Comments on: Yahoo, Saved by the Bell http://gigaom.com/2006/11/21/yahoo-att/ Trusted Insights and Conversations on the Next Wave of Technology Thu, 26 Nov 2009 06:47:41 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: alan patrick http://gigaom.com/2006/11/21/yahoo-att/#comment-75307 alan patrick Wed, 22 Nov 2006 22:15:33 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/11/21/yahoo-att/#comment-75307 <p>Om</p> <p>The Telcos own the gold plated consumer identity - the billable address. Yahoo (and Google) own N Mickey Mouses, Y Donald Ducks and Z Anne Onymuss's. Yes they know what these ID's do, but they don't (yet) know who you are.</p> <p>This matters as Social Media becomes more and more gamed, and more and more facilities are driven off it. </p> <p>Who can drive the Identity & Trust features required - The Portal or the Telco that bills you?</p> Om

The Telcos own the gold plated consumer identity – the billable address. Yahoo (and Google) own N Mickey Mouses, Y Donald Ducks and Z Anne Onymuss’s. Yes they know what these ID’s do, but they don’t (yet) know who you are.

This matters as Social Media becomes more and more gamed, and more and more facilities are driven off it.

Who can drive the Identity & Trust features required – The Portal or the Telco that bills you?

]]> By: Jesse Kopelman http://gigaom.com/2006/11/21/yahoo-att/#comment-75305 Jesse Kopelman Tue, 21 Nov 2006 21:22:25 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/11/21/yahoo-att/#comment-75305 <p>Meanwhile, Comcast just went ahead and made their own version of Yahoo! with comcast.net. I've had my browser start page set to Yahoo! for years, but there are actually some compelling reasons to switch to Comcast on at least my work PC. While it makes sense for T to have the functionality of Yahoo!, Comcast has proved that it is easy enough to build it yourself rather than squeeze yet another acquisition into a company that has already tripled in size in the last two years (SBC+AT&T+Bellsouth).</p> Meanwhile, Comcast just went ahead and made their own version of Yahoo! with comcast.net. I’ve had my browser start page set to Yahoo! for years, but there are actually some compelling reasons to switch to Comcast on at least my work PC. While it makes sense for T to have the functionality of Yahoo!, Comcast has proved that it is easy enough to build it yourself rather than squeeze yet another acquisition into a company that has already tripled in size in the last two years (SBC+AT&T+Bellsouth).

]]> By: Christian Cadeo http://gigaom.com/2006/11/21/yahoo-att/#comment-75303 Christian Cadeo Tue, 21 Nov 2006 18:26:36 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/11/21/yahoo-att/#comment-75303 <p>T will buy yhoo. They need a front end to their declining dumb pipes.</p> T will buy yhoo. They need a front end to their declining dumb pipes.

]]> By: Bert http://gigaom.com/2006/11/21/yahoo-att/#comment-75301 Bert Tue, 21 Nov 2006 13:30:46 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/11/21/yahoo-att/#comment-75301 <p>I truly wonder if there has been a big amount of cash involved, in the end both parties are far from sure what it will bring to both. Having said that, Yahoo holds the lead in this dance like you pointed out.</p> I truly wonder if there has been a big amount of cash involved, in the end both parties are far from sure what it will bring to both. Having said that, Yahoo holds the lead in this dance like you pointed out.

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