http://www.ymessengerblog.com/blog Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:12:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A co-worker pointed me to this short film about a 50+ couple, Mia and Florin Popescu, who are both a little scared of technology but determined enough to stick with it so they can IM with their son, Alex, who lives in the US. A piece of crumpled paper with ... http://www.ymessengerblog.com/blog/2009/11/01/a-short-and-funny-film-about-learning-im/ Our Mac users have had this for awhile, but now our Windows users can also control their music player and share what they're listening to with friends using Yahoo! Messenger. The new FoxyTunes from Yahoo! Music plug-in lets you easily control your desktop music player as well as share the track ... http://www.ymessengerblog.com/blog/2009/10/28/new-foxytunes-plug-in-control-and-share-your-music/ In support of of our global brand "It's You!" campaign, we've added some Yahoo! audibles and Avatars to Yahoo! Messenger. As you may recall, we jump started the campaign with events around our infamous Yahoo! yodel, which we've updated and riffed on in new ways with the Yodel Studio. Now ... http://www.ymessengerblog.com/blog/2009/10/27/audibles-and-avatars-just-for-you/ The photo above shows a Yahoo! team member greeting visitors to one of our office buildings at our Sunnyvale, CA headquarters. Using the new video calling feature in Yahoo! Messenger 10 Beta, she keeps an eye on the lobby and then pops on full-screen to chat with visitors and check ... http://www.ymessengerblog.com/blog/2009/10/21/welcoming-visitors-via-video-call/ Diwali, also known as the “Festival of Lights”, is a very significant Indian festival that symbolizes the victory of good over evil. This year it falls on October 17th. Many Indians living outside of their home country will be calling home to wish their friends and family a happy Diwali. ... http://www.ymessengerblog.com/blog/2009/10/15/celebrate-diwali-with-yahoo-messenger/ This week, we've launched the first-ever Yodel Studio where Yahoo! users can come and record their personalized version of our famous brand sound. That's right, the catchy Yahoo! trademark, which is part song, part celebration shout, is ready for you to modify, mix and simply make your own. Be loud, ... http://www.ymessengerblog.com/blog/2009/10/12/is-the-yodel-in-you/ October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and Yahoo! has a lot going on across the network to support the effort. For starters, you can change your Avatar to display a pink ribbon, the symbol of support for finding a cure for breast cancer. Just head over to the "Show your ... http://www.ymessengerblog.com/blog/2009/10/07/support-breast-cancer-awareness-month/ Hopefully you've had a chance to try out the new video call feature in Yahoo! Messenger 10 Beta. Last Friday, the San Jose Mercury News ran a story on Global IP Solutions (GIPS), the company that provides the video and audio technology that powers this new feature. Some of the ... http://www.ymessengerblog.com/blog/2009/10/05/behind-the-scenes-with-video-calling/ An update of Yahoo! Messenger 10 Beta is now available (10.0.0.542). This latest version addresses a couple of video call bugs, plus some improvements in messaging about how it works. Changes in this latest version include: - Improvements in the webcam detection logic. If you were able to use your webcam ... http://www.ymessengerblog.com/blog/2009/09/29/yahoo-messenger-10-update-video-bug-fixes/ An updated version of Yahoo! Messenger for Mac 3.0 is now available. This latest version includes a fix for a sign-in issue that some users have been experiencing. When we tested this latest version with some of those users, they found that it did correct their problem. Download Yahoo! Messenger for ... http://www.ymessengerblog.com/blog/2009/09/28/updated-mac-version-helps-with-sign-in-issues/