Updated: Yahoo! Messenger for iPhone

Thanks to everyone who has tried out the initial release of Yahoo! Messenger for iPhone and provided feedback here on the blog or through the App store.
In response to some of your comments, we’ve released an updated version of Yahoo! Messenger for iPhone (v1.1), which is now available for download.
This latest version includes:
- Landscape keyboard [...]

iPhone app sign-in issues

We’re aware that some of you are still having problems signing into the Yahoo! Messenger for iPhone application, even after updating to version 1.1 that launched last week.
If you haven’t already, please use the new “Report a Problem” feature in the app to let us know (screenshot). You can find it under the Settings [...]

Tips for Yahoo! Messenger for the Mac

I don’t post about Yahoo! Messenger for the Mac very often, so I thought I’d share a few of my favorite features/preferences.
Webcam display image: Use your webcam to take a display image picture. Pose for your shot, hit the “Take Snapshot” button and wait for the counter to get to 1 – then smile! To [...]

iPhone app sign-in issues resolved

The sign-in issues that were occurring with the Yahoo! Messenger for iPhone app are now fixed. If you were unable to sign-in before, please restart the app and try to sign in again.
If you are still experiencing problems, please use the Report a Problem feature to let us know. You can find it by tapping [...]

Chat rooms maintenance

Today, May 19, from 3pm to 4pm Pacific Time, (calculate for your time zone) we will be performing server maintenance on the chat rooms in Yahoo! Messenger.
During this time the chat rooms will be unavailable and if you are in a room when the maintenance begins, you will be disconnected.
We appreciate your patience and apologize [...]

Yahoo! Messenger in the WebWare 100

Yay! We received a CNET WebWare 100 Award this week in the Communication category. Our fellow Yahoos at Flickr also received one in the Photo and Video category, and Yahoo! received one for Search and Reference.

Mac update (with some exciting iPhone news)

For those of you having issues with the latest Mac OS X update (10.5.7) and Yahoo! Messenger for Mac, help is on the way.
We’ve identified the problems causing the chat room crash and the sign-in problem* (see potential workaround below), and will be releasing those fixes in a new build soon. So stay tuned to [...]

Shortcuts in the IM window

I’m pretty mouse dependent but there are a few keyboard shortcuts in Yahoo! Messenger 9.0 that I’ve added to my everyday computing life. When I’m in a conversation, these are a few of the ones I find especially time-saving:
F2 (timestamps): This will show or hide timestamps in your IM conversation. I find this helpful when [...]

Updated Mac version now available

As promised, we’ve released a new build of Yahoo! Messenger for Mac 3.0 Beta (178870). This latest build fixes the issues with auto log-in and chat room crashes that were occurring for users who had upgraded to Mac OSX 10.5.7.
Download Yahoo! Messenger for Mac Beta 3.0

Got what it takes to “Make it Green”?

Do you sit around and dream up ideas that will green up our planet? Ok, I don’t either but you probably have some ideas worth sharing and if you’re a do-it-yourself kind of person, listen up!
In Yahoo!’s new Make It Green initiative, we want to turn great ideas that improve lives and help our planet [...]

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