Happy 2008!

It looks like it’s going to be a very exciting year for the digital home. Lots of new living-room products are already rolling out, and I hear there are many more to come. I’ll definitely comment on those as they develop. But today I’d like to tell you about a partnership between Yahoo! and Apple. Here’s a peek at a conversation I had with Russ, Senior Director of Product Marketing for Yahoo! Digital Home.

Digital Home Guru: Hey, Russ. It’s good to see you. So what’s going on with Yahoo! and Apple?

Russ: Hey, Guru. It’s good to see you, too. It’s a really exciting time for us right now. Yahoo! has been working with Apple to deliver Yahoo! Mail, Search, Finance, and Weather services for the Apple iPhone. On the Yahoo! Digital Home front, we recently partnered with Apple to deliver Flickr on Apple TV.

DHG: Wow, that’s great. Flickr’s my favorite photo-sharing site, and I love using Apple TV. Can you tell me more?

Russ: Sure. As you know, Flickr’s an amazing community. It has billions of photos and nearly 43 million* visitors from all over the world. Apple TV lets us rent movies and buy episodes of TV shows right from our TV sets. With Flickr on Apple TV, we can watch slideshows of our public photos, check out our favorite pics, and browse our contacts’ public images—all on the big screen.

DHG: That sounds amazing! I can’t wait to check that out. What else does this new partnership have in store for us?

Russ: Great question. I can’t go into too many specifics now, but I know we’re definitely going to keep searching for opportunities to collaborate in the future.

DHG: Well, I’ll just have to wait, like everyone else. Thanks, Russ. It’s been great talking to you.

* comScore WorldMetrix, October 2007