Yahoo! Messenger Blog

Yahoo! Address Book is one of the handiest features that is often overlooked in Yahoo! Messenger 9.0. In 9.0, we’ve made your Yahoo! Address Book into another group in your contact list, which make...

The blog will be on hiatus until the New Year, so we’ll see you in 2009. We hope everyone has a great holiday and a Happy New Year!
Cheers,
The Yahoo! Messenger team

December is already halfway done so time is running out to send your holiday greetings to your Yahoo! Messenger friends. Here’s a round-up of the fun things you can do:
Flickr IMVironment: Get in t...

This afternoon we released some updates to Yahoo! Messenger Pingbox. If you’re not familiar with Pingbox, it’s an application that once embedded into your blog, website or social network page, lets...

Into every holiday season must come a little cheer… and some singing emoticons.
This year, we’re pleased to introduce the Emoticarolers, a band of cheery singers with their own unique take on the h...

We are performing maintenance on our systems. During this time, some versions of Yahoo! Messenger and its features, like Pingbox, may be temporarily unavailable. We appreciate your patience and apo...

I came across a story on CNET today by Dong Ngo, an editor that is spending a month in Vietnam. While there, he is writing about how technology has permeated their culture. In his latest post, “Loo...

In celebration of the Thanksgiving holiday, we’ve got a couple of treats to share with you.
New Flickr IMVironment
Dubbed “the IMV for all seasons”, this new IMV displays Flickr photos in the backg...

We are currently experiencing problems with our paid voice services (Phone Out) on Yahoo! Messenger. Opening a new Phone Out account or addings funds to an existing account are currently disabled.
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I saw this on several gadget blogs this week and couldn’t resist posting about it.
A Italian company called andriodesign has created what is most aptly described as an emoticon keyboard. Advertised...