Yahoo Messenger will now be equipped for its users to run mini Web programs that help them conduct shared activities ranging from calendar scheduling to watching videos or even trading commodities, the Yahoo Inc. said on Monday.
The company will introduce later on Monday a handier way for tens of millions of users of Yahoo Messenger to share a variety of Web services, media or software created by independent software developers or by Yahoo itself.

Yahoo Messenger, the third-most-popular instant communications service after eBay’s Skype and AOL’s AIM, aims to provide a more convenient and reliable way for users of its instant text and voice communications services to collaborate over the Web by sharing software applications simultaneously.
For example, a Yahoo Messenger user will be able to open up a version of Yahoo Calendar to friends and collectively plan to meet up by sharing local entertainment listings and maps while conversing over the messaging system.

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