February 28, 2011 on 4:59 pm | In Uncategorized | 66 Comments
Do you love our Yahoo! Messenger emoticons as much as we do? From now through March 18th, show us your best emoticon impression for a chance to have your face turned into a brand new Yahoo! Messenger emoticon to be added to the Yahoo! Messenger emoticon gallery.
Check out the Yahoo! Messenger Faceoff Contest on our Facebook fan page. Join the fun by simply submitting a photo of yourself imitating your favorite emoticon. Then encourage friends and family to vote for your submission by “liking” your photo in the Faceoff gallery or to submit their own photos if they think they can do better! After two rounds of voting, the winner with the most “likes” will have their face turned into a brand new emoticon for the world to use.
Everyone knows Yahoo! Messenger is bursting with fun, so it’s no surprise we grew our Yahoo! Messenger Facebook fan base from 120K to 520K in just five months! The page includes updates on product features, delightful polls, interesting Messenger trivia and lots of fan interaction. It’s a great way for Yahoo! Messenger to connect with and delight loyal fans across the globe.
Go ahead – show the world your best smiley! If you’re too shy to submit a photo, visit the Faceoff gallery to vote for your favorites and support your friends. Which emotion are YOU?
Yahoo! Messenger Team
February 25, 2011 on 11:14 am | In Uncategorized | 87 Comments
We know your friends are everywhere, and we want to make connecting with them as easy and seamless as possible. That’s why we’re giving you the ability to chat with your Facebook friends on the latest Yahoo! Messenger Beta.
What’s cooler is that you can also chat with your Facebook friends when you are mobile. For users who are already using the latest Yahoo! Messenger Beta on your PC, you can continue chatting with Facebook friends once you log out of your desktop client. You can send and receive messages from your Facebook friends in real-time via SMS.
Here’s how you can set it up on your mobile device.
· Download the lastest Yahoo! Messenger Beta for PC
· Link your Facebook account
· Register your mobile device
Now when you log out of your desktop Messenger, you will be automatically logged into your mobile device. Any messages sent by your Facebook friends will be forwarded to your mobile device and appear in your phone’s SMS inbox. Reply to the SMS message, and your message will be sent back to your Facebook friends. It’s that simple.
Enjoy the Facebook Chat experience on your mobile device and let us know what you think!
Nitu Choudhary
Technical Yahoo!
February 15, 2011 on 9:49 am | In Uncategorized | 113 Comments
We will be performing maintenance on chat rooms in Yahoo! Messenger on Feb 16th 2011, from 9pm to 12am PST. During this time, the chat rooms will be unavailable.
We are committed towards improving the performance of our services. Appreciate your continued patience and apologize for any inconvenience.
Sherrine Tan
Yahoo! Messenger Team
February 11, 2011 on 9:03 am | In 10 version, 11 version, Features, Mac version | 19 Comments
The annual About.com Readers’ Choice Awards are here and we’ve been nominated for a few awards in the Best IM category:
- Best IM Client for Windows | vote
- Best IM Client for Mac | vote
- Best IM Chat Rooms | vote
The winners are determined by you, the readers, so head over to About.com to vote for Yahoo! Messenger in the above categories. Voting begins today and runs through March 8.
Thanks to About.com readers for nominating us. We appreciate it!
Sherrine Tan
Yahoo! Messenger Team
