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Yahoo! lays out plans for Inbox app integration

Yahoo! Mail
Yahoo! has been talking about plans to make its web-based email inbox smarter and more social by integrating other web services for months. Now the company is spelling out what that means a bit more clearly. VentureBeat reports the company held an event today where it showed off a demo of the next generation email inbox with a new sidebar with support for web applications like WordPress, Xoopit, and Flixter.

The new Yahoo! Mail will also feature Flickr integration, allowing users to share photos by logging into their Flickr accounts from their email inbox. Yahoo! Mail will also be able to mine your personal data to figure out who your closest contacts are. It will then be able to prioritize emails from those contacts.

Yahoo! will also be rolling out a new version of the Yahoo! Toolbar with access to your web applications and adding a new section to the My Yahoo! homepage where you can access the same apps. TechCrunch snagged an image of the new toolbar, which is scheduled for a beta release next week.

Update: And the official announcement is up on the Yahoo! Mail blog. Check out a video demo of the new Yahoo! Mail after the break.

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Filed under: Web services, Yahoo!, web 2.0

My Yahoo! 2.0 leaves beta, gets all official and stuff

My Yahoo!
Yahoo has officially rolled out its updated personal start page to all My Yahoo! users. My Yahoo! 2.0 has been in beta for the last year or so. But now there's no more annoying little beta label, and users can't switch back to the classic page anymore. If you don't see the new page when you login, just wait a few days. According to PC Magazine Yahoo! plans to migrate all users by July 14th.

So what's new in My Yahoo! 2.0?
  • Modules are easier to reorganize and modify thanks to a drag and drop interface
  • There are new custom-designed modules with content from partners like the New York Times and Wall Street Journal
  • New modules add support for third party services like Netflix, Gmail, Facebook and POP mail
  • New page layout options
The new page is also available now for users in additional countries including Asustralia, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and the UK.

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