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Is Yahoo! Mail working on a little Buzz of its own?
In a completely unrelated Yahoo! Mail Blog post about Valentine greetings, the developers at Yahoo might be hinting (inadvertently?) at social network integration in the pipeline.It's just a screenshot, but 'My Social Networks' doesn't seem to exist on current Yahoo email accounts, nor does it make an appearance in the Application Gallery -- so what is it?
My guess is that Yahoo are about to leverage their huge (but waning) number of users to get in on the Facebook/Google Buzz game. You can presume that 'Update Status' will link in to a bunch of networks (like Ping.fm), so you'll be able to update Facebook, Twitter (and Buzz?) from inside Yahoo Mail.
As to what 'My Social Networks' is... it's probably something very like Buzz. But I imagine we'll find out soon enough -- or not, if I'm completely off the mark.
[thanks to Adam for the tip!]
Update: the app is available, but only to some users in Europe.
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Subscribe to commentsAndyFeb 16th 2010 9:31AM
I wander if google became aware of this and that's the reason they rushed out buzz before it was properly tested
Andrew MolyneuxFeb 16th 2010 9:42AM
The My Social Networks App is developed by Sobees to let you keep up with Facebook, Twitter and MySpace right from inside your Yahoo! mailbox. It is actually integrated into Yahoo! Mail already. However, it is currently only available to Yahoo! Mail users in Europe (UK, France, Spain, Italy and Germany). I've posted about it here: http://bit.ly/4FBEZT If US users want to try it out they need only to change their preferred content to Yahoo United Kingdom in their account, add the app and then switch back to Yahoo! US content.
Sebastian AnthonyFeb 16th 2010 9:42AM
Hm, I'm in the UK, and I didn't see it when I was checking out the tip...!
Andrew MolyneuxFeb 16th 2010 9:52AM
Hi Sebastian,
My guess is that you have your setting to get content from the US. You have to go to your account info section, login, click 'Set language, site, time zone', and select 'Yahoo! United Kingdom'. Click finished. You'll probably have to logout/login to your mail account. You should now see the My Social Networks App and if not click the '+' next to 'Applications'. It's a very cool app. I just keep open all day check it when I check my mail.
Sebastian AnthonyFeb 16th 2010 9:53AM
Cool, thanks for the info!
Is it as I guessed? Some kind of Buzz-like thing? :)
peegeeFeb 16th 2010 10:05AM
I hope it comes to the US version. Even though I use Google for most of my things, I still use Yahoo Mail (and pull my GMail there) because I like the interface more.
JamesFeb 16th 2010 10:07AM
@peegee - If you'd like to try the application, change your language to UK, install the app, and then change your language back to the US. The application will stay installed.
Andrew MolyneuxFeb 16th 2010 10:17AM
Hi Sebastian,
It's an app that allows you to connect to and pull in your feeds from your Facebook, Myspace and Twitter accounts. It also allows you to do realtime search and cross posting to all three sites. All from right inside your Yahoo! Mail Inbox. It's developed by Sobees - http://www.sobees.com/ - who has their own web and mobile based versions.
AshishFeb 16th 2010 11:51AM
O great....now yahoo, can you please improve ur spam filter just to show that u know tech? Thank you
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