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Lately, Yahoo! has been lagging in the innovations department, usually playing the ‘me too’ game and not really able to pull it off as they should be able to. So they need a hit as much as Britney Spears needs to get some underwear.

So here’s my idea for Yahoo! to make the greatest comeback since John Travolta after Pulp Fiction.

I call it Yahoo! ICE. ICE stands for Interconnected Communications Experience. What does this jargon mean? It is a way for the user to truly experience seamless computing when moving from computer to computer and computer to mobile and vice versa.

How could this be done? In a simplistic way, it can be done using the Yahoo! toolbar and your login id. The way I envision this work would be for Yahoo!’s toolbar to take advantage of sitting inside any web browser and basically taking a snapshot of what the logged in user is browsing.

For instance if the user is using Firefox and is surfing a bunch of sites, the toolbar takes a snapshot of all of the open tabs then uploads this bit to their servers, ready to be opened. The user then logs into their Yahoo! account via their java enabled phone and up comes the latest page they were viewing at the exact point they left off with all of the other tabs loading in the background. Unlimited data usage is recommended. Once the user finishes viewing the sites or views new sites, the program takes a snap shop and sends it back to Yahoo!. Now when the user goes back to their computer, any computer, once they log in, again the same tabs will open in their favorite browser and leave them at the exact point they left off. You get the picture right?

With all of this talk about mobile computing and being connected everywhere, I want something that will give me that truly seamless experience from any computer to any mobile device. I do a lot of web surfing and when I go out I hate it when I forget what sites I had opened and what news I was reading before I left the office.

If anyone at Yahoo! is reading this, get on the ball and go do it! If you do this, I will definitely remove my google toolbar and install the Yahoo! toolbar.

Now onto the most important question. Why did I choose Yahoo!? Other than the fact that they have tons of properties that will be useful with this, it’s because they also have a Burbank, CA office and I’d like to get a job in their product development sector.

Would you use Yahoo! ICE?

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