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Yodel Anecdotal —
... I won’t bore you with the plumbing — you can head over to our developer network for those details — but let me summarize the potential impact on you the user as developers dig in and begin to build their applications. ...
Yahoo Opens Up Big Time
TechCrunch —
... activity streams both on Yahoo and elsewhere on the Web.
2. A single, universal Yahoo profile.
3. A portable address book that you can take to other sites.
4. More customization features that let you bring content from other sites more easily into Yahoo
5. Social networking features that help you connect to more people on Yahoo
Specifically, the Y!OS consists of several component parts, which you can read more about on Yahoo’s developer blog or its developer network site. You can also read our notes on the ...
Yahoo Launches Open Strategy for Developers
WebProNews Feed —
... Now that developers have all of these tools at their disposal courtesy of Yahoo, we should expect a lot more "opening up" in the future. "In 2008, it s been all about building the base platform," says Sam Pullara , Vice President, Yahoo! Application Platform. "For the rest of the year and into 2009, we ll focus on integrating the platform into [the] rest of Yahoo!."According to Pullara, users will begin to experience a "social dimension" as they activate the network across services like Yahoo mail, and Yahoo Messenger, and developers have the opportunity to create some cool ...
Yahoo Courts Developers as Platform Launches
Webmonkey —
... , officially launched Tuesday. The individual pieces work together to let developers bring user data to their services or even bring their services directly to Yahoo users. ...
Yahoo! Opens Up to Developers [OStatic]
GigaOM Network —
... Today Yahoo! officially introduced their "open strategy" platform, Y!OS. The Yahoo! Open Strategy platform consists of three development components, the ...
Yahoo! Opens Up to Developers
OStatic blogs —
... Today Yahoo! officially introduced their "open strategy" platform, Y!OS. The Yahoo! Open Strategy platform consists of three development components, the ...
2 New Major Application Platforms Launch
Inside Facebook —
... Yahoo announced the launch of the Yahoo Social Platform and Yahoo Application Platform, major components of the Yahoo Open Strategy. As of today, the sandbox for developers to begin building OpenSocial applications on Yahoo is now open. While specific integration points and launch dates for Yahoo apps have not been announced, Yahoo says, “We will keep you updated on the rollout schedule for embedding third-party applications within the pages of Yahoo!’s properties.” The platform is fully internationalized from the start for 31 countries. ...
18 Months Later, 2 New Major Platforms Launch
Inside Facebook —
... Yahoo announced the launch of the Yahoo Social Platform and Yahoo Application Platform, major components of the Yahoo Open Strategy. As of today, the sandbox for developers to begin building OpenSocial applications on Yahoo is now open. While specific integration points and launch dates for Yahoo apps have not been announced, Yahoo says, “We will keep you updated on the rollout schedule for embedding third-party applications within the pages of Yahoo!’s properties.” The platform is fully internationalized from the start for 31 countries. ...
Pilgrim’s Picks for October 29
Andy Beal's Marketing Pilgrim —
So many Picks, so little time.
You too can build your very own Yahoo applications.
A republican congressman is the latest to question the Yahoo/Google deal–is it now doomed to failure?
Hitwise reports the 8th consecutive weekly drop in traffic for top online retailers.
A silver lining to the doom and gloom? Local advertising ad spend might actually be higher than expected!
Start-ups that actually charge for their service could be back in fashion.
Did the BestContactForm ever, just ...
Yahoo Open Platform Leverages REST APIs, SQL-Like Query Language, OAuth
eWeek - RSS Feeds —
... Finance, Fantasy Sports, etc. we'll make those social connections more active and useful. How is that not a social network? The feat, if it works and users remain loyal toYahoo, will be nothing short of magical. Taking a portal chock full of applications that largely didn't work with one another and "rewiring" them to interoperate is special. So how did Yahoo do it? In short, lots of REST (as in APIs), a SQL-like query language, and OAuth. Here are the ingredients of YOS 1.0, according to Sam Pullara, vice president of the new Yahoo Application Platform . Yahoo Social ...
Roundup: Yahoo developer platform launches, Wal-Mart sells G1, and more
VentureBeat —
Here’s the latest action:
So many games, so little time — The typical household video game collection boasts 48 titles but eleven percent of gamers own unopened games. That’s according to a new survey by analyst firm the NPD Group.
Desktop software still relevant, Microsoft chief executive Ballmer maintains — His email to customers, here.
Yahoo launches developer platform — See our preview from last week. ...
Platform Monetization is a Two Way Street: Lessons from Facebook and Sun Microsystems
Dare Obasanjo aka Carnage4Life —
... Over the past few days I've been mulling over the recent news from Yahoo! that they
are building a Facebook-like platform based on OpenSocial. I find this interesting
given that a number of people have come to the conclusion that Facebook is slowly
killing it's widget platform in order to replace it with ...
Yahoo Plans to Launch a Mail App Platform [GigaOM]
GigaOM Network —
... ,” has since left the company, but Yahoo has been building on the Inbox 2.0 idea, most recently launching such a profile effort as part of its ...
