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New Chat & SMS Widget inside Classic Yahoomail!

I was using Yahoomail as usual, and suddenly something popped up with a water bubble bursting sound. I could see a blue widget above my email folders. I never did anything to get this. No settings, no modifications, no plugins. I was just checking my mail and the blue widget appeared and after a refresh it disappeared. I used the back button in my FireFox browser and took the screen shots of the chat & sms widget.
It had already imported all the contacts and mobile numbers from my Yahoo! messenger.
It looks cool, loads fast.
Here are some screen shots:

It appeared in the Classic Yahoomail and not in the upgraded version of YahooMail. Upgraded version of Yahoomail already has a separate portion for chatting. But this is something new and better, as we need not move from the inbox to start chatting(some what similar to that in Gmail.)

Click above image to see in full screen

Tab for multiple user chat
Did you notice this widget in your Yahoo mail? Hope this is in the initial state of testing. And Yahoo! will rollout this feature to all its users some time in the future.

Got the Chat and SMS widget back in my Yahoo Mail again. Its not disappearing now. Its nice to chat and adds more fun to its already famous Mail

Yahoo! Mail Getting Smarter With Smarter Inbox-First Look Video

Yahoo! announced today that, some of the Yahoo! Mail users will begin to experience the new smarter inbox.

Whats new?
1. A Welcome Page which surfaces messages, information and activity updates.

2. An updated inbox(Smarter Inbox)….

Yahoo! announced today that, some of the Yahoo! Mail users will begin to experience the new smarter inbox.
Yahoo!-Mail-Smarter-Inbox
Whats new?
1. A Welcome Page which surfaces messages, information and activity updates.

2. An updated inbox(Smarter Inbox)

3. Folder view that filters messages from personal connections.

4. Access to relevant third-party applications like Flickr, Flixster and Xoopit from within your inbox.

With the implementation of Smarter Inbox, Yahoo! promises a faster loading, lightweight mail box, from where we can do much more than just read and send emails!

Take a look at the Video, of Smart Yahoo! Mail:

An update by Yahoo! :-
Update: We are conducting a very limited beta test right now of the open applications in Yahoo! Mail. Only our power users, who were invited into the limited beta, can test out the new applications at beta.mail.yahoo.com. We will be extending this beta test to additional users over the coming months.

Do you love GMail? Then you may Love these Stickers too

Previously we wrote article when Adsense Stickers were sent to us. After that we also wrote when Google decided to send FeedBurner flame logo. It just shows that, we very much like the idea of making someone stick to our blog/product/service/brand, let it be in online world or in the offline wold.

We just love the T-shirts with our blog logo, ecards with logo etc.

Now GMail(Beta!), team has made some GMail stickers and they will send it on your way, if you take a step or two to get it!

Source: GMailBlog

One of three bookplate style stickers you can stick on anything from the inside of a favorite book to your laptop or your skateboard. (Trading with friends is encouraged — we realize the unicorn isn’t for everyone.) And there’s a sheet of keyboard shortcut stickers intended as a tool to help people learn Gmail’s shortcuts. The adhesive is a bit more removable than standard stickiness, so you can take them off once you’ve trained your fingers.

To Get The Stickers:
Just send a self-addressed stamped envelope (along with a note if you’re so inclined) to:
Send me some Gmail stickers already
P.O. Box 391420
Mountain View, CA 94039-1420

If you are really interested to get these Stickers, then don’t delay. They are giving one sticker per person, and they may go out of stock soon, as there are many GMail fans.

We are sticking our envelop, its almost ready to be sent(Oops its Saturday night now, and post service will be off for Saturday & Sunday!).
Those stickers are really looking interesting for us. What do you think about them?

Get FeedBurner flame logo mailed to your home

Its great to receive a gift from our loved ones. We love FeedBurner(a great and Free service from Google) and a flame logo(schwag) on our laptop would be great.

The term schwag refers to all manner of logoed stuff given away by companies to get people to remember them, feel good about them etc, in short its a Branding trick or marketing trick or marketing strategy.

The FeedBurner flame, the Laptop Sticker: It’s round. It’s colorful. It’s precisely the size of something you need.

To get this mailed to your destination by snail mail way, of course, Send a self-addressed stamped envelope and the sticker is yours. It’s that easy. Here is the address:

Google
c/o I Want A FeedBurner Sticker!
20 West Kinzie Street
9th floor
Chicago, IL 60610
USA

Now to those who think that, they need to put US stamps on the self-addressed envelope!…you should put your country stamps and not US stamps. For sending from India, it costs less than a dollar.

Get more details in feedburner blog.

Also read the article, Google Goodies and Goodness.

It would be fun to get these kind of logos, especially for those who have not yet received their Adsense(or any other) first cheque!

And please remember that, this article is mainly to remind you that, you can also brand your blog with a good looking logo. Offline blog promotion works great for many bloggers. Hope you can give it a try.

Please share your thoughts about Offline blog promotion in the comment section.