Yahoo is trying to carve out its niche in the mobile market with a newly expanded platform for mobile application developers. The company’s Blueprint platform will now allow for the creation of standalone apps for any Java, Windows Mobile or Symbian device, executives revealed at a wireless industry conference in San Francisco on Wednesday. It will also provide tools for developers to build mobile-focused Web sites.
Until recently, the platform was used primarily just for the creation of widgets within Yahoo’s own Go application.
