Live Blogging Yahoo’s Product Call
Aug 24, 2009 at 1:57pm ET by Barry Schwartz
I will be living blogging Yahoo's product call, so please check back here for frequent updates.
2:00pm: Title of the introductory slide is "Connecting You To What Matters Most".
2:04pm: Still waiting to begin, not sure what the delay is.
2:06pm: The conference room manager said she is still trying to find the presenter, if you know where he is, press a certain key combination. I have never seen this happen with such a big conference bridge.
2:09pm: Kryssa Guntrum, the presenter is typing in the chat room, just waiting for him to get on the phone portion.
2:10pm: They are starti [...]
Filed in: Top News, Yahoo: Finance, Yahoo: Mail, Yahoo: Search
Yahoo Buys Xoopit To Advance “Smarter Inbox” Strategy
Jul 23, 2009 at 3:46pm ET by Greg Sterling
The web's first (and some might still argue only) "killer app," email, was invented roughly 35 years ago. And everyone seems to have ideas on how to bring it into the 21st Century. Google Wave is aiming to be an email replacement of sorts: a real-time, social communication and collaboration platform.
Yahoo, for its part, is pursuing a "smarter inbox" strategy, which has a social media dimension. As part of executing on that strategy it has acquired Xoopit, which developed photo-sharing for Yahoo Mail and GMail (although that will likely come to an end). The estimated value of the deal was [...]
Filed in: Yahoo: General, Yahoo: Mail
Yahoo Dominates The Web, Just Not In Search
Jul 16, 2009 at 10:22am ET by Barry Schwartz
Gigaom writes that although Yahoo is number two at search, they are still number one at so many other things. That is exactly what Carol Bartz, Yahoo's CEO, wants to communicate with the world, that Yahoo is not just a search company and does great things also outside of search.
Gigaom reached out to comScore to see what exactly Yahoo is number one at and that includes:
News
Finance
Sports
Mail
Entertainment
Games (near tie)
Yahoo Answers is not mentioned here, but I believe they dominate that category, as well.
We don't often discuss Yahoo's other properties, but it is imp [...]
Filed in: Yahoo: Answers, Yahoo: Business Issues, Yahoo: Finance, Yahoo: Mail, Yahoo: Search
Yahoo Adds Apps & Widgets To Mail, My Yahoo & More
Jun 5, 2009 at 11:01am ET by Matt McGee
If you've ever wanted to send money via Paypal without leaving your email In box, or if you wanted to publish a blog post without leaving your My Yahoo page, today's announcement from Yahoo is sure to put a smile on your face. Yahoo is adding a number of third-party apps and widgets to several of its properties, including the popular Yahoo Mail and My Yahoo services.
For Yahoo Mail users in the U.S., new apps include PayPal for sending and receiving money, Picnik for photo editing from your In box, MyPhotos for photo organization and sharing, and ZumoDrive, a file sharing service. These ma [...]
Filed in: Yahoo: Mail, Yahoo: My Yahoo
Yahoo Enhances Open Strategy: Mail, My Yahoo, Toolbar & More
Dec 15, 2008 at 5:08pm ET by Barry Schwartz
Yahoo has announced several enhancements to their continued open strategy. Some of the updates revolve around Yahoo products including Yahoo Mail, My Yahoo, the Yahoo Toolbar and Yahoo Updates.
Here are the breakdowns:
Yahoo! Mail – The Yahoo! Mail smarter inbox experience is the company’s largest-scale implementation of its Y!OS initiative. The new experience surfaces messages, information and activity from people users care about most, and the integration of relevant third party applications allows users to be more productive, all from within their inbox.
My Yahoo! – Beginning [...]
Filed in: Yahoo: Mail, Yahoo: My Yahoo
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