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Microsoft has just rolled out a new version of the Windows Live Messenger instant messaging app that can be installed on every Windows edition currently supported by the company. Wait, what? That’s right. The tech giant has decided to release a new round of improvements for the IM client it killed in early Apr... |
14 May 2013
05:35 GMT |
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Microsoft officially killed the Windows Live Messenger client in April, thus hoping that all users would eventually move to Skype and embrace its built-in Messenger feature.
The good news, on the other hand, is that by shutting down Windows Live Messenger, Microsoft didn't retire the Messenger service too, allo... |
11 May 2013
10:01 GMT |
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Microsoft officially started the Windows Live Messenger retirement on April 8, while the last versions of the app are supposed to be removed from download today.
April 30 was Microsoft’s target date for the complete shutdown of Windows Live Messenger, a popular instant messaging application with millions of fa... |
30 April 2013
09:34 GMT |
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Microsoft officially starts the Windows Live Messenger retirement today, with English versions of the app to be the first that’ll go dark in the next few hours.
The Redmond-based technology giant announced in early 2013 that it would retire Messenger in order to move all users to Skype, the company’s VoI... |
8 April 2013
01:55 GMT |
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Microsoft will soon discontinue Windows Live Messenger, so users have no other option than to move to Skype right now or install a third-party instant messenger that will still work for a while.
Merging Skype and Messenger accounts previously required users to be at least 18 years old, so the company issued a statem... |
2 April 2013
16:41 GMT |
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Microsoft will officially retire the Windows Live Messenger client on March 15, so consumers still using the app have only 30 days left to make the move to Skype or find another compatible app.The Redmond-based technology company continues to send emails to users telling them about the change, even though we’ve... |
15 February 2013
01:55 GMT |
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Microsoft recently announced that it would retire the Windows Live Messenger application on March 15, but according to some new reports, the iOS application has already been discontinued.
It appears that Microsoft’s recent announcement only concerned the Windows platform, as the iOS application is no longer av... |
25 January 2013
02:33 GMT |
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Microsoft started sending out emails to Windows Live Messenger users to inform them that Windows Live Messenger would be retired on March 15, as part of its plans to merge the Messenger service with the Skype platform. While WLM will be officially discontinued approximately two months from now, the Messenger service... |
11 January 2013
04:07 GMT |
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Microsoft has already announced that it was planning to kill Windows Live Messenger in early 2013, but the company has now confirmed that it would retire the service on March 15. The Redmond-based software firm is now sending emails to Windows Live Messenger users to inform them about the change, adding that China w... |
9 January 2013
01:44 GMT |
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Windows Live Mesh, Microsoft’s file synchronization and remote desktop application, will be retired on February 13, 2013, so all users are now recommended to make the move to SkyDrive.
The decision to retire this new service was pretty simple, Microsoft said, as SkyDrive is now integrated into devices and apps... |
14 December 2012
01:16 GMT |
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Skype iOS now supports Windows Live Messenger, Hotmail and Outlook.com contacts, according to the release notes accompanying version 4.2 in the iTunes App Store today.
Skype says that with the new client you can sign in with your Microsoft account, merge your data, and “chat with Messenger, Hotmail and Outlook... |
28 November 2012
07:47 GMT |
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After exactly five months of work, Skype is happy to announce today, November 15, that Skype 4.1 for Linux operating systems has been released and it is now available for download.
As we can see from its official website, Skype 4.1 for Linux brings two new features: easier conversations and the ability to talk to y... |
15 November 2012
03:42 GMT |
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Microsoft confirmed last week that Windows Live Messenger would be retired in the first quarter of 2013, so all users would have to migrate to Skype and adopt the built-in Messenger.
The company has now formally said goodbye to the 12-year old Messenger through a post on the “Inside Windows Live” blog.
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12 November 2012
07:25 GMT |
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Microsoft finally confirmed earlier today that it plans to retire Windows Live Messenger and implement its features into Skype, which basically means that all WLM users have no other option than to make the transition to the VoIP app.
WLM will, however, continue to be offered in China, Microsoft said without offerin... |
7 November 2012
07:41 GMT |
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Microsoft has finally confirmed that it would retire Windows Live Messenger in the first quarter of 2013, so all those who are currently using this app will have no other choice than to migrate to Skype.
The Redmond-based technology company calls this “good news” and claims that it’s not killing Wi... |
7 November 2012
03:05 GMT |
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Microsoft is reportedly planning to abandon the Windows Live Messenger standalone application and integrate it into Skype, thus focusing more on a platform that holds a key role in the company’s long-term plans.
