Not to be outdone by Google's recent gift of free WiFi to 47 airports across the US, Yahoo is getting into the game. As part of its bold new advertising push, the company announced today that it will be bringing free WiFi to New York's Times Square for the next year.

"While Yahoo! is the place where your world meets the world online, over 500,000 of you take in Times Square each day and it's become a central spot for New Yorkers and people around the world," the company wrote in a blog post today. "We and our partners at the Times Square Alliance think it's the perfect place to bring you free WiFi service."

The WiFi will be accessible both on PCs and mobile devices, because, as every New York already knows, the sidewalks of Times Square definitely need more distractions.