Yahoo! goes ‘open’ for web apps dev’t
- Social Networking, Software, Yahoo! -
By Anna Valmero
INQUIRER.NET
MANILA, Philippines – Yahoo! Philippines launched September 30 the Yahoo! Open Strategy to rewire itself and open up its assets to third-party developers and help drive innovation and differentiation in terms of its products and services.
Yahoo! Open Strategy product management Cody Simms on the Yahoo! developer blog that the new initiative is “Yahoo!’s big bet to deliver open, industry-leading platforms that attract the most publishers and developers.”
Sau Sheong Chang, head of engineering of Yahoo! Southeast Asia explained during an interview with INQUIRER.net that the Y! Yahoo! Open Strategy “aims to marry the best of the Web with what Yahoo! has internally. This will provide a holistic and consolidated platform for developers to grow applications in the current Yahoo! backdrop.”
