Posted by : Cyber Freak
Sunday, 24 February 2013
Yahoo has introduced a new newsfeed feature with infinite scroll similar to that on Facebook and Twitter
which will allow users to log in through their Facebook IDs and be able
to access information about their friends varying from articles to
birthdays, videos, etc.
This the biggest product revamp taken by CEO Marissa Mayer since she took over the ailing company last year. Yahoo
has been the most visited site but its revenues have declined in recent
years. It has lost its internet space to competitors like Google as well as Facebook.
The major changes that will be coming
out in the next few weeks will include mobile applications for
smartphones as well as tablets. This makeover follows the new updated
version of Yahoo mail that was introduced in December 2012. It is said
that with this move Yahoo will strength its ties with Facebook to
compete against Google for Web users' attention. However it still
remains to be seen whether the revamp will actually bring back Yahoo's
Internet audience.
Yahoo has given a forecast for a modest
increase in revenues for the year but it is still not much compared to
the growth of its competitors like Google and Facebook which have the
majority of the market share. Yahoo will be rolling out the new look for
US users over the next few days though nothing has been said about its
global rollout plans yet.