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Yahoophone Canned On Advice Of New CEO’s College Daughter

By Jason Chen Published January 30, 2009, 2:19 pm ET

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Valleywag just discovered that Yahoo (with Motorola and AT&T) was working on a Yahoo Phone with Yahoo apps, but canned it partially because new CEO’s college-aged daughter preferred another phone instead. [Valleywag]

http://valleywag.gawker.com/5142924/carol-bartz-turns-to-her-daughter-for-yahoo-phone-research

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