Handy Mobile Features for Yahoo! Messenger

I decided to blog about our mobile features because I’ve found that many of our users don’t know about them. I use the SMS feature a lot when I’m trying to reach friends on their mobile. It’s much easier for me to type a mobile text message (SMS) into an IM window than fumble around [...]

Good Morning, Vietnam!

A few weeks ago, some members of the Yahoo! Messenger team traveled through Vietnam en route home from a conference in Asia. With the help of some local Yahoos in Ho Chi Minh City and a research company, they set out to interview some Messenger users.
Billed as an immersion trip, their goal was to observe [...]

Show and Tell

Ever find yourself struggling to explain in IM, email or on the phone where someone should click on a web page, or what folder on their PC they should be opening to fix a technical issue? A couple of Messenger plug-ins can help.

Unyte Lyte Desktop Sharing
Developed by WebDialogs, a company that specializes in online conferencing [...]

“Yahoo! Messenger, meet Yahoo! Mail”

There have been shared features between Yahoo! Mail and Messenger for awhile, like the ability to see who’s online from your Mail address book or getting alerts in Messenger when a new Mail message arrives. But hold your horses, there’s a new integration in town – Messenger is now built right into Yahoo! Mail Beta.
As [...]

Hack: Tabs in Yahoo! Messenger

As you may have seen in the preview of Yahoo! Messenger for Windows Vista, tabbed IM windows are coming soon. This feature lets you group multiple conversations into one IM window and use tabs to navigate among them.
As it turns out, there are several hidden features that are built into Yahoo! Messenger, which can be [...]

The Wacky(B) World of Yahoo! Messenger

If you’ve spent time on our blog, you may have come across a mention of a site called WackyB. I was first turned onto it about a year ago when someone on our team said “Have you seen WackyB? It’s an awesome site all about Messenger!”. I couldn’t have said it better myself – it [...]

Take your Avatar with you

It’s great fun to change the clothes, backgrounds and accessories on your Avatar. But when you sign out of Messenger, that’s the end of your Avatar until next time, right? Nope! You can display your Avatar on a personal web page, blog or even MySpace page using the handy export tools on the Avatars site.
To [...]

Emoticon Fever

People tell me all the time how much they love the emoticons in Yahoo! Messenger. I think they’re cute too but when you read how these two users have channeled their emoticon passion, you too will believe.
Laney’s story couldn’t stop me from grinning. She sent us a picture of a Yahoo! Messenger “big grin” emoticon [...]

Yahoo! Messenger Minute

Here’s just a few items that I wanted to mention today…
We’ve made more Phone In numbers available for the United Kingdom and France. The Phone In service lets you purchase a phone number so you can receive calls from friends right in Yahoo! Messenger (plus free voicemail). Get a Phone In number

March Madness comes to Yahoo! Messenger

Were you glued to ESPN last Sunday? Do you find yourself whistling your school’s fight song and organizing your wardrobe by your school’s colors? Then it’s official: March Madness has begun.

Millions of crazed basketball fans around the country are busy filling out their picks for office pools (try your hand at Yahoo! Sports’ Tournament Pick‘Em) [...]

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