Yahoo! Messenger Blog

Art imitates life imitates IM

August 4, 2009 on 9:03 am | In Fun Stuff | 7 Comments

Yahoo! Messenger engineer, Adrien, finds a kindred spirit at the movies.

Give us your best Yahoo! smile

July 31, 2009 on 8:03 am | In Fun Stuff | 4 Comments

A Philippines blog called “Yahoo! Purple Hunt Adventure” had a nice story about a 5-year old girl named Caitlyn.

After watching her parents communicate with friends and relatives on Yahoo! Messenger, she blurted out to her Mom one day, “this is how Yahoo! smiles!”.

Since then, our smiley has inspired her to practice drawing it and she even made a quick video, giving her best imitation of the “bouncy smiley” that you see when you’re signing into Yahoo! Messenger. Check it out below.

We’re all smiles over here too, Caitlyn.

Sarah Bacon
Product Manager

Poll: Where do you use Yahoo! Messenger?

July 10, 2009 on 11:03 am | In Fun Stuff | 18 Comments

Celebrate the 4th of July with Yahoo! Messenger

July 2, 2009 on 10:24 am | In 9.0 version, Avatars, Fun Stuff | 26 Comments

This Saturday, July 4th is Independence Day here in the U.S. While you’ll probably be out enjoying hot dogs on the grill, summer sunshine and fireworks, here’s a few ways you can get in the spirit with Yahoo! Messenger.

Stars & Stripes for your Avatar
Visit the Fourth of July section on Yahoo! Avatars and dress your Avatar in some patriotic gear. Choose from flag-themed clothing and backgrounds filled with fireworks.

Skin it red or blue
Change your Yahoo! Messenger 9.0 skin to ruby red, icy blue or sky blue. Click the gold dot near the very top of the 9.0 Messenger window.

Wave your flag
Don’t forget about the hidden emoticon for the US flag. Hover your mouse on the emoticon to see the text shortcut ==>

Red, white & blue display images
Click on one of the images below to change your display image in Yahoo! Messenger 9.0. If you’re on a different version of Messenger, right click and save the image to your desktop. Then manually add it to your Yahoo! Messenger.

Happy Fourth of July to everyone!

Sarah Bacon
Product Manager

What’s your “desert island” feature?

May 5, 2009 on 2:22 pm | In Fun Stuff | 26 Comments

Which conversation feature matters most to you? Take the poll below to tell us.

Sarah Bacon
Product Manager