Yesterday I was writing that I use different services from different companies while comparing Skype and Google Voice. Today Yahoo! released the latest version of Yahoo! Homepage for U.S. users and I was very happy to see that Yahoo! understands that people want every good service not just Yahoo! services. Yahoo! converted is homepage into the application platform of other popular services including Facebook, eBay, Gmail and many others.
Users can now personalize Yahoo.com to check other sites, including Facebook and Gmail, as well as add Web widgets that link to more than 65 other sites.
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I have not checked how much you can do while staying on Yahoo! homepage but my understanding is that you can check your email of your Gmail / AOL / Windows Live inbox, manager Facebook and MySpace profile, place a bid on eBay, see your job posting on HotJobs and so on.
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Yahoo! marketplace section on homepage which was on Yahoo’s homepage since its earliest versions is gone for good.