Hi everyone, Today we began rolling out a beta version of the new profile. This is the first phase, as the profile beta is a work in progress and we will be continuously enhancing it over time. Read more about today's development on the Yahoo! Yodel Anecdotal blog ) http://ycorpblog.com/2008/10/16/your-social-control-panel( The updated profile will be a central control panel for your online activity making it easy for you to manage your identity, activities,

Hi Everyone, Today we announced that we will shut down Yahoo! Mash on September 29th, 2008. Your Yahoo! 360 profile will not be affected by the shut-down of Mash. We will provide plenty of advance notice before we shut down Yahoo! 360. Please continue to read the blog for future updates on the transition. Matt Warburton Yahoo!

Hi Everyone, The site maintenance is now complete. All accounts that were taken offline have now been restored. Thank you for your patience. Matt Warburton Yahoo!

Hi Everyone, While we're hard at work on Yahoo!'s new profile, we want to make sure that the vibrant community here on 360 continues to thrive. In order to accommodate growing blog usage, we need to add capacity! This Thursday June 19 at 10am PT, we will be taking roughly 20% of 360 accounts temporarily offline for up to 7 hours )i.e. from 10am to 5pm PT( so we can add more machines to better handle the load of everyone's blog posts and comments.

Hi Everyone, Here's the latest news on the transition from your 360 page to your new profile on Yahoo!: It will be taking place sometime in the second half of 2008. We don't have specifics on the date to share just yet, but you'll be among the first to know. For now just keep this in mind: 2 nd half '08. I know you get a lot out of 360, and that there's a good chance you've used it to deepen friendships and extend connections near and far. So,

Hi Everyone, I want to share with you some news from Vietnam. Yahoo! unveiled several Vietnam-centric initiatives as part of our Southeast Asia business strategy. One of these initiatives is called 360 plus - A new Vietnamese blogging application . This offering provides Yahoo! users in Vietnam with more ways to customize their blogs, connect to friends and share their experiences with their social connections. Just to be clear ,

Hi Everyone, It's been a few months since you heard from me. We thought it was time to let you in on recent developments. As I mentioned in my last post, the team is working hard to develop the new universal profile system, with full blogging capabilities. You will be hearing more from me on the new profile in future posts. Many of you have expressed concerns about the future of your blog content - both your posts and your comments. As I mentioned in my last post,

Hi Everyone, My last post regarding the future of Yahoo! 360 ° generated a lot of questions and comments and we've read them all. Thank you for taking the time to let us know your thoughts. While we can't respond to all the comments, we will address common questions and recurring themes in future blog posts. Last week I also spoke with a handful of passionate 360 ° users. I wanted to hear firsthand the reaction to the news,

On Yahoo!'s Q3 Earnings call today, it was announced that we intend to transition Yahoo! 360 to a more integrated Yahoo! experience in early 2008. I want to provide additional information on this news and assure you that we will minimize any disruption to you and our valued Yahoo! 360 community. I also want to assure you that you can still use all the features of Yahoo! 360 until this transition takes place in early 2008.

photo by filipe bachomo It seems everywhere I turn, people are talking about Yahoo! 360º. Unfortunately, much of this well-deserved chatter is happening over on the Yahoo! Mash Suggestion Board - where we really can't do much with it )or even keep tabs on it(. While we love hearing what's on your mind, let's keep the Yahoo! 360º discussion going here in THIS blog. That way we can leave the Mash forum for them to discuss their issues.

Remember how fun it was the first time you created your Yahoo! 360° page? Like Picasso with a mouse, you sat down in front of that blank screen )OK, maybe we started you with a loose template(. Then you started moving this here, that there, adding this, removing that. Next thing you knew, you had your own little masterpiece. It was your corner of the Web, reflecting your personality " and what's important to you and the people in your life. Well,

Thanks for your heartfelt comments on last week's entry about how to share photos using Flickr . All the discussion about bringing fun moments to life brings up another interesting point: It's easy )and fun( to share video on Yahoo! 360º too. A simple way to add video to your Yahoo! 360º page is by using Jumpcut. Part of the Yahoo! network, Jumpcut lets you upload, edit, and share video )and photos(.

I know some of you have been frustrated lately because of problems sharing your Yahoo! photos on Yahoo! 360°. A couple folks even contacted me directly, pointing out that they switched to Flickr and found it more satisfying. Others wrote in, wondering why we had two photo-sharing services " wasn't one enough? By focusing on a single photo service, they reasoned, wouldn't it make life easier for us by doing one thing )and doing it really, really well(? Well,

You can't turn anywhere these days and not read about the new release of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows." Unless you're blind. Then it's a challenge reading anything about the latest installment )especially the book itself, because Braille versions of the newest volume are few and far between(. But it looks like that's changing, thanks to the warm hearts )and deep pockets( of some Yahoo! Groups members and the HP )Harry Potter( for Grownups group.

Yep, must be summer vacation time )unless you live outside the Western Hemisphere; then it's off to the ski slopes?( Around here, anyway, in the last few days I've noticed that suddenly the supermarket lines are a wee bit shorter, the local restaurant crowd is somewhat thinner, and roads are ' well, just as congested as ever )but that ain't gonna change anytime soon.( Or maybe there's just a flu bug going around ' But more likely,

Photo by Xian Ge Sure it's fun swapping "techie talk" with fellow Yahoo! 360º users ) latest releases , using simple URL , etc.(, but sometimes it's more fun to just shoot the breeze about ' well ' nothing. You know " just getting to know each other a little better. I've always heard that one of the best ways to get to know someone is to go through the person's trash can )and no, I've never actually done it(. If you think about all the empty packages,

Photo credit KidneyNotes You've probably seen the classic New Yorker cartoon by Peter Steiner, showing a dog typing on a computer. He turns to his friend and says, "On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog." Those of us who spend lots of time online know this rings true )even fourteen years after the cartoon was published(. Many people take advantage of the anonymity the Web gives them by being a little wilder and crazier and edgier in their online interactions.