And Yahoo's gonna kick everyone's arse! Maybe.
Labels: technology Author: Sushant Sreeram
Looks like Yahoo's finally getting one up on the Googles and the Microsofts.
In a move that could have far-reaching consequences not just for Yahoo and its competition but for the online space as we know it, Yahoo is opening up its Web platforms to third party application developers. And also, putting together all its offerings under a single umbrella.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,145062-c,businesscenter/article.html
What does "opening up its web platforms for third party applications" mean? Well, think Flickr. Now, what if you could share your images with your friends as they share theirs, what if you could tag people in your photographs, and what if these photographs could be a part of your personal profile and also a part of Yahoo Personals? Think again.
"The idea is to let the hundreds of millions of people who use its Web mail, instant messaging, calendar, photo management and other online services replicate the social experience that social networks like MySpace and Facebook have made so popular."
There are two main activities a majority of users indulge in online - e-mail/messages and social networking. Till now, each of these services has been handled by different owners (Yahoo, MSN, etc for e-mail and NewsCorp, Facebook, etc for SN). Even in cases where the same owner (Read: Google) provides both services (Gmail and Orkut), they have not been integrated to allow a user to interact with both simultaneously (think reading your mail as you check scraps on your profile).
Why hasn't this happened yet? For a couple of reasons. First, it raises privacy hackles. For many of us, the level of personal details involved in our e-mail/messages is more than we let our on our social networks. And to put them together would mean revealing more than we would probably like to. Second, there are security issues involved with combining a platform that is meant to be very secure(e-mail) with something that shouldn't be (social networking). And thirdly, there is the technology issue with integrating different programming environments (though this can be dealt with).
And now Yahoo has come along to try and do what none have done yet. Remember, this is not akin to a Facebook or a MySpace service. What Yahoo is talking about is bringing together all the services that one indulges in online - email, notes, photos, social networking, blogging, and more!
Well thought Yahoo! Now let’s see if you are game enough to walk to talk.
In a move that could have far-reaching consequences not just for Yahoo and its competition but for the online space as we know it, Yahoo is opening up its Web platforms to third party application developers. And also, putting together all its offerings under a single umbrella.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,145062-c,businesscenter/article.html
What does "opening up its web platforms for third party applications" mean? Well, think Flickr. Now, what if you could share your images with your friends as they share theirs, what if you could tag people in your photographs, and what if these photographs could be a part of your personal profile and also a part of Yahoo Personals? Think again.
"The idea is to let the hundreds of millions of people who use its Web mail, instant messaging, calendar, photo management and other online services replicate the social experience that social networks like MySpace and Facebook have made so popular."
There are two main activities a majority of users indulge in online - e-mail/messages and social networking. Till now, each of these services has been handled by different owners (Yahoo, MSN, etc for e-mail and NewsCorp, Facebook, etc for SN). Even in cases where the same owner (Read: Google) provides both services (Gmail and Orkut), they have not been integrated to allow a user to interact with both simultaneously (think reading your mail as you check scraps on your profile).
Why hasn't this happened yet? For a couple of reasons. First, it raises privacy hackles. For many of us, the level of personal details involved in our e-mail/messages is more than we let our on our social networks. And to put them together would mean revealing more than we would probably like to. Second, there are security issues involved with combining a platform that is meant to be very secure(e-mail) with something that shouldn't be (social networking). And thirdly, there is the technology issue with integrating different programming environments (though this can be dealt with).
And now Yahoo has come along to try and do what none have done yet. Remember, this is not akin to a Facebook or a MySpace service. What Yahoo is talking about is bringing together all the services that one indulges in online - email, notes, photos, social networking, blogging, and more!
Well thought Yahoo! Now let’s see if you are game enough to walk to talk.
Riyo Gems
7/6/08 12:05 AM
Billigflüge Kanada
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Sushant Sreeram
20/7/08 9:09 AM
check out http://mentalperambulation.blogspot.com/2006/10/three-kinds-of-people.html