Tag archive: Messenger

Google just rolled out a beefy update to the official Google+ iPhone app which includes the ability to enter a video chat while mobile with other mobile users or users on a personal computer with a webcam. If a friend starts a hangout stream on Google+, the user can simply click “Join” and the video screen appears on the iPhone. As new people join the hangout, notifications pop up on the iPhone screen and the user can add any of… Read More

Facebook introduced its Messenger app this week, and it’s stolen the spotlight. It’s being compared to BlackBerry Messenger, and called an SMS killer–generally, winning Facebook heaps of praise. Unfortunately, a user oversight that has spiraled into a viral privacy scare is also getting the social network some attention. If you’ve been on Facebook today, you likely saw this message (or something like it) somewhere (or everywhere) in your… Read More

For the first time in human history, an Earth-made vehicle has successfully entered the orbit of Mercury, the closest planet to our sun. NASA's Messenger spacecraft entered Mercury's orbit at about 9:15pm EST on Thursday after a 30-minute rocket blast pushed the unmanned probe into the planet's gravitational pull, the Los Angeles Times reports. Announcement of Messenger's orbit entry was met with jubilation from the… Read More

Motorola has retaliated against Microsoft's latest patent lawsuit, with subsidiary Motorola Mobility filing its own suits alleging Microsoft violates some 16 Motorola patents in its Windows operating system, mobile software, and Xbox 360 products. “Motorola's R&D and intellectual property are of great importance to the company and are renowned worldwide,” said Motorola Mobility's corporate VP of… Read More

As if the canvas messenger bag weren’t trendy enough already, Digital Lifestyle Outfitters unveiled a new pouch on Tuesday designed to mate the bags with the trendiest of gadgets – the iPod and iPhone. The DLO StrapWrap slides onto a messenger bag strap, providing an easily accessible spot to hold digital music players and phones. Although DLO markets it as a pouch for all gadgets, its 2.5inch width clearly caters to the iPod… Read More

Internet giant Yahoo has introduced a beta version of its Yahoo Messenger instant messaging application—the catch being that this version is designed to work within a standard Web browser window, rather than relying on a separate software application. Yahoo Web Messenger is a Flash-based application which offers a subset of the features in the full-blown Yahoo Messenger. Users can initiate and receive instant messages, save and… Read More

When it was first on the scene 10 years ago, ICQ was the undisputed king of instant messaging , but now the aging client is overshadowed by many of the competitors it spawned. The company hopes to rekindle its former popularity with the launch of ICQ 6.0 on Wednesday. Developers tore down ICQ's old user interface to replace it with one that has been completely revamped. The intent was to keep all communication organized into a single… Read More

When it comes to the Macintosh, let's face it: Microsoft is better known for what it doesn't do rather than what it actually does. Mac versions of its Office productivity applications have been money makers for coming up on two decades, but, gosh, where's Outlook for Macintosh? Business tools like Access? Heck, even cute consumer services like MSN are missing in action! Internet Explorer? Mothballed. Windows Media Player?… Read More

Not to be outdone by the launch of Microsoft Live Messenger, Yahoo has rolled out a new beta of its competing Yahoo Messenger 8 instant messaging and online collaboration tool. In addition to offering support for voice service, up to 1,000 contacts, and file transfers of up to a gigabyte in size, the Yahoo Messenger beta sports plug-ins which enable users to do things like track eBay auctions and compare contacts. Like Yahoo Widgets,… Read More

USB 2.0 support means the Webcams can deliver crisp, high-resolution video at up to twice the frame rate of USB 1.1 cameras, while their lenses' 76-degree field of view is almost half again as wide as most rivals' 52-degree vision. The high-gloss titanium-finish cameras also combine a precision focus ring with CCD image sensor for more vibrant video and crisper images than other Webcams' CMOS sensors, even in low-light… Read More

From the press release: New breakthroughs in video, voice and personalization features in MSN Messenger transform the service from being a quick way for people to keep in touch to being an essential life-sharing connection between friends and family. Integration between MSN Messenger, MSN Spaces and other MSN network services, including MSN Search, gives people a more flexible way to connect with others through instant messaging, Web… Read More

The all-new Yahoo! Messenger gives consumers a more personal and interactive instant messaging (IM) experience by offering leading Yahoo! services like LAUNCHcast Internet radio, Yahoo! Games, Yahoo! AddressBook, and Yahoo! Search right in the messaging window, plus expressive features including Avatars and Audibles. Consumers have flocked to this deeper integration and enhanced self-expression with more than 1.5 million people helping the… Read More

From Yahoo's press release: Yahoo! Inc. today announced the newest public beta version of its popular Yahoo! Messenger (http://messenger.yahoo.com) service. Leading the instant messaging industry in time spent per user*, Yahoo! Messenger continues to drive innovation in the instant messaging marketplace by introducing unique features and deeper integration with Yahoo! services including LAUNCHcast, Yahoo! Games, Yahoo!… Read More

The Fast Cash Friday giveaway, which will occur each Friday between July 25 and Aug. 15, is the first of several summer promotions that will build on the consumer excitement and glowing media reviewssince the June 18 public-preview release of Messenger 6.0. “Fast Cash Friday is our way of celebrating the completion and final release of MSN Messenger 6.0, our most feature-rich, personalized and coolest IM service ever,” said Lisa… Read More

MSN Messenger 6, available beginning today at 11 a.m. PDT from http://messenger.msn.com/download/v6preview.asp, helps users create their own online identities through customized display pictures, backgrounds and emoticons. They also can share more of themselves — silly or serious — with IM contacts by competing at live online games, sending photos to their friends, or sharing animated emoticons that breathe life into that sad old… Read More