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Yahoo Mail gets more Facebook features

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On May 26, 2010, 2:35 PM

If you haven't kicked your Facebook habit to the curb amid the recent privacy concerns, Yahoo has some good news for you. Starting Monday night, the company began adding new Facebook features to Yahoo Mail. Those who have received the update should be able to see and respond to updates from Facebook's news feed directly from Yahoo's email platform. You should also be able to reply to a Facebook email without going to the site.

These additions come as Yahoo, Google and others attempt to keep up with the bolstering social network scene. Last year, Yahoo rolled out a feature that funneled updates from popular social sites like Twitter and Flickr into Yahoo Mail. Google recently followed suit with Buzz, a service that lets users share status updates, photos, videos, and RSS information, in addition to integrating with external sites like Twitter, Flickr, and Picasa.

Neither service has been a hit, but Yahoo is determined to find its role in the social craze. Rather than constructing its own core infrastructure, the company plans to rely on partnerships to aggregate content. In a related move, the company has teamed up with Match.com and will ditch its own service, Yahoo Personals. This follows its decision to drop HotJobs, GeoCities and other services conflicting with the company's core focus: email, search, and its homepage.

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  1. May 26, 2010 2:55 PM
    windmill007 said:

    Ya I think yahoo personals was the last yahoo service I have been using...So long yahoo. Tried match.com and it's not very good. They should of went with someone like eharmony or something.

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  2. May 26, 2010 3:52 PM
    TomSEA
    TomSEA, TechSpot Chancellor, said:

    Yahoo Mail just plain sucks now. I've had it for years - in fact, the first e-mail account I ever created. But lately, it's become just a clunky, piece of crap that works efficiently about 1/3 of the time.

    Adding Facebook features ain't gonna help...

    Reply
  3. May 27, 2010 3:34 PM
    tengeta
    tengeta said:

    HAHA, yeah, the same company that sells your email address and any personal info in it for $25 bucks outside The U.S. is totally going to be more trusted than Facebook.

    Reply
  4. May 29, 2010 12:10 AM
    elijahbel said:

    Great!! this is definitely gonna add charm to yahoo mail.

    Reply
  5. May 29, 2010 2:18 AM
    Punkid said:

    toooo bad facebook is banned in my country for now

    :P

    Reply
  6. June 10, 2010 1:04 PM
    Guest said:

    If it is banned then just go to http://www.access-any-website.com/unblock-facebook.php and you will be able to surf Facebook

    Reply

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