Yahoo Messenger 9 Adds New Video And Photo Sharing Tools
With a reported 94.3 million unique users, Yahoo seems set to increase that number with the launch of its instant messaging client’s new beta. The beta for Yahoo Messenger 9 is already available and a quick look reveals new features that will strengthen Yahoo’s hold on the instant messaging market.
What’s interesting is the fact that even with 94 million users, Yahoo still hasn’t created a social network around their messenger’s user base to compete with Facebook or MySpace.
Let’s take a look at the new features.
The in-line media player will let users invite their contacts and friends to watch video or browse through their photo albums in real time. Users have the ability to share and swap photos from their Flickr accounts within the messenger interface.
Adding videos to chat sessions is as simple as typing in the url of the video you want to share.
The friends list has been redesigned to allow more information for each of your contacts. You can now have calls from Yahoo Messsenger forwarded to your mobile phone, landline, or voicemail.
Another feature that’s sure to make regular users happy, is the ability to transfer files without a size limit. Localized versions for India, the Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, and Vietnam are also available.
So when will Yahoo build their own social network?
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October 31st, 2007 09:34
Maybe they don’t need a social network. To be honest, I really like blogs and websites better than MySpace and Facebook. Again, my opinion.
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October 31st, 2007 09:39
@teeni:
Ahh blogs .. now those are my all-time favorites
October 31st, 2007 10:23
maybe they are working in a microblogging service, like twitter
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October 31st, 2007 10:47
Yeah - go blogs!
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October 31st, 2007 11:51
was never much of a yahoo messenger fan but i’ll try this out
October 31st, 2007 13:00
@News Archive:
You know I think you could be right.
@teeni:
Lol
@Jamaipanese:
I actually like GTalk more hehe.
October 31st, 2007 16:18
Yahoo is an excellent site! I like to this post! Thanks for doing this!
October 31st, 2007 19:05
yahoo messenger is still the best IM that i’ve ever use. i am looking forward to test the new version. thanks for the heads up brown.
October 31st, 2007 22:54
That cool. Yahoo meeng is the best one. Am loving it
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November 1st, 2007 01:51
@TechMalaya:
You’re welcome buddy.
@Technobuzz:
I’m glad you liked it buddy.
November 1st, 2007 14:20
The new msger is really good one, I’m trying it out.
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November 1st, 2007 14:23
@Nirmal:
I keep forgetting to download it. Now that you mentioned it, I’ll be sure to download it today. Thanks buddy.
January 28th, 2008 20:47
can somebody help me how to use the video sharing? cause it doesn’t work when i paste the url of the video.thanks:)
May 10th, 2008 03:06
Yahoo IM is the best.. Great vid and pic options thank you…
May 21st, 2008 10:02
ym 9 sometimes doesn’t work right. ( for me on my pc) sometimes i’ll see 2 icons on the system tray, and sometimes when you minimize ym and try to restore it, it crashes.
and oh! the latest bug i’ve experienced. when i start a conference or join one, my ym closes. sad.
November 4th, 2008 21:48
This version eats more RAM than the older version. But I love Video sharing which was not included in version 8. Thanks for sharing this. Keep it up.