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Yahoo! Mail opened to mash-up makers
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Yahoo! Mail opened to mash-up makers | Yahoo! Mail opened to mash-up makers |
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| by Stan Beer | |
| Tuesday, 03 October 2006 | |
The world's number one internet company Yahoo has opened up the code to its popular web-based email system Yahoo! Mail to enable outside developers to create web-based applications based on the platform.Featured Whitepaper
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A number of SaaS (software as a service) providers, such as Salesforce.com and Google, are leading the charge to incorporate elements of their web-based applications in other services in mash-ups. Google Maps, for instance, is being used by a number of real-estate sites to enable visitors to view the location of properties that they may be interested in purchasing. Yahoo! Mail, with more than 250 million users, is the most popular web-based mail service and its latest Ajax -based version has received positive reviews with many critics saying that it rivals desktop based mail systems for performance and usability. {moscomment} |
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