http://www.ymessengerblog.com/blog Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:59:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Now that Microsoft Windows 7 is out, do you plan to upgrade your Windows PC? Will you upgrade to Microsoft Windows 7?(online surveys) http://www.ymessengerblog.com/blog/2009/11/20/poll-will-you-upgrade-to-windows-7/ On a normal day, we double click on the Yahoo! Messenger icon to sign in, the yellow smiley wakes up, and our contact list loads. Then we’re off and chatting with friends. But sometimes, not everything works perfectly. Sign in issues can sometimes be attributed to problems with an ... http://www.ymessengerblog.com/blog/2009/11/18/connection-help-in-the-latest-yahoo-messenger/ Thanks to all of you who tried out Yahoo! Messenger 10 during the Beta period and provided feedback about your experience. As of today, Yahoo! Messenger 10 is no longer in Beta. You can download the final version from our website. This latest version (10.0.0.1102) incorporates many bug fixes, including ... http://www.ymessengerblog.com/blog/2009/11/12/yahoo-messenger-10-final-version-now-available/ While the new video calling feature in Yahoo! Messenger 10 is great all on its own, you can liven up your video calls even more with special effects. Many of the popular webcams come bundled with free software that lets you add effects, backgrounds, or accessories to your video calls. Imagine ... http://www.ymessengerblog.com/blog/2009/11/09/having-fun-with-video-calls/ Yahoo! Messenger for Windows has many more features than most of us use in a given day. Our preferences menu is chock full of useful settings that can help you customize your Yahoo! Messenger or make you a more efficient user. One preference I always set when I upgrade ... http://www.ymessengerblog.com/blog/2009/11/05/quick-tips-and-timesavers-for-yahoo-messenger/ 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/