Wednesday, 6 March 2013
Yahoo! has announced it is shutting down seven products that weren't yielding any profit, including the mobile app for BlackBerry smartphones. Yahoo believes the move will help focus more on its important assets. “At Yahoo!, we’re focused on making your daily habits more inspiring and entertaining. This means that we’re constantly reviewing and iterating on our products and experiences.
Besides the Yahoo app for BlackBerry
devices, the products set to be phased out are Yahoo App Search, Yahoo
Clues, Yahoo Message Boards, Yahoo Updates API, Yahoo Clues and Yahoo
Avatars.
For Yahoo! Avatars, the company will end
support with effect from April 1, 2013. Yahoo is ending support for the
Avatars YQL table from the same day.
Effective April 1, 2013, the Yahoo app
for BlackBerry will no longer be available for download. Users can use
the app if already downloaded, but the company won't be providing any
active support to the app.
Yahoo Clues (beta), Yahoo App Search ,
Yahoo Sports IQ and Yahoo Message Boards website are shutting down on
April 1, 2013. Moreover, Yahoo Updates API will no longer be supported
from April 16, 2013.
