Product Pulse? It must be Friday

Posted September 22nd, 2006 at 12:07 pm by Nicki Dugan, Blog Editor

 2 Comments / Filed in: Product Pulse

Big and small, here’s what kept us busy this week — the second weekly installment of product highlights to fuel your fancy.

• It’s Game Time!: Yahoo! Sports Fantasy Basketball launches for the upcoming NBA season with a fresh new look and game experience.
• 60 Minutes on Yahoo! News: If you missed that “60 Minutes” interview everyone’s talking about, fret no more. “60 Minutes” debuted this week on Yahoo! with highlights and exclusive outtakes from Howard Stern’s interview. Next up — Katie Couric’s interview with Condi Rice.
• Mail and IM on your Crackberry: Blackberry users who suffer withdrawal from Yahoo! Mail and Yahoo! Messenger can stop twitching now. Get more done away from your desktop.
• Calling all Ruby and Flash hackers: The Yahoo! Developer Network just launched resource centers for Ruby and Flash to let developers mash up with Yahoo! services. And they’ve made it easy-peasy with how-to’s, downloads and community resources. Hack on.
• Yahoo! Messenger knows your ‘hood: Ok, you have to try this. Add “ylocalbot” to your Yahoo! Messenger friends list. Then send it a message with a local keyword and your zip code (ie, “dry cleaner 94107″) and it will reply with a list of joints, addresses and phone numbers. Add “ymapbot” and you can ask it for directions (ie, “701 First Ave Sunnyvale CA to San Francisco”). But the coolest thing? It now works on your mobile!

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Ami | September 24th, 2006 at 10:52 am

Has anyone else been as offended at the sexually explicit, vulgar, pornograpgic ad that appears on Yahoo’s browser site when one tries to access the news? If so, I would encourage you to register your complaint, as I am doing. It’s high time we start working on restoring decency and morality to our sick society. I’m afraid we have been sowing to the wind and are reaping a whirlwind we will not be able to escape, if we refuse to change our ways.

Brinke Guthrie | September 28th, 2006 at 3:00 pm

Looks like ‘pink’ is a new color option for home page. Could I suggest gray or silver as opposed to that ‘oyster’ shade..and maybe a few new color schemes to add to the aging color lineup for the My Yahoo page?