livestand

Earlier this week, Yahoo released Livestand, its magazine app for the iPad, joining the likes of Evri and Flipboard. It doesn't look or act as slick as Flipboard, however, and it's not as easy to navigate as Evri. And unlike both, it doesn't let you view your Facebook or Twitter feeds.

What it does do is provide content from Yahoo's network along with magazines such as Consumer Reports, Forbes, and Surfer. Oddly, the interface feels vaguely Windows-like, from the blue background to the spinning circle you stare at while it responds to a command. The most useful part of Livestand is the ability to bookmark topics of interest to you, though both Evri and Flipboard make the process easier. … Read more

BARCELONA, Spain--In a mobile world, size shouldn't matter, but context should.

That was the message from Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz as she demoed the company's new Livestand service at the Mobile World Congress 2011 here today.

Livestand, announced last week, aggregates and personalizes all types of content for users and optimizes it for every type of device. Dubbed a "digital newsstand," it serves up stories, information and ads based on a person's interest and eliminates the need for publishers to create multiple versions of content for different devices.

For mobile devices, where small screen size … Read more

Yahoo announced a product today called "Livestand," an app for tablet and mobile devices that will start as a personalized browsing tool for Yahoo-owned content and, in the future, possibly external content as well. Powering it is technology that Yahoo envisions as a way for both publishers and advertisers to easily reach tablet and smartphone users.

At launch, Livestand will feature content from Yahoo Sports, Yahoo News, Flickr, celebrity gossip site OMG, and the Yahoo Contributor Network (fueled by media from Associated Content, the freelance clearinghouse that Yahoo acquired last year). The content will be customized based on … Read more