Yahoo Messenger 9.0 Beta Gets New Features
It’s been months since the first beta version of Yahoo Messenger 9 was released. Since then, improvements have been made and new feature are being added in every update. The latest version includes a few new features along with bug fixes, stability and speed improvements, plus some changes to the contact list.
Yahoo Mail Removing Tagline Ads
A few days ago, Yahoo announced on their Yahoo Mail blog that they are soon going to remove the tagline ads that show up below every mail sent through Yahoo Mail.Happy? I bet all Yahoo Mail users will be. These ads were very annoying and could take lots of space in the end, if the mail is a chain-mail, and is being forwarded to every person in our Address Book.
These ads were inserted at the bottom of every message, which were short messages comprising of various products. Yahoo, at the moment, is under pressure to increase its revenue and would sell every ad it has. But I don’t think these taglines would make much difference so they thought to remove it.
Del.icio.us Bookmarks Plugin For Internet Explorer
by Haris on May 15, 2008
in Freewares, Internet, Social Networks, Yahoo
Yahoo has recently released a beta version of their browser plugin, of a popular social-bookmarking service, Del.icio.us. Two weeks ago, Del.icio.us came out with a Firefox plugin to make bookmarking easier for its users. And the new one is no different than the Firefox version.
If you’ve already used the Del.icio.us plugin for Firefox, then this IE plugin does not offer anything new. Here’s a list of what you get to do with the plugin.
Cat Emoticons For Yahoo Messenger
Yahoo Messenger has just received a new IMVironment which comes with a brand new pack of emoticons and can be used by anyone. This pack has been named as Emoticats, and this IMVironment is actually a Yahoo Messenger animation that lets you choose from several cat portraits and send them to the people you are chatting with. If you really like cats, you can even make one of the cats pictures displayed by the IMVironment as your avatar. That’s easy, just click the “Adopt” included in the chat window, and your avatar will be changed with the cat one.
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If you would like to spread the word and want your friends to know about this cool new Yahoo Messenger IMVironment, simply click on the “Accept” displayed by Emoticats. After you click on it, your status automatically changes to “Got My Paws On The Emoticat IMV,” and attaches a link that lets your contacts load the IMVironment in their own IM client.
Currently, Emoticat is only available to only Yahoo Messenger 8.1 and9.0 Beta users. And it’s expected that future releases of Yahoo Messenger for Mac and Yahoo Messenger for Vista may get these features too.
If the new IMVironment is not available in your Yahoo Messenger, you can follow this link and click on “Try it now” button.
If you have any problems adding this IMVironment, make sure you have the compatible Yahoo Messenger and have the latest version of Adobe Flash Player.
Download Yahoo Messenger 9 For Vista
Yup, it’s out! The preview version of Yahoo Messenger 9 is now available for download for Vista users. XP users got the beta release couple of months ago, but Vista users still had to wait because Yahoo still had some work left for the Vista version.
Trick To Remove Ads From Yahoo Messenger
by Haris on November 18, 2007
in Softwares, Tips and Tricks, Yahoo
Ahhh.. It feels so good to be back :) Exams went great, and so did my blog stats. I’m really happy to see that my feed count did not decrease. Thank you all for staying with the feed :)
Since Yahoo! has released Yahoo Messenger 8, they started displaying ads at the bottom of the window. Yahoo! Messenger, itself is crowded with stuff like Radio, plugins etc. and with ads it looks very ugly. It gets really annoying when they display flashy animated ads.
In this post, I’ll tell you how to remove those ads from the bottom of Yahoo! Messenger 8 and 9 Beta.
Yahoo! Mash Invitations Giveaway
by Haris on September 16, 2007
in Freebies, Internet, Social Networks, Yahoo
Just got an invite from Shankar! It’s really cool! Wondering what I’m talking about? It’s the new social networking place recently rolled out by Yahoo! called Yahoo! Mash.
Sorry to disappoint you guys, but I won’t be able to review Yahoo! Mash. I have high fever, soar throat and cold. :( Don’t worry, I won’t leave you thirsty… I’ll give a sneak peak of what Yahoo Mash is.
Yahoo! Mash
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Yahoo Messenger for MAC 3.0 Beta 2 Realeased
Recently, Yahoo! released the beta 2 version of Yahoo! Messenger for MAC 3.0. I have never used MAC before, and since I recently, stumbled across a few screenshots, I’m dying to try it out.
Features:
- Automatic updates
- Conference sessions
- IM indicator in the OS X doc
- Tabbed chat sessions
- Mobile connectivity
- Stealth settings
One feature, that I, and many other Yahoo! Messenger fans wanted to see added was the voice chat feature. maybe they’ll add later sometime. Accroding to them, they rae still worknig on that feature. Let’s keep our fingers crossed and wait :) . This version of Yahoo! Messenger only works on Mac OSX 10.4 or later. So what are you waiting for? Give it a try now! Download here.
If you haven’t yet tried the web-based version of Yahoo! Messenger, then give it a go here.
Trick To Multiple Login In Yahoo Messenger
by Haris on September 1, 2007
in Internet, Tips and Tricks, Yahoo
Are you one of those who like to manage and have more than one email address for their IMs. Well, if you are then, this topic is going to help all the Yahoo! Messenger addicts who like to manage more than one account at a time in Yahoo! Messenger.
This trick will enable you to use more than one account in Yahoo! Messenger. It’s really very simple to do. A small registry hack is needed to do it.
Remember: Back up your registry before making any changes to it.
