My Yahoo!
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| Developer(s) | Yahoo |
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| Initial release | July 15, 1996 |
| Platform | Web browsers |
| Type | Web Gadgets |
| Website | my |
My Yahoo! is a customizable start page or personal web portal which enables users to combine personalized Yahoo! features, content feeds and information onto a single page. iGoogle is similar to My Yahoo. On September 19, 2013 a tablet oriented redesigned version of My Yahoo was launched. On January 31, 2014, this new version was rolled out to all users.
As of the week of March 3, 2014 Yahoo users are being informed that the localized versions of My Yahoo are being discontinued and users must log-on to the US edition (my.yahoo.com) where most of the users' settings and applications will be migrated to so they can continue using My Yahoo after March 24, 2014.
While the appearance, layout and content of the main Yahoo homepage is standard, My Yahoo offers a more customizable experience. On it users can for example, apply themes, add their favorite sites as news sources, add widgets (among others) to display content like Weather and a glance to the users' Yahoo! Mail and GMail inboxes, rearrange the layout controlling the type and amount of content on each tab and add additional tabs to the page.
A user’s MyYahoo page allows them to access almost everything they need on one page. They never need to go to another website and open up another browser to get information. There are many applications and programs that allow users to access their social networking pages, the daily Lottery numbers, and much more. Another feature that MyYahoo offers is a mail aggregator that allows users to add several email accounts to one email page, keeping all their email accounts in one easy-to-get-to location. It even has a Yahoo Update Aggregator that allows users to see updates from Yahoo, Facebook, Twitter, etc. all in one location. Additionally, it has gaming applications such as FishVille, Mafia Wars, Balloono, and Draw My Thing where users can play against friends and family. Holiday backgrounds, family recipes, and fun activity suggestions that users can do with their friends and families can also be utilized. Having a MyYahoo account can give people access to everything they are interested in without having to go search around on multiple sites and browsers. Recently, MyYahoo has taken it a step further. In 2011, they created a MyYahoo mobile app that users can download on their smartphones so that they can always be connected even on the go.
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