Citing sources close to the matter, The Verge reports that Microsoft could announce the decision as... |
5 November 2012
10:00 GMT |
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The Redmond-based technology giant today released several updates for its Windows Live products, some of them comprising fixes or patches aimed at Windows 8 users. First of all, Microsoft rolled out Windows Live Writer 2012 16.4.3505.912, a revised version of the popular blogging tool that can now work flawlessly on... |
4 October 2012
17:31 GMT |
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Windows Live Messenger is Microsoft’s very own player in the instant messaging market and the company is keen to make it a very powerful rival for all the other apps in this particular software category. A new version has been released today, and although the Redmond-based technology giant hasn’t provide... |
4 October 2012
04:41 GMT |
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It looks like Research In Motion has just updated its instant messaging clients once again. New versions for Yahoo Messenger, Google Talk and Windows Live Messenger are now available for download in the App World.
As always, RIM does not offer any change logs whatsoever for these updates, so you might want to wait f... |
10 April 2012
05:40 GMT |
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Microsoft has confirmed that it's blocking Pirate Bay links in Windows Live Messenger conversations. As we expected, the links were blocked by the spam/malware filters Live Messenger employs. Microsoft hasn't explained why Pirate Bay links in particular were blocked or whether the block will be lifted any t... |
27 March 2012
04:35 GMT |
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Those hoping to use IM to spread the word on a great band or movie they found via The Pirate Bay with their friends are out of luck. Windows Live Messenger is actively blocking any link to the popular BitTorrent site. Copyright-dependent industries have tried everything to block The Pirate Bay, but have failed in al... |
26 March 2012
09:31 GMT |
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Windows Live Messenger has over 300 million users, but not all of them are able to stay signed in at all times, mainly because there aren’t enough clients out there to provide support for the various platforms they might be using.
However, that is about to change, since the Redmond-based software giant has d... |
15 December 2011
08:37 GMT |
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Microsoft has introduced a redesign to the Windows Live Messenger Help Center, a website dedicated to answering the most common questions that users of the instant messaging client have.
Here are some examples of questions that the center is designed to provide answers to “Why can't I sign in to Messenge... |
3 November 2011
09:33 GMT |
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Windows Live Messenger integration is one of the main features that the new Windows Phone Mango operating system arrives on shelves with, and those who would like to learn some more details on it should have a look at the video above.
It is a very short clip, only 15 seconds long, but it should get you through som... |
7 October 2011
15:11 GMT |
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Windows Phone Mango, the latest mobile operating system flavor from Redmond-based software giant Microsoft, has started to roll-out to devices last week, and already arrived on shelves on new mobile phones.
When compared to the previously available version of the operating system, Mango has a wide range of new fe... |
7 October 2011
03:59 GMT |
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Following the global availability of Office 365, some customers have found that they’re no longer able to sign-in and use Windows Live Messenger. The launch of Office 365 is no mere coincidence, as according to Microsoft, users that leverage a single account to access both Windows Live Messenger and the unifie... |
18 July 2011
04:58 GMT |
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Windows Live Messenger continues to be the most used instant messaging client worldwide, with a market share of over 40%. Microsoft’s IM client, now at version 2011, has been stripped from the Windows platform years ago, and is now offered as a part of the Windows Live Essentials Cloud bundle of applications a... |
14 June 2011
08:31 GMT |
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Microsoft is certainly no stranger to overlapping services and products, and its latest $8.5 billion move all but guarantees that the company will compete against itself while fostering confusion among customers. Provided that antitrust authorities give green light to the acquisition of Skype, the Redmond company&rs... |
11 May 2011
03:39 GMT |
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Microsoft already confirmed the upcoming availability of a major update for its Windows Phone mobile operating system, called Mango, bound to add great new features into the mix, but it seems that there still are a series of details on it that were left in the dark, at least this is what some of the latest reports a... |
9 May 2011
11:53 GMT |
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Windows Live Messenger seems to feel right at home on the world’s largest social network, growing on users at an amazing rate. Piero Sierra, Group Program Manager, Windows Live revealed that in excess of 22 million users have connected Facebook to Windows Live Messenger, up from 10 million in November 2010 and... |
9 March 2011
10:51 GMT |
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Application Contacts in Messenger Connect has another six months to live, and then it will be heading to an early grave. Microsoft announced that it will be deprecating the Application Contacts feature this year, leaving Messenger Connect customers that are relying on the functionality enough time to search for alte... |
11 February 2011
07:40 GMT |
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Since it bridged Windows Live Messenger with Facebook, Microsoft has been witnessing a veritable social explosion for its instant messaging client. According to Piero Sierra, Group Program Manager, Windows Live, Messenger is now responsible for driving in excess of 2.8 billion minutes of Facebook. The volume of Fac... |
3 February 2011
07:16 GMT |
