UC Berkeley, Yahoo team up to research new Internet technologies

The University of California, Berkeley, is teaming up with Yahoo Research Labs to launch a new laboratory to explore innovations in areas such as Internet search technology, social media and mobile media.
Yahoo Research Labs-Berkeley is a first-of-its-kind partnership between a top public university and a leading Internet company to conduct research and explore new technologies that will support and reinforce key areas of Internet growth. One area will be search technology. Another will be social media, such as photos, video, music, audio and text, that are obtained from personal, public or community sources and then shared, referenced or remixed in ways that help foster social relations. Yet another area will be mobile media, involving mobile devices such as camera phones.