Product Pulse — June 13, 2008
Posted June 13th, 2008 at 8:06 am by Nicki Dugan
Filed in: Product News
Forget throwing salt over your shoulder and avoiding black cats. Today is Blame Someone Else Day. Late for a meeting? Forgot to charge your cell phone? Overdue mortgage payment? Just not your problem. After you've passed the buck to an unsuspecting scapegoat, read up on what we were culpable for this week:
- Video revisions: Head on over to Yahoo! Video and you'll see we've spruced up a few features. By popular demand, you'll now find a bevy of sharing options under each video so you can shoot it off to the world via Digg, Facebook, MySpace, del.icio.us, Reddit, and StumbleUpon. We also made it easier to check out stats, which now includes how often a video has been favorited. And, perhaps coolest of all, you can now play back videos without leaving the search results page. Makes looking for just the right baby hamster video a cinch. More here.
- Didn't you see my blog?: If your friends get sore when you don't keep up with their latest blogging brilliance, we're here to help. Upgrade to Yahoo! Messenger for Windows (9.0, Beta) and your friends' most recent blog post will show up as their status message, courtesy of the MyBlogLog wizards. You'll also be able to keep track of their MyBlogLog activity, like when they add contacts, join communities, or add tags. As the MyBlogLog team eloquently put it, they're helping transform your IM it into a "socially aware RSS Reader." More here.
- Final for Firefox 3: A while back, we tested the waters with a Firefox 3 extension beta for Del.icio.us bookmarks. And now it's official. After hundreds of thousands of downloads and copious user feedback, it's live and kicking (and better and more stable, thankyouverymuch). It's a great way to search and manage your bookmarks and keep tabs on your Del.icio.us network. More features are coming down the pike. Still using Firefox 2? It works just fine there, too. More here.
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