Next steps for Yahoo

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by Peteris • 14 years ago

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Sedols• 14 years ago

good stuff

evolve2k• 14 years ago

Nice call, I'd use that and tell people about it.

Peteris3• 14 years ago

Cheers, I really want a dashboard as well :). And perhaps Bloomberg needs a cheaper alternative too.

smegel2• 14 years ago

Didn't Google have a dashboard product called Google Home? That did everything your suggesting? And that had an API and a way to write custom gadgets? But that was ultimately sacrificed in the first Great Purge?

There was obviously something about a dashboard product that didn't click with users - maybe Yahoo is going to do it sufficiently differently to set it apart but I don't see what or how.

Peteris3• 14 years ago

I must have missed it. Well, did everybody have a smartphone back then? Having a dashboard for a screensaver I think is something that would click immediately. I would use one on the desktop too, provided it's nice on the eyes and is easy to fill up with relevant things (like HN articles).

smegel2• 14 years ago

Sorry I was referring to iGoogle - and it is still alive, but to be retired after November 1, 2013. Personally I like the idea of a dashboard - I just dont see it as a killer product.

What Yahoo really needs is a GMail, a Facebook, or even a Pininterest - something that will engage with a large proportion or majority of web users every single day. Unfortunately Yahoo has lost on Search, Email, Social, and even managed to screw up Photo Sharing (even after buying the leading site Flickr).

Next steps for Yahoo

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