What is yahoo 360 beta?

Question

i saw yahoo 360 beta i want to know about it.

Answer 1

Yahoo 360 beta is a free service that combines many Yahoo! services into one area, such as Yahoo! Groups, Yahoo! Music, and etc.  You have to activate it to use it. Check out an old press release that explains "What is Yahoo! 360?": http://docs.yahoo.com/docs/pr/release122... . Many people are using 360 now to find and meet new people, as it is a social networking service.

While logged into a yahoo service (mail, answers, whatever), type 360.yahoo.com in your web browser's address field (or just type 360 in a Yahoo! toolbar). Start creating your 360 space from there. Click the "Get Started" on the far right section of that page!

////You should be able to do the following to get into your 360 space, when you've activated your 360:

- LOG OUT of all Yahoo services

- Go to http://360.yahoo.com

- Click the teeny tiny "Sign-in" link on the upper left of the page. After signing in, the page refreshes and you should click on the teeny tiny "Yahoo 360 Home" link on the upper right of the page to get into the 360 space.////

For more details on how to set up elements of your 360 space, see http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/360/ . Keep in mind that 360 is a beta service, so there are many bugs. If you have problems, check the Answers area or click on my avatar to see the Starred Questions section in my Y/A profile.

Y!360 is transitioning into a different social networking platform in the 2nd half of 2008. See http://blog.360.yahoo.com/product_360 for more details. However, they are no longer fixing bugs related to Y!360, so there's no point in trying to contact them about glitches.

IMPORTANT!: Thoroughly read the 360 COMMUNITY GUIDELINES at http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/360/gui... .

Check out some 360 pages: http://360.yahoo.com/search.html .

NOTE: Some features are not available to users under age 18 for safety reasons.

Good luck! Welcome to 360!

Answer 2

Technically, if you have a Yahoo ID, then you already have 360. It's one of Yahoo's free services that involves social networking and combines many Yahoo! services into one area. It stays dormant until you activate it. Check out an old press release that explains....The Yahoo! 360 beta is designed to give consumers the control to share what they want, with whom they want, in the way that they want, thanks to unprecedented privacy and sharing controls. Yahoo! 360 will also be the first service to offer a convenient "My Friends" page that gives consumers a full perspective on the latest postings and new content from the people they know. Consumers will also be able to view their friends' blogs on My Yahoo!, with Yahoo!'s Mobile Internet service or through any RSS reader.

Yahoo! 360 also will allow consumers to easily tap their friends to get advice, share knowledge or entertain each other — to make their Yahoo! network experience even more personalized and relevant. For example, consumers will have the option to first view those restaurants or businesses their friends have rated or reviewed on Yahoo! Local, as well as link to their friends' LAUNCHcast Radio stations and more. Consumers will also be able to easily see all their contacts from Yahoo! Messenger, Address Book and Groups in one place and take these friends with them across the Yahoo! network.

Consumers included in the invitation-only beta of Yahoo! 360 can test out initial features, including:

Blogs — Create a blog, post entries or pictures from mobile devices, view friends' blog entries at Yahoo! 360, My Yahoo!, Yahoo!'s Mobile Internet service or through any RSS reader

Photo sharing — Share Yahoo! Photos content and upload new photos from mobile devices

Easy communication — Send and receive instant messages via Yahoo! Messenger and see when friends are online right from the Yahoo! 360 "My Friends" page

"Blasts" — Share a quick idea, a cool website or ask for a recommendation with the Yahoo! 360 "blast" feature

Yahoo! contact management — Easily manage contracts and stay in touch with friends, thanks to a centralized list of all Yahoo! Messenger, Groups and Address Book contacts

Community building — Search for people with similar interests from across the Yahoo! 360 network

Content sharing — Share photos, reviews, LAUNCHcast Radio stations, groups and more quickly and easily

Recommendations — Recommend favorite books, movies, TV shows and restaurants to friends and associates

"My Friends" page — Stay up to speed with the latest blogs, photos and comments from friends all in one central location

Yahoo! is inviting a small group of consumers to participate in an invitation-only beta. During the beta period, these customers are encouraged to provide feedback to help the Yahoo! 360 team evolve and enhance the service. Yahoo! plans to widen the availability of the beta product in the coming weeks. Interested consumers are encouraged to sign up to be on the beta waiting list at http://360.yahoo.com and will be notified when the broader public beta is available. About Yahoo!

Yahoo! Inc. is the No. 1 Internet brand globally and the most trafficked Internet destination worldwide. Yahoo! provides online products and services essential to consumers' 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, Calif.