You’ve got the new iPad, you have tried out your front facing camera with FaceTime, but now you realize that many of your friends don’t live in the iOS world. So, how can you video chat with your BlackBerry, Android, and Windows Phone friends? The good news is that there really are a bunch of options for video chatting with Android, Windows Phone and Windows and Mac PC users.  The bad news is that there aren’t, as of yet, a bunch of great options.   We will take a look at a good cross sampling to help give you some choices in the realm of video chat. The only caveat here is that you will need to pick an app tied to a service that your friends actually use or are willing to use. Easily switch cameras using the Skype app Fring is a popular Android video chat app that has Read More

In this continuing series here on ReadWriteWeb, we round up some of our favorite new applications for smartphones each month, specifically for iPhone and Android devices. This spring edition includes some major new launches on Android, like Netflix and Google Music, as well as some incredible technology leaps on iPhone, like the app which identifies trees by their leaves! As a bonus for this month, we've added a section with notable app updates and another featuring new tablet apps. New Apps for iPhone LeafSnap: Possibly the most ground-breaking app released in recent days, LeafSnap lets you identify trees by taking a picture of their leaves. Created by researchers at Columbia University, University of Maryland and the Smithsonian Institute, the app is like something you would see on TV, roll your eyes at and scoff, "as if that exists!" Well, technology moves fast - it exists! And, according to the app's description, Read More

When Apple debuted the iPhone 4 with a front-facing camera it toted along a killer app that had been unavailable on mobile devices until then - FaceTime. Now users could do video chat from mobile devices and Apple was the only player in the game with that capability. Everybody else has been playing catch up. Skype quickly moved to add video chat, one of its staple products, and then added Qik Video Connect earlier this year. Now, Yahoo has gotten into the game with its new Yahoo Messenger app for iOS. The new Yahoo Messenger for iOS has been optimized for iPad and can do video and voice calls, text chat, presence, send SMS and share photos in real-time. Importantly, iPad 2 users can video chat to talk with PCs. As a communications app, it is a strong entry from forgotten source of innovation. The functionality of the Yahoo Messenger app Read More

By Leanna Lofte, Thursday, May 19, 2011 | Every day, TiPb gets flooded with announcements for new and updated iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad apps and games. So every day we pick just a few of the most interesting, the most notable, and simply the most awesome to share with you! Soonr – Workplace: Securely store, share, access, search, edit and sync files from any device, online or offline. On your iPad, you can edit them using the world’s first integrated editor. [Free, with subscription - iTunes link] Delivery.com: Place orders for delivery or pickup from local merchants, wherever you are! [Free - iTunes link] iBaby Feed Timer: Designed by and for breastfeeding mothers who want to track when and for how long their baby feeds, whether from breast, bottle or expressed milk. Including a useful reminder for which breast to start on each time. [$0.99, on sale - iTunes link] Read More

Yahoo! rolled out a new Messenger app for iOS that includes support for the iPad 2. The tablet-optimized app will let you make voice and video calls using the front-facing camera. Yahoo! Messenger has a wide install base, and you will be able to make video calls to any device with a camera and a compatible version of the messaging app. Besides video calling, Yahoo! Messenger will also send SMS messages for free. The SMS feature is a quick way to message to a friend, but you have to remember these messages come from your Yahoo! account, not your mobile phone number. Read More

Biggs is the editor of TechCrunch Gadgets. Biggs has written for the New York Times, InSync, USA Weekend, Popular Mechanics, Popular Science, Money and a number of other outlets on technology and wristwatches. He is the former editor-in-chief of Gizmodo.com and lives in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. You can Tweet him here and G+ him here. Email him directly at john@techcrunch.com. → Learn More If you’ve been trying to convince your parents to buy a Mac but they refuse on religious grounds, this may be the solution you’re looking for. The new Yahoo Messenger now supports cross-platform video chatting and regular text chats on the iPad 2 to any other device, including the iPhone. The app is free and available now. Sponsored Ads Sponsored Ads Sponsored Ads Read More

Yahoo! launched an iPad-optimized version of its iOS application. Presuming you already use Yahoo! Messenger on your iPad, no longer will you be looking at the scaled-up version of the iPhone app. The new universal iOS application is made to fully take advantage of the big screen Apple’s tablet rock. In addition to chatting with your buddies, Yahoo! Messenger also supports voice and video calls, as well as low-cost international calls to landlines or mobile phones with a Yahoo! Voice Phone Out account. Moreover, free SMS is also included and so is the ability to share photos and videos in real-time with other Yahoo! Messenger users. Finally, there’s the Windows Live Messenger support, allowing you to keep up with friends relying on Microsoft’s IM client (rather than Yahoo! Messenger). So what do you way – are you going to grab Yahoo! Messenger for your iPad or you prefer using a single Read More

