Last updated Thu 24 Jan 2008 Member since February 2006
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On Yahoo!’s Q3 Earnings call yesterday, it was announced that we intend to transition Yahoo! 360 to a more integrated Yahoo! experience in early 2008. We want to provide additional information on this news and assure you that we will minimize any disruption to you and our valued Yahoo! 360 community. We also want to assure you that you can still use all the features of Yahoo! 360 until this transition takes place in early 2008.
We will be sharing specifics of this transition over the next several months, but we can tell you today that Yahoo! 360 will transition to a new universal Yahoo! profile that will be closely tied to other relevant services across Yahoo!, and will include improved blogging capabilities.
With the announcement of this transition, we assure you:
The vibrant community that has flourished on Yahoo! 360 is important to many people, and it is important to Yahoo!. Providing a smooth transition is a top priority for us, and we want to emphasize that we are committed to preserving your blog content and friends lists throughout the transition.
Many of you have asked if Mash, Yahoo!’s experimental profile service, will replace Yahoo! 360. We know this is an important question for many of you, and even more so given this news. We don't have all the answers today, but we are testing solutions, including Mash, in order to provide a more integrated universal Yahoo! profile throughout the Yahoo! network.
We hear your concerns. We are listening to your feedback, and we are committed to providing a more useful, engaging, and valuable service in the future.
Best,
The Yahoo! 360 Team
I know some of you have been frustrated lately with problems sharing your Yahoo! Photos on Yahoo! 360°. A couple folks even contacted me directly, pointing out that they switched to Flickr and found it much more satisfying. Others wrote in, wondering why we had two photo sharing services -- isn't one enough? By focusing on a single photo service, they reasoned, wouldn't it make life easier for us all by doing one thing (and doing it really, really well)?
Well, as you may have heard, Yahoo! Photos is shutting its doors soon. And in the process, we’re making it easy for people to move their pictures from photos.yahoo.com to other photo sharing sites, including Flickr. This also now includes the Flickr transition for people who use international versions of Yahoo! Photos (especially since we’ve also recently launched Flickr in seven languages).
If you already have a Flickr account, you know that Flickr makes it easy to manage and share your photos. It also gives you lots of ways to find and explore interesting pictures from the Flickr community. And if you prefer to share your photos only with friends and family, Flickr offers a number of privacy controls.
If you don't already have a Flickr account, now is a great time to set one up. I think the Yahoo! Photos users who choose Flickr are going to have fun with it (and will enjoy being part of the Flickr community). If you want to share pictures with your friends on Yahoo! 360°, I'd recommend using Flickr. It's easy. Really easy.
If you don’t currently use Yahoo! Photos or Flickr, set up an account and upload photos on Flickr. For both U.S. and international Yahoo! Photos users, here’s how to move your photos to Flickr:
Any questions? Ask away in our comments section.
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as you may have heard:
http://yodel.yahoo.com/2007/06/13/give-your-photos-the-fun-of-flickr/
seven languages:
http://blog.flickr.com/en/2007/06/12/flickr-international-launch/
upload:
http://flickr.com/photos/upload/
Read more:
http://360.yahoo.com/edit/yphotos.html
Share photos:
Given that the weather is really gorgeous (let's hope it lasts) here in London, it made me want to share new tips with you all! Now it’s easy (and fun) to share video on Yahoo! 360º too.
A simple way to add video to your Yahoo! 360º page is by using Jumpcut. Part of the Yahoo! network, Jumpcut lets you upload, edit, and share video (and photos).
Just think how entertaining it would be to let friends and relatives watch video highlights of that birthday party, going-away party, or bachelor party (better yet, hold-off on a public viewing of that bachelor party video).
Here’s how to add video to your Yahoo! 360º page:
Once you’ve copied this Jumpcut link, go to your Yahoo! 360º blog, compose an entry, click the “View HTML Source” box, and paste the code in there (if you want, before pasting the HTML, type in a description of the video, such as “Here’s Chris’ birthday video”)
When it’s posted, there’ll be a Jumpcut “player” in your posting, just waiting to show off your video. And FYI, if you see other videos on Jumpcut that you want to share, just follow the same steps to post them. So get those videos posted. Let’s share them with others who love Yahoo! 360°, and comment about them here.
Cathy
Our emergency team is asking people to dispose of their plastic bottles by using the new recycling banks. [...]
As you might be well aware of, there are thousands of homes in Britain suffering from the recent floods. This geotagged map from Flickr may give you a sense of the current situation. I hope you are all doing okay, and I hope this blog will invite your thoughts on this.
It may not come as a surprise to many of you, that blogs are great vehicle to collect momentum to show our concerns and even affect changes. For those who are concerned about climate changes and wonder what we can do for our environment, you might be interested to look at our recent green initiatives from Yahoo! for Good.
Perhaps you are planning to use the 360 platform to share with all of us your experience, suggestions and thoughts regarding this recent catastrophy. Would you like to pay tributes to the efforts of the firefighters and Royal Marines? Or you would like to send your best regards to people who are in need? Whatever it is, please share with us and help spread our concern! And if you have already done so, please go ahead and post us your links.
Thanks for sharing
Cathy
UK & Ireland 360 Team