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Information Technology News Yahoo puts IM on Web thanks to Flash | Yahoo puts IM on Web thanks to Flash |
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| Written by Stan Beer | |
| Friday, 04 May 2007 | |
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The browser-based Yahoo IM service, the first to hit the market from one of the major IM providers, frees users to acccess their IM accounts from any computer with Internet access and a browser installed. Yahoo is touting the service as particularly applicable to users who don't own a computer and for workers at companies that disallow downloads. The implication is that the service opens up the possibility for people in lower income brackets to partake in IM. According to Yahoo, it intends to rollout Yahoo Messenger for Web initially to South East Asia, a region with high Internet penetration but low PC ownership. Cyber cafes are especially popular in places like the Philippines, Vietnam and Thailand and Yahoo stands to gain a significant new audience from clientele without access to the net in their homes.{moscomment}
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