Entries tagged with live messenger - Channel 10

Create Dynamic Display Pictures In Messenger

sarahintampa — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 19:08:00 GMT

From Windows Live Chronicles, I just learned another great trick for use in the latest version of Windows Live Messenger, v9.0 beta. In this newest version of Live Messenger you have the option to create your own, dynamic display picture by using your webcam. To do so, go into Tools –> Change Display Picture. You’ll see a new option (a button) that reads “Webcam Snapshot.” Select this button and you can record a quick snapshot of you in motion. Make a funny expression, hold up a sign, whatever, then click “Save” when you’re finished recording. The new video snapshot will then become available to choose from among all the other static images already available in Messenger. Set the new video as your display picture and from then on, your friends will see that when they’re IM’ing you in Messenger. To view a quick demo of this in action, check out this video on Soapbox.

Login Here, There, Everywhere With Window Live Messenger

sarahintampa — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 13:17:00 GMT

Recently, the Windows Live team introduced all new versions of the Windows Live products and tools including new Windows Live Hotmail, Live Messenger, Live Photo Gallery, and more. As I’ve been using them, I keep coming across new features. One new feature that I discovered today in Windows Live Messenger is the ability to stay signed in on one PC even when I sign in to another. This is available under Tools –> Options –> Sign In. In order to customize this setting, you have to be currently signed into Messenger. Once you are, you’ll see the option becomes available instead of greyed out. Now you are able to stay signed in to your PC even when you sign into another PC, something I discovered today when I moved from the office to the laptop. You can also configure the name of this place to be something you’ll recognize like “home pc” or “laptop” for example. The name will default to your PC’s name, and that may be fine for you. The only problem I had was when I used Windows Live Messenger for mobile from my mobile phone later on – that signed me out on my PC.

Messenger for Facebook Updated

sarahintampa — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 10:20:00 GMT

Earlier this year, the Windows Live Messenger team released an app for Facebook which officially integrated Live Messenger with Facebook. The Windows Live Messenger Facebook app shows your online presence on your Facebook profile and lets you IM with your friends directly on the Facebook web site itself.

Recently, this app received an update. The new V.2 version of Facebook Messenger now syncs your Live Messenger status with your Facebook status. The team also listened to user feedback and removed the HIP (Human Interface Proof) challenge which was presented before you could start a conversation.

Additionally, the new version will automatically set your display name to whatever your name is in Facebook. Before it used to prompt you to fill this in. With these updates (both the HIP and display name), there are now no more dialog boxes that appear before chatting can begin. You can now just start typing to IM your friends!

You can add Live Messenger to your Facebook by adding the app here: apps.facebook.com/windowslivemessenger.

Windows Live Messenger Translation Bot Released

sarahintampa — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:26:00 GMT

Do you chat globally? If so, you’ll be glad to hear that the Microsoft Translator team has just released a new translation bot for Windows Live Messenger. With this new bot, you can IM back and forth with friends who speak different languages while the bot does the translations for you. To use the new bot, just add here).

Windows Live Hotmail and Windows Live Messenger Come to Blackberry

sarahintampa — Wed, 21 May 2008 14:39:00 GMT

It was announced that Microsoft and Research in Motion, makers of the Blackberry, have formed an agreement which will allow RIM to provide some Windows Live services on their Blackberry smartphones. Starting sometime this summer, new Blackberrys will start shipping that feature mobile versions of both Windows Live Messenger and Windows Live Hotmail. Often when apps go mobile they lose a lot of features in the process, but that doesn't seem to be the case with either of these. Windows Live Hotmail, for example, will send email to phones via Blackberry's "push" technology, will have its own dedicated inbox, and will display email in full HTML, showing graphics, links, and even contact photos. Live Messenger will also be feature-rich, offering the ability to join group chats, set presence indicators and status messages, save conversations, display avatars, send and receive files and photos, and allow you to use more than 60 emoticons.

AVEA Windows Live Messenger is launched

nuric — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 17:53:00 GMT

We are launching Windows Live mobile messenger with Avea in Turkey. Avea is the second carrier in Turkey which will have Windows Live mobile IM after Turkcell. The service will be targeted to Avea’s 7.5 million number of subscribers. This is yet another milestone in addressing the mobile market in Turkey as well as addressing our 24 million IM users.

For more information on this service, you can go to the following microsite Mini-site http://www.avea.com.tr/msnwindowslivemessenger/index.html?banner=mainpromo-1A-messenger

Live Messenger for Mobile Launched in Turkey

nuric — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 17:07:00 GMT

As Microsoft Turkey we have launched Windows Live messenger for mobile with Turkcell which is the leading GSM operator. We are very excited to be launching this service in Turkey to Turkcell’s 34.5m number of subscribers. With this Windows Live Messenger, we will not only be reaching to new users but offer a new touch point to 23 million Turkish IM users. For more information on this service, you can go to the microsite .

The service is being announced on MSN TR platform www.tr.msn.com and on TVs with an excellent TV commercial.

NEW GENERATION MSN MESSENGER IS NOW ON THE MOBILES OF TURKCELL SUBSCRIBERS

Thanks to the cooperation between Turkcell, the leading GSM operator in Turkey and Microsoft, global technology leader, Windows Live Messenger, is now on the mobiles of Turkcell subscribers. MSN users will now be able to log into the service and communicate with their online friends on their mobile phones, which will allow them to access, on their mobiles, the fast and easy chat environment that they have become accustomed to using on their PCs. Through its cooperation with Microsoft, Turkcell has now made Windows Live Messenger mobile. The service will allow MSN users to log into the service and communicate with their online friends on their mobile phones, thereby allowing them to access the fast and easy chat environment that they have become accustomed to using on their PCs.

By texting MSN to 7777 and downloading the application, Turkcell subscribers can access Windows Live Messenger wherever they are, send as many messages as they’d like, and stay online for as long as they want without paying an extra fee. The application includes many features that are available on the PC client, and constitutes a safe solution to access Windows Live Messenger via the mobile phone, in terms of user privacy and password security.

Windows Live Messenger is now available on Nokia 6151, 6233, 6280, 6288, 6630, 6680, N70, N73 and N95.

Get IM's from the Web

sarahintampa — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 18:03:00 GMT

The Live Messenger team just introduced a new feature to the Messenger platform that lets you receive IM's from the web. The feature, called Windows Live Messenger IM Control, allows you to show your online status on your website, blog, or social networking profile. When visitors to your site want to send you a message, the Windows Live Messenger IM Control launches and runs within the browser, letting the visitor send you an IM without having to install Messenger software first. This is different than the button that was released previously, as that required visitors to already have Live Messenger installed. To get started with the IM Control, sign in with your Live ID here and check the checkbox that turns on the setting to show your presence and receive IM's from the web. After clicking "Save," click on the "Create HTML" link on the left. You can then choose the option to display only a simple status icon or the full web IM control itself, both of which can be embedded on your site by copying & pasting the HTML code. When a visitor stops by your website, they can click "begin a conversation" and you'll receive the IM in your Windows Live Messenger. More info on the Windows Live Messenger IM Control can be found on the Live Messenger blog.