SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Yahoo! Inc. has announced the availability of Yahoo! Local Info, a directory of location-based information for Web-enabled phones. According to the company, consumers can find information on entertainment, emergencies, restaurants, stores, travel and yellow page listings by entering their current location into Yahoo! Local Info on their Web-enabled phone.
Sridhar Ranganathan, general manager of Yahoo! Everywhere, a part of Yahoo! Inc. said, “One of the great promises of accessing the Web from a wireless device has been the ability to retrieve personalized, timely and location-relevant information. Yahoo! Local Info is exactly the kind of lifestyle-based application that delivers on that promise.”
