Yahoo imitating Twitter?

Twitter is just so popular today. Millions of people around the globe are getting hooked with this micro-blogging tool so every company in the internet field is eyeing Twitter to be part of their assets, or to make similar applications.

This is something the tech world is seeing Yahoo. After a series of actions to promote and develop its internet-based services, who would not notice its similarities or inclination with the most popular social tool today - Twitter?

Check these services that Yahoo launched this year. Realizing the efforts of coming up with these projects, you’ll find out that Yahoo has something with Twitter.

Take a note of Yahoo Meme, a Twitter-like tool first launched in Portuguese version and has its Spanish counterpart today. This service is so much similar with Twitter, you can post updates thru texts, video or photos.

Another one is the TweetNews which utilizes Twitter to re-rank Yahoo’s latest search results. Yahoo’s Home Page also features another Twitter-like application where you can post messages to your account. Even Yahoo’s most popular property, Yahoo Mail, added its newest feature where you can update your status inside Yahoo Mail.

Other Yahoo-based services with Twitter inclination include Know Your Mojo and Important People.
As Yahoo puts it, they are just trying to be more social this year.

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