’re a Yahoo! user you should see the new options in your inbox today.

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Source: Yahoo!, Dropbox

A company that used to be the darling and poster boy of tech, Yahoo!, might not be of the same size as well as having a similar level of clout as with the past, but is still large enough of an entity to create headlines when required. From what we do know, Yahoo! Mail have worked with Dropbox in order to make life a whole lot easier for road warriors. This new Yahoo! partnership with Dropbox is said to make life easier whenever you want to send, receive and manage attachments in Yahoo! Mail to your mates.

So high is the interest on this particular partnership between Dropbox and Yahoo! Mail, that it would be folly to play Judas. This apparent integration on the cloud is tipped to let you share additional files in more or less a dummy-proof setup, and since these files are safely stashed away in your Dropbox account that will remain online round the clock, barring a terrible natural disaster that spells the end of all land lines in the country. You can pick up the app in English, French, Spanish, German and Italian, now how about that for a warm welcome after a long day out at the office?

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