Summary Box: Yahoo hoping to impress users, advertisers with e-mail, search changes
By APThursday, September 16, 2010
Summary Box: Yahoo preparing mail, search upgrades
COMING ATTRACTIONS: Yahoo is preparing to upgrade its free e-mail service and Internet search results this fall.
WHAT’S NEW: People will be able to post updates to their Twitter accounts from Yahoo’s e-mail. The inbox also is supposed to run twice as fast. The search results will be highlighted by a capsule containing key information about a requested celebrity or topic.
THE GOALS: Getting people to stay on Yahoo’s website longer so advertisers will want to spend more. Yahoo also wants to prove it has regained its stride after years of meandering.
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