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Microsoft is gearing up to serve a mandatory update to users running Windows Live Messenger as well as additional Windows Live Essentials components, but the company is not talking about the latest iteration of the instant messaging client or the Essentials suite. Instead, the software giant will refresh only what... |
18 January 2011
02:41 GMT |
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Two months after the release of the latest iteration of Microsoft’s instant messaging client, users have the opportunity to upgrade to a new version. It appears that Windows Live Messenger 2011 Build 15.4.3508.1109 has been made available for download by the Redmond company. The software giant silently releas... |
2 December 2010
07:05 GMT |
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Microsoft Taiwan has received numerous reports in recent weeks from local users who had their Windows Live Messenger credentials stolen and abused by hackers.It seems that most of the accounts are compromised through phishing. Attackers send spam messages to the entire friends list of the hacked accounts and direct p... |
19 November 2010
13:46 GMT |
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Windows Phone 7, the new mobile operating system from Redmond-based software giant Microsoft, should offer a wide range of options when it comes to staying connected with friends and family, including a Windows Live Messenger, which has been already confirmed officially. The solution should come from French develope... |
14 October 2010
06:36 GMT |
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The latest iteration of Windows Live Essentials released last week was accompanied by a new flavor of the company’s instant messaging client designed for its digital media player.Microsoft launched Windows Live Messenger for the Zune HD in tandem with Windows Live Essentials 2011, which is designed to integrat... |
4 October 2010
04:49 GMT |
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The new Messenger officially came out of beta yesterday for over 300 million customers worldwide, announced Jeff Kunins, the Group Program Manager, on the Windows Live blog.What will make most people happy is that Facebook chat, one of the new features of the beta version of Messenger, is now available to some 30.1 m... |
1 October 2010
04:27 GMT |
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A new Beta development milestone of Windows Live Messenger Wave 4 is now available for download from Microsoft. Of course, the new Beta of Windows Live Messenger is by no means alone. Along with it, the software giant has released a fresh preview for the entire Windows Live Essentials Wave 4 suite. At the time of thi... |
17 August 2010
11:47 GMT |
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Microsoft is reportedly gearing up to release another Beta development milestone for Windows Live Messenger Wave 4. Of course, any upcoming testing releases for the next generation of its instant messaging client would have to be accompanied by the rest of the Windows Live Essentials suite. The Redmond company has y... |
12 August 2010
11:14 GMT |
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With the next generation of its instant messaging client, Microsoft worked to connect users to additional portions of the Cloud, outside of the Windows Live community. But while the focus was placed especially on linking Windows Live Messenger Wave 4 to social networking hot spots, the Redmond company’s own sea... |
30 July 2010
05:11 GMT |
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The next generation of Windows Live Messenger spans beyond the simple role of a rich desktop application and is designed to extend Internet Explorer. Users of Microsoft’s browser that also install the Beta of Windows Live Messenger Wave 4 will notice that their copy of Internet Explorer will integrate a new plu... |
28 July 2010
05:56 GMT |
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The next generation Windows Live Messenger is susceptible to similar sign in problems as its predecessor, and sometime end users need to take matters into their own hands in order to resolve issues. Especially in scenarios in which problems are on their side, rather than on Microsoft’s servers where the company... |
20 July 2010
11:12 GMT |
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As it released the Outlook Social Connector on July 13th, 2010, Microsoft also made available for download two Outlook Social Connector Providers designed to enable customers running its email client to link to Facebook and Windows Live Messenger. Both the Microsoft Outlook Social Connector Provider for Windows Live ... |
14 July 2010
06:06 GMT |
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Unveiled a few weeks ago, the first public Beta for Windows Live Messenger Wave 4 continues to be available for download, alongside the rest of the rich clients included in the suite. Microsoft is offering Windows Live Essentials Wave 4 to early adopters, looking for feedback on the applications packaged in the suite... |
6 July 2010
09:04 GMT |
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iPhone and iPod Touch users have not hesitated in the least to warm up to Microsoft’s instant messaging client tailored specifically to their devices. According to information from the Redmond company, the Windows Live Messenger app for iPhone and iPod Touch had already jumped over the 1 million downloads limit... |
1 July 2010
06:38 GMT |
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Despite being a key part of the Windows Live Essentials package, Windows Live Messenger Wave 4 has been treated somewhat differently, and moved to a more prominent position than the rest of the suite. The application is after all the center of the world’s largest instant messaging community, and the recipient o... |
25 June 2010
12:06 GMT |
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The first Beta of Windows Live Essentials Wave 4 is starting to roll out to users worldwide, as today, June 24th, 2010, marks the availability deadline for the first public testing milestone. As I type this, users in the Nederlands are the first in line to get the Windows Live Essentials Wave 4 Beta bits, which they ... |
24 June 2010
04:15 GMT |
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Microsoft is currently hammering away at the first Beta development milestone of Windows Live Messenger Wave 4 for Windows. While the Beta Build is just around the corner in terms of delivery, one flavor of the instant messaging client is already available for download. The Redmond company has wrapped up Windows Live... |
21 June 2010
07:30 GMT |
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