There’s a new iPhone IM client on the block. Verbs, by #include tech software, is a simple and beautiful IM app that looks like it was designed by Apple itself. There are a ton of IM apps on the App Store (IM+, BeejiveIM, fring, AIM and Yahoo! Messenger to name a few).  I’ve used many, and honestly, most of them look pretty awful. I was so excited when I saw the Verbs design mockups several months ago, and the app recently received an update in the App Store that makes it definitely worth reviewing. While I’m not someone who constantly relies on instant messaging to communicate, I do see the benefit of having a solid IM app on the iPhone for occasionally hopping on Google Talk. The good thing is that Verbs has more to offer than just good looks… While the interface design of Verbs is stunning, it also packs some interesting surprises under the hood. Verbs Read More

by Samuel Gibbs on October 28, 2010 at 09:30 AM Yahoo launched its Messenger app with video calling for the iPhone a couple of weeks ago. It sadly omitted support for the forward facing camera that's available on the latest generation iPod touch. But all is not lost, touch fans -- Yahoo has just updated the app and corrected that oversight. Yahoo! Messenger for iOS now supports two-way video calling on the fourth generation iPod touch, matching the iPhone 4, as part of a free update. Hop on over to the App Store to grab the app. Yahoo! Messenger for iOS [iTunes] - Free Read More

Après la sortie de l’application Tango, qui permet de faire des appels vidéos à partir d’un iPhone vers un autre iPhone en 3G et Wifi, c’est au tour de Yahoo! Messenger de lancer sa version retouchée avec des fonctions vidéos. Il est donc désormais possible de passer des appels vidéos via Yahoo ! Messenger à partir de votre iPhone vers un autre iPhone ou vers un ordinateur, apportant une valeur ajoutée - pour le moment - par rapport à FaceTime. Cependant, une seule condition s’impose : votre interlocuteur doit avoir un compte Yahoo ! Messenger. L'application fonctionne en Wifi et en 3G. Cette nouvelle application est téléchargeable gratuitement sur AppStore. Une fois installé sur votre ordinateur ou votre iPhone, vous pourrez discuter en tête à tête avec vos proches. Vous aurez également la possibilité de passer des appels vocaux gratuits aux personnes qui figurent dans votre liste de contact Yahoo ! Read More

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There was once a time when FaceTime was the only iPhone 4 video calling gig in town. Fring entered the ring first, but now Yahoo has joined the video calling party, with an update to their Yahoo! Messenger app. Unlike Apple's current implementation of FaceTime, Messenger allows you to video call over both Wi-Fi and 3G, but if that wasn't enough, you're no longer limited to iPhone-to-iPhone calling either. iOS to PC or Android is now also possible, making Yahoo! Messenger the first cross-platform video calling app to cover Android, iOS and the desktop. But how does it stack up to FaceTime in actual use? Read on for our quick test drive. Overall, I was a little disappointed. OK, it's novel to be able to video chat between a computer and an iPhone, but the small video combined with heavy lag was enough to make it not worth the effort between Read More

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by Welcome to this morning’s edition of “First To Know,” a series in which we keep you in the know on what’s happening in the digital world. We’re keeping our eyes on three particular stories of interest today. Microsoft Unveils Windows 7 Phones Microsoft and its partners unveiled nine smartphones (and their accompanying ads) based on the new mobile operating system, Windows Phone 7, at a press conference in New York Monday. Samsung and LG each announced two smartphones based on the OS: Samsung Omnia 7, Samsung Focus, LG Optimus 7 and LG Quantum; Dell unveiled one, the Dell Venue Pro; and HTC launched four: HTC 7 Surround, HTC HD7, HTC 7 Trophy and HTC 7 Mozart. Although none of the phones will have copy/paste capabilities until early 2011, there will be plenty of opportunities for gaming. The forthcoming devices will become available “in the holiday 2010 timeframe.” Gap Reverts to Read More

...Yahoo Messenger 支持 iPhone FaceTime 和 PC 之间视频？http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/yahoo-messenger/id309219097... Read More

Mit dem ‘Yahoo! Messenger‘ (kostenlos; App Store-Link) in Version 2.0 erreicht das erste (namenhafte*) iOS-Programm mit plattformübergreifender Videotelefonie den App-Store. Dabei sollen die ‘Bild-in-Bild’-Anrufe über WiFi und UMTS sowohl zwischen mobilen Geräten, als auch der Desktop-Anwendung, funktionieren. In meinen ersten Testläufen, über mehrere Benutzerkonten, ließ sich in keinem der aufgezählten Fälle eine Video-Verbindung herstellen. Hinzu gesellt sich ein erschreckend benutzerfeindliches App-Layout, das nicht die geringste Erwähnung erhalten würde, wenn nicht die ehemals populäre Marke ‘Yahoo!‘ auf der Verpackung stehen würde. Mit dem Yahoo! Messenger in dieser aktuellen Fassung, wünscht man sich die harte Review-Auslese im App-Store-Genehmigungsprozess zurück. Read More

By Staff, Monday, Oct 11, 2010 | On Sunday we told you that Yahoo! sent in their update to Apple for the Messenger app to allow for 3G video calling — well today the update is live in the iTunes App Store. Not only will you now be able to better communicate with others Yahoo! Messenger users on iPhones but you will be able to chat with anyone who has a front facing camera on their phones. Even bigger news than that is the ability to video chat between a phone and the computer version of Yahoo! Messenger. This brings a whole new potential to having the iPhone 4 as well as any smartphone with a front facing camera. Will you be downloading the newest update to this app? Does the potential for phone to computer video chat excite you? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below! by Brian Read More

