Yahoo! Debuts Yahoo! 360, a New Service That Allows Consumers to Communicate and Connect with the People They Know
Yahoo! Users Can Now Create and Share Blogs; Share Photos from the Web or a Mobile Device; Recommend Favorites and More
March 16, 2005-- Yahoo! today announced Yahoo! 360, a new service that allows people to easily share what matters most to them and keep connected with the people they know -- all in one convenient place. Available March 29 through an invitation-only beta, Yahoo! 360 will provide users with an integrated experience, seamlessly bringing together popular communications, content and community services such as Yahoo! Messenger®, Yahoo! Photos, Yahoo! Local, LAUNCHcast Music and Yahoo! Groups with new services like web logs (blogs), mobile blogging (moblogging) and other sharing tools for recommending favorite movies, restaurants, music and more. The company plans to add additional features and functionality throughout the beta period.
"Consumers are looking for a new type of service that takes the best of first generation social networking services and successfully integrates it with communications, self-publishing and community tools," said Dan Rosensweig, chief operating officer of Yahoo!. "Yahoo! 360 will offer consumers an innovative and engaging way for people to share their lives, leverage their community and get the most out of their online experience."
The Yahoo! 360 beta is designed to give consumers the control to share what they want, with whom they want, in the way that they want, thanks to unprecedented privacy and sharing controls. Yahoo! 360 will also be the first service to offer a convenient "My Friends" page that gives consumers a full perspective on the latest postings and new content from the people they know. Consumers will also be able to view their friends' blogs on My Yahoo!, with Yahoo!'s Mobile Internet service or through any RSS reader.
Yahoo! 360 also will allow consumers to easily tap their friends to get advice, share knowledge or entertain each other -- to make their Yahoo! network experience even more personalized and relevant. For example, consumers will have the option to first view those restaurants or businesses their friends have rated or reviewed on Yahoo! Local, as well as link to their friends' LAUNCHcast Radio stations and more. Consumers will also be able to easily see all their contacts from Yahoo! Messenger, Address Book and Groups in one place and take these friends with them across the Yahoo! network.
Consumers included in the invitation-only beta of Yahoo! 360 can test out initial features, including:
Blogs -- Create a blog, post entries or pictures from mobile devices, view friends' blog entries at Yahoo! 360, My Yahoo!, Yahoo!'s Mobile Internet service or through any RSS reader
Photo sharing -- Share Yahoo! Photos content and upload new photos from mobile devices
Easy communication -- Send and receive instant messages via Yahoo! Messenger and see when friends are online right from the Yahoo! 360 "My Friends" page
"Blasts" -- Share a quick idea, a cool website or ask for a recommendation with the Yahoo! 360 "blast" feature
Yahoo! contact management -- Easily manage contracts and stay in touch with friends, thanks to a centralized list of all Yahoo! Messenger, Groups and Address Book contacts
Community building -- Search for people with similar interests from across the Yahoo! 360 network
Content sharing -- Share photos, reviews, LAUNCHcast Radio stations, groups and more quickly and easily
Recommendations -- Recommend favorite books, movies, TV shows and restaurants to friends and associates
"My Friends" page - Stay up to speed with the latest blogs, photos and comments from friends all in one central location
Yahoo! is inviting a small group of consumers to participate in an invitation-only beta. During the beta period, these customers are encouraged to provide feedback
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