The document summarizes Neal's talk about Yahoo's open strategy, which has three goals: make Yahoo more social, open it to third parties, and rewire Yahoo. It discusses how Yahoo is giving developers more APIs and formats to access Yahoo's data and build applications. Developers will be able to write code, access Yahoo's data and social graph, promote and distribute their applications to Yahoo's large user base through upcoming platforms like the Yahoo Application Platform.
55. Address Book: access and update
contacts
BOSS: build your own search service
Fire Eagle: create location-aware
applications and services
GeoPlanet: manage all geo-permanent
named places on Earth
Music: use the Yahoo! Music catalog of
artists, albums, videos, and more
SearchMonkey: use structured data to
enhance your Yahoo! Search results