Product Pulse - June 22, 2007

Posted June 22nd, 2007 at 3:03 pm by Julie Han, Blog Team

 4 Comments / Filed in: Product Pulse

Whether you call it a Kobe, Bubbla, Volky, or Herbie, take your love bug for a spin to celebrate Volkswagen Beetle Day. Or just indulge in Käfer envy here.

• Face-Up?: No, we’re not offering free makeovers, but we are making it possible to combine all your Upcoming and Facebook events in one place! Just go to Facebook and download the application for one view of all your weekend activities. The best part is once you download it, you can go to either Upcoming or Facebook to see your combined list of events. Read more here.
• IM on your CrackBerry: Or any mobile device that supports WAP. With the new Yahoo! Messenger for Mobile Beta, you can view your full IM conversation, rather than going back and forth SMS-style. It’s a faster and prettier version that tells your buds you’re busy or idle (or you can go stealth) and displays all your pals’ new Avatar outfits. There’s even a search box that helps you find a friend on your list and add contacts right from your phone — no scrolling necessary! Read more here or download the new beta by going to http://m.yahoo.com on your mobile.

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Kevin | June 23rd, 2007 at 6:23 am

I was trying to READ the story on the 15 year old that got suspended for hugging. On the opening Yahool page their was no way to read a text story. I had to search for the story and finally found it on a Sydney newspaper site. On the “featured” section, Yahoo has assumed everyone wants or can watch a video. What if the users speakers are broken? What if the sound-card is broken? What if they are in a public place and don’t have headphones? I was quite perturbed by this hassle. A simple link to “Text Story” would be appreciated by me and assume many others. There is the possibility that I simply overlooked the text link.

I also tried to find a way to “contact us” on the main page and several other pages. I finally came across this blog link. I hope this get read by the correct staff person

Thank you

Kevin

Michael Anderson | June 24th, 2007 at 8:33 am

Problem,

With Yahoo photo closing I selected Kodak Share as my new service. When I received an email from Kodak informing me that my photo albums had been moved I checked their site. Only 4 of my 50 plus albums had been transfered.

I emailed Kodak they responed with “…we recommend returning to Yahoo Photos. When I tried that I found that I’m now locked out of the account.

Can anybody help me out here? I don’t want to lose any of my albums or have to recreate and upload them all over again.

Jay Neely | June 24th, 2007 at 10:32 am

I’ve written about your integration of Upcoming with Facebook, and I was wondering if more Yahoo! services will have official apps on Facebook? There are currently 9 fan-made Flickr apps, is an official one forthcoming?

Relevant Links:
http://www.facebook.com/apps/index.php?q=Flickr
http://socialstrategist.com/2007/06/24/5-things-yahoo-is-doing-that-you-havent-heard-about

Best,
Jay Neely, Social Strategist
http://socialstrategist.com

gag | June 26th, 2007 at 8:22 am

Social Networking n News

- Online users voted and rated news stories and we read the most popular or relevent news as perceived my many.
- The next step is the Emotional Level:
News stories voted or rated on three parameters Happy, Sad and Shocking.