Yahoo! Announces New Web Services on Yahoo! Developer Network; Yahoo! Developer Network Debuts Application Gallery to Help Users Discover Innovative Applications Built on the Yahoo! Platform.SAN DIEGO San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. -- Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO YHOO Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ symbol) ), a leading global Internet company, today announced that it is planning to make available four new and enhanced Web service Application Program Interfaces (API)s through the Yahoo! Developer Network Yahoo! Developer Network is the division of Yahoo! that makes Yahoo services available as web services and APIs for developers to use them in their applications. External links
• , available at http://developer.yahoo.net. These APIs are intended to enable developers to use and build upon technology from Yahoo! Photos Yahoo! Photos was a photo sharing service of Yahoo!, designed specifically for Yahoo! users. The service had unlimited storage for photos, but it was required that photos have the jpeg/jpg extension. , Calendar, MyWeb and Shopping, creating a participatory environment that increases the relevance of Yahoo! products and services for individual users and the greater community. "Developers play an important role in helping to enhance Yahoo!'s vast network of services," said Ash Patel, chief product officer, Yahoo! Inc. "These new APIs along with new tools available on the Developer Network will continue to foster an environment of creativity and innovation that ultimately benefits Yahoo!'s users." Patel and Jeffrey McManus, director of the Yahoo! Developer Network, will speak this afternoon on "Building a Participation Platform: Yahoo! Web Services (1) Loosely, any online service delivered over the Web. Such usage appears in articles from non-technical sources, but not in IT-oriented publications, because definition #2 below describes the correct use of the term. Past, Present, and Future" at the O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference in San Diego, California “San Diego” redirects here. For other uses, see San Diego (disambiguation). San Diego is a coastal Southern California city located in the southwestern corner of the continental United States. As of 2006, the city has a population of 1,256,951. . As part of today's presentation, Yahoo! will announce that it is planning to make the following APIs available on the Developer Network: Yahoo! Photos API: In the coming months, a new Yahoo! Photos API to allow developers to build custom applications on top of the world's largest photo sharing Photo sharing is the publishing or transfer of a user's digital photos online, thus enabling the user to share them with others (whether publicly or privately). This functionality is provided through both websites and applications that facilitate the upload and display of images. service(a). By opening up its API, Yahoo! Photos encourages the developer community and photo product providers to create value-added features and products for Yahoo! Photos' 34 million users worldwide(a). Yahoo! Shopping APIs: Based on developer feedback, Yahoo! Shopping has enhanced its APIs with a new browse navigation feature that helps consumers quickly narrow their product search by providing the user with a menu of sub-categories and product attributes to further refine their search results. A browse shopping experience with category and attribute based refinement can also be built, allowing users to drill down and obtain product results meeting their preferred product criteria. Yahoo! Calendar This article or section contains information about computer software currently in development. The content may change as the software development progresses. API: The Yahoo! Calendar API is intended to enable developers to write applications that make it easier for users to access their Yahoo! Calendar from other sites on the Web, enhancing the experience for millions of Yahoo! Calendar users. Yahoo! plans to make this new API available in the coming months. MyWeb 2.0 API: This enhanced API provides the ability to read from as well as write to MyWeb 2.0 and is intended to enable information to move seamlessly between MyWeb and other applications or devices. Yahoo! plans to make this new MyWeb 2.0 API available in the coming months. Additionally, the Yahoo! Developer Network is launching an Application Gallery (available at http://gallery.yahoo.com), a one-stop site for consumers to discover applications that developers have built using Yahoo! technology. The Application Gallery will provide a centralized location for established and new applications across Yahoo! properties such as Maps, Flickr, Yahoo! Music Yahoo! Music, provided by the Yahoo! network, is a provider of a variety of music services, including Internet radio, music videos, news, artist information, and original programming. Engine and Search. "We are committed to providing developers with an open, easy-to-use platform to build applications and use Yahoo! technology in innovative ways," said McManus. "By offering more Web services than any other Web company, we give developers the flexibility and choice to customize our technology and contribute to new on and offline experiences for our users." The Yahoo! Developer Network helps developers build innovative applications using Yahoo! technology. In addition to providing open Web services, the Yahoo! Developer Network provides developers with access to documentation, reference guides, code examples, and groups for each Yahoo! property available on the Yahoo Developer Network. Yahoo! properties featured on the Yahoo! Developer Network include del.ico.us, Flickr, Yahoo! Maps Yahoo! Maps is a free online mapping portal provided by Yahoo!. News
The search engine Introduction Yahoo! Search is a web search engine, owned by Yahoo!, Inc. , Yahoo! Search Marketing See Overture. , Yahoo! Shopping, Upcoming.org and Yahoo! Widgets. About Yahoo! Yahoo! Inc. is a leading global Internet brand and one of the most trafficked Internet destinations worldwide. Yahoo! seeks to provide online products and services essential to users' lives, and offers a full range of tools and marketing solutions for businesses to connect with Internet users around the world. Yahoo! is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California. (a) comScore Media Metrics, Jan. 2006 This press release contains forward-looking statements involving risks and uncertainties concerning Yahoo!'s introduction of the new APIs and Application Gallery as well as Yahoo!'s strategic and operational plans. Actual results may differ materially from the results predicted due to a number of risks and uncertainties. The potential risks and uncertainties include, among others, delays in development and lack of acceptance by developers and users. More information about potential factors that could impact Yahoo!'s business and financial results is included under the captions, "Risk Factors" and "Management's Discussion and Analysis Management's discussion and analysis (MD&A) A report from management to shareholders that accompanies the firm's financial statements in the annual report. It explains the period's financial results and enables management to discuss topics that may not be apparent in the financial of Financial Condition and Results of Operations," in Yahoo!'s Annual Report on Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005, which is on file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and available at the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. Yahoo!, Flickr, del.icio.us, Upcoming.org and the Yahoo! logos are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Yahoo! Inc. All other names are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective owners. |
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