New Yammer Mobile Apps Are Here!

By: Maria | May 10, 2012 | Tags:

Mobile experience is a key area of focus for Yammer, especially as more and more users are using these apps to connect on-the-go. We’re happy to unveil a brand new set of mobile apps for Android 3.0 and iOS 5.0, which we released yesterday. At a high level, the major changes are a completely new sliding navigation (a la Facebook) and a re-designed feed UI. These changes are massive improvements to the interface and usability of our apps. Users can now perform actions such as Replying or Liking from within the feed, view file previews within the app, and view different message types (Announcements, Praise, etc) on their mobile phones.

New Navigation (iPhone and Android):

New navigation features:

  • Sliding left navigation allows for quick access and switching between your feed, Private Messages, Groups, Networks and Accounts
  • Group counters to easily track new activity within your groups
  • New header provides access to Private Messages and Notifications
  • Note: new navigation will be available on the iPad next month

New Navigation & Notifications on iPhone and Android:



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Enterprise Social Networks; Exactly What Has Changed?

By: Greg Lowe | May 9, 2012 | Tags: , , , ,

Enterprise Social Networking (ESN) has been around since 2007. We’ve talked a lot about success and have even reached mainstream adoption in many large companies. What made me curious was: exactly what has changed? As I started to look at this, it struck me that ESN’s are communication platforms. So how have communications changed because of this?

The reigning champ

Email has been around for over 20 years (for  history of email, see Enterprise 2.0 – You can’t win or lose in the first inning), but only recently have we started to realize the strengths and, more importantly, the weaknesses of having everything in one’s Inbox. Far too many of us get too much email to remain effective, and comments like “email overload” and “email bankruptcy” are testament to this fact. We rely on the sender to read our minds and only share things that are important to us, but we still find that there are many things we need to know about but we don’t.  Additionally, Marketing folks realized that many of us spend a lot of time in our inboxes and have started to use email to send unsolicited marketing newsletters (and sometimes SPAM!), placing more demands on our time and causing further frustation.

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Developer Diaries: An Inside Look at Hovercards

By: Jimmy | May 7, 2012 | Tags:

This past Friday we released hovercards for users and for groups.  These hovercards provide a quick way for users to see more information about coworkers and groups without having to leave their current conversation.

You’ve seen hovercards on other social sites, so it probably seems like a straightforward feature.  But, as with any Yammer feature, there was a great deal of analysis, design, and testing that took place. With that in mind, I invite you all to take an inside look at the development of hovercards, from concept and design to testing and release!

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Find Information You Need With Universal Search

By: Sam | May 3, 2012 | Tags: , ,

With all the different knowledge management tools in use today, companies end up locking away lots of valuable data in information and communication silos across the business. As a result, employees often spend hours searching aimlessly for content stored across multiple apps, file servers, and databases.  This frustrating process leaves a well of untapped knowledge and ultimately slows business down.

With Yammer’s new Universal Search engine, there’s finally a better way for employees to quickly find everything they need in one place.  Now, users can search across applications behind the firewall and in the cloud from a single search bar.  This includes any content created in Yammer, such as conversations, files, groups, and pages. It also includes any relevant information from third party apps like documents from SharePoint or purchase orders from SAP.  Plus, Universal Search uses instant typeahead for faster results – it automatically displays matches as users enter search terms.

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A New Way to Share Ideas: Introducing Spigit ICON

By: Maria | May 1, 2012 | Tags: , , , ,

Today we are thrilled to announce an integration with Spigit’s ICON platform, a new crowdsourcing tool that gives employees a quick way to tap their coworkers for ideas, knowledge and feedback. ICON is available via email sign up or with Yammer Connect, so our mutual users can also to log into ICON using their Yammer credentials, bringing their Yammer identity and profile information with them.

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