Product Pulse - May 18, 2007

Posted May 18th, 2007 at 12:19 pm by Julie Han, Blog Team

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Once you’ve done your best Crouching Tiger to honor Chow Yun-Fat on his 52nd birthday, come read about some more reasons to scissor-kick across the room!

• Groupie love: Check out your group calendar history at Upcoming by simply clicking “See group history” at the top. No more sifting to the bottom for the most recent events from your fellow social butterflies or choosing between 20 event results or all events. We’ve even added Yahoo! Avatars to group discussions so you can “dress up” for the chat and have members-only discussions (no more random postings from non-members). Read more here.
• Going “glocal”: Yahoo! Maps gets local globally with driving directions in 34 European countries (think road trip in Spain) from U.S. Yahoo! Maps. You’ll notice other changes too like terrain overlays with medium and high zooming options, neighborhood and building footprints for NYC and San Francisco (more cities to come), and directions from points of interest (how about the Golden Gate Bridge or Empire State Building?). No need to look up the address! Read more here.
• Oh me, oh My!: Your My Yahoo! page just got another injection of Ajax and real-time functionality. Now you can add modules or change colors and layout without navigating away from your page. We’ve even added new modules like Yahoo! Calendar (add and delete events as well as skip through days without leaving your page), My Netflix (see new DVDs hot off their cinema run), and an updated Yahoo! Bookmarks module (add and filter bookmarks without leaving My Yahoo!).
• Turning all shades of green: Want to be green, but don’t know how? Newly sprouted site Yahoo! Green is your go-to resource for eco-friendly news, tips, and action plans — planetarians unite! While you’re there, take a pledge against climate change and choose from a variety of actions to reduce your CO2 emissions (air-dry your clothes, carpool with a co-worker, or recycle your cans). You may even win a free fleet of hybrid taxis for your city!

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TheAnand | May 18th, 2007 at 1:54 pm

thats great news, but unfortunately i am not able to get the new my yahoo….when is it coming to the uk and india?

Vera Nadine | May 22nd, 2007 at 5:12 am

That glocal thing sounds really cool!

Now I can daydream about driving around France even when I’m sitting back at home behind my desk!

One question about the MyYahoo changes…will the new module and color change options be available in MyYahoo Uk also?

Thanks,

Vera Nadine