Yahoo Widgets 4'0

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Yahoo Widgets 4.0

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What are Yahoo Widgets?

• Widgets are small, specific applications that you
  can run on your Windows or MAC OS desktop.
• They are shortcut links of different Web sites
  downloaded to computer desktops.
• Widgets tend to look like small pictures or
  animations.

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How does it work?

• Widgets allow the user to access information by
  desktop without opening a web browser.
• Live updates delivered to your desktop.
• It allows for an at-a-glance view of all
  personalized updates in one place.

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Business applications

• Widgets allows you to keep your fingers in all
  the digital pies that make up your life.
• Users can track anything from stock quotes,
  mortgage rates, weather forecast, flight
  schedules, currencies rates, count down to your
  birthday, etc.
• Companies are using widgets as a marketing tool

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System requirements

• Widgets run on Macintosh and Windows
• computers.
• Limitations
• Microsoft Windows Vista, Windows XP, and
• Windows 2000
• Macintosh computer Mac OS X 10.3 or greater

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Questions?

• Comments?