In Brief: mixipix offers new animation messaging
The U.K. company mixipix launched Friday a new mobile messaging system that will allow consumers to send animated cartoons instead of text or static pictures.
The U.K. company mixipix launched Friday a new mobile messaging system that will allow consumers to send animated cartoons instead of text or static pictures.
Yahoo! named Qi Lu as senior vice president of engineering for research and search marketing.
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