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Dec 2nd 2013, 20:15, by Zach Miners, IDG News Service
Yahoo has acquired SkyPhrase, a natural language processing startup, in a move that could improve Yahoo's ability to make sense of user queries and commands across any number of Yahoo products.
Terms of the deal, which was announced Monday, were not disclosed. SkyPhrase's team has joined Yahoo's Labs business unit in New York City, a Yahoo spokeswoman said.
SkyPhrase's landing page, as of Monday
Yahoo Labs is a science and research division of Yahoo focused on next-generation products and services. The division is active in a number of areas—human computer interaction, mobile and personalization are just a few—and it's unclear into which areas specifically SkyPhrase's technology might be integrated.
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