XING Joins Yahoo! Go
XING is teaming up with Yahoo! for the European launch of Yahoo! Go 3.0.
Along with other popular Web sites including eBay, MySpace, Dopplr and Eurosport, XING will be accessible via the mobile application Yahoo! Go 3.0 and via Yahoo!’s mobile home page by means of a widget.
These flexible little applications allow you to transport Internet contents to your mobile telephone. Plans are to give XING members access to their XING messages via the Yahoo! Go service, allowing members to read or respond to messages without accessing the XING platform.
Furthermore, a planned ‘Quick Invite’ feature will enable XING members to invite their contacts to join the XING network at the click of a button. The XING widget will be available to Yahoo! Go users after the official European launch in Q2 2008.
XING is designed to make your professional network an active part of your life. More than a directory of business contacts, XING enables its members to discover professional people, opportunities and privileges through its discovery capability and contact management tools.
After a complete relaunch of the XING Mobile portal in August 2007, the company introduced a mobile version of the Web site especially for the Apple iPhone. At the end of 2007, XING teamed up with T-Mobile to offer web’n'walk users direct access to their XING contacts and messages via widget technology.
