http://www.myyblog.com/blog News and Tips About Your Personal Start Page Wed, 30 Sep 2009 01:15:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Your comments and suggestions make My Yahoo! better. We read your comments here on the blog and find some really great ideas! Here is a list of some new features launching in October on My Yahoo! all designed for you: • Email preview apps will show more of the sender ... http://www.myyblog.com/blog/2009/09/29/its-you/ I’m one of those people who gets excited by the idea of a new experience (like growing giant pumpkins, learning Mandarin, or knitting a cardigan) but who completely ignores how busy my life is already. My Yahoo! offers a wonderfully simple an effective way to slowly but surely learn a ... http://www.myyblog.com/blog/2009/09/14/a-sneaky-fun-way-to-learn-something-new/ My awareness of green initiatives and eco-friendly lifestyles has grown significantly in the last few years. One of the most effective education tools I've seen for this topic is surfacing interesting facts and familiar ratios. For example, a coffee mug with "60.5 billion liters" printed on one side, and "Water ... http://www.myyblog.com/blog/2009/08/28/how-green-are-you/ We’ve launched the new version of the Today App that we told you about a few days ago. This App updates constantly throughout the day so check back often to stay on top of what’s going on in the world. Add it to your page now. The new Today ... http://www.myyblog.com/blog/2009/08/19/whats-new-on-my-yahoo/ Anger is the emotion that really gets under my skin. And suddenly it seems as if ordinary people are getting angry every day at these town hall meetings around the country. I’m confused and troubled by the extent of this outrage and its emotional intensity. I’m also curious about it, ... http://www.myyblog.com/blog/2009/08/13/suddenly-people-are-yelling/ If you've seen the new Yahoo! Homepage, you'd be familiar with the fantastic new design of the Yahoo! Today App that showcases content that keeps you on top of what's happening. In a few days, we will adopt this new design and automatically upgrade the current My Yahoo! Today App. ... http://www.myyblog.com/blog/2009/08/07/coming-soon-new-today-app/ My late grandfather witnessed in his lifetime the spread of radio, TV, cameras, cinema, Betamax, microwave ovens. One day I went to show him this exciting thing called the Internet. He asked me “how is this different from all the other technological wonders of the past 100 years?” Well we ... http://www.myyblog.com/blog/2009/08/02/the-world-weird-web/ I love books and there’s no time like the summer to catch up on my reading. The challenge for me is usually deciding which book to read. “Books weRead” is a new application on My Yahoo! that is helping me to find great books, more easily. weRead has an extensive ... http://www.myyblog.com/blog/2009/07/20/your-summer-reading-list-inspired/ One of the clearest signs that I’m getting older is how easily my two-year-old understands the smart phone and the laptop in our home. And how he doesn’t understand what a “record player” is. It’s easy, though, to grasp the power of the Internet to help organize your life as ... http://www.myyblog.com/blog/2009/07/14/my-yahoo-a-parent%e2%80%99s-best-friend/ As a follow-up to last week’s post, I would like to share with you some quick tips on how you can vote and invite your friends to use the Whaddyathink? app. So, how do you vote? There are two ways: 1) Click on the title of the app on the ... http://www.myyblog.com/blog/2009/07/09/so%e2%80%a6whaddyathink-part-2/