Oct 11th 2010 at 5:30PM The yahoo messenger site states that messenger for Mac does not support "video calling." It only allows for webcam conferencing. Therefor it does not work with the iPhone. I've tried it w/ Win7 and it works but the quality is really bad. I feel like I'm doing videoconferencing in the 90's. It looks like the window is 80 pixels x 60 pixels, but blown up to be bigger. Typo on your title. Messenger is spelled with only one "s." aim, skype where are you?! Does this not work iPhone 4 to Yahoo! Messenger for Mac? I can't seem to get it to make a video call between them. Nope. Tuaw should update the article to reflect that. The interesting part is this app is cross-platform, meaning Android, iPhone and desktop users can all voice and video chat with each other! Now if they only fixed it Read More

...Messenger 2.0 for iPhone/iPod touch with free video calling: http://bit.ly/cyZ5CL #Apple #iPhone... Read More

Posted 10/08/2010 at 4:29am | by J.R. Bookwalter Back in June, Apple spent a great deal of hoopla touting the new FaceTime feature of the iPhone 4 -- but the market for video chat is heating up quickly, and now Yahoo has lined up to be the next contender in the App Store as well as on Android devices. Reuters is reporting that Yahoo is planning to update its popular Yahoo Messenger app to enable built-in video calling, according to the company’s vice-president of mobile for the Americas, David Katz. Yahoo’s video chat will be available as a free app for both the iPhone as well as Android devices. Yahoo is clearly taking aim at Apple’s new FaceTime, which is already being challenged by rivals such as fring and the recently released Tango -- although neither of those companies have the brand recognition of Yahoo. What all three companies do have Read More

FaceTime is one of the most visible features of the iPhone 4, with much of the advertising for the newest iPhone showing off the emotionally-rich video chat capabilities that FaceTime provides. But if your friends are on another network or don't have an iPhone 4, it's impossible to use your phone to video chat with them. Yahoo! and T-Mobile would like to change that. T-Mo announced earlier in the week that an upcoming Android phone, the HTC Slide, will come with two cameras arrayed much in the same manner as those on the iPhone. The Slide will also provide video chatting with any other phone equipped with two cameras, including the iPhone 4. Since FaceTime is an Apple-specific feature, how is T-Mobile going to do this? Through Yahoo! Messenger. The current iOS app doesn't appear to currently support video chats, but Yahoo!'s admission that the capability would be available for the Read More

...to try and use Y! Messenger on the iPhone to get around AT&T's crazy expensive SMS plans. Pretty good so far. http://bit.ly/cyZ5CL... Read More

4 Apr 2010 alle 13:53 Produttore: Yahoo! | Download Via: AppStore | Prezzo: Gratis Nuovo ed importante aggiornamento per Yahoo! Messenger, la bella applicazione di Yahoo che ci permette di rimanere in contatto con i nostri amici. Da oggi è possibile utilizzare quest’applicazione anche per chattare con i contatti di Windows Live Messenger! Essendo la piattaforma più utilizzata in Italia, questo aggiornamento farà felici parecchie persone. Se volete chattare con i vostri amici di MSN, da oggi avete un’applicazione gratuita in più. Provatela. Grazie Luca per la segnalazione Read More

7 Jan 2010 alle 10:30 Produttore: Yahoo! | Download Via: AppStore | Prezzo: Gratis , l’applicazione di instant messaging per iPhone e iPod Touch che consente di chattare, utilizzando il proprio account Yahoo, soltanto con gli amici collegati attraverso lo stesso servizio, è stata aggiornata alla versione 1.3.1 e di seguito trovate il changelog ufficiale: Yahoo! Messenger è compatibile con iPhone e iPod Touch, richiede il firmware 3.0 o successivi ed è localizzato, come già detto sopra, in Inglese, Italiano, Francese, Tedesco e Spagnolo. Read More

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Some of you may recall that last week, Yahoo! Messenger product manager Sarah Bacon had a few choice words for Apple regarding their app approval process only to find out that all of the delays were caused by Yahoo!, not Apple.  Bacon had to issue a retraction, stating that a lack of communication caused the confusion and that the update would be available shortly.  That somewhat controversial Yahoo! Messenger update has now officially made it through the approval process with flying colors. The Yahoo! Messenger v1.2.2 update is all about fixing features, not adding them.  The update supposedly fixed all of the login issues many users had complained about, along with app crash fixes, Buzz improvements, performance improvements, Push Notification sound changes, and  idle status removal, so now users will appear as available when signed in to the app but not actually in the app. Yahoo! Messenger is available for the Read More

Le célèbre logiciel de messagerie instantanée vient d'être mis à jour hier lors d'une multitude d'annonces du groupe Yahoo! (annoncé ici chez Presse-Citron ;) ) Yahoo! Messenger n'a pas échappé aux différentes modifications. Parmi elles, l'application supporte le push ce qui permet de fermer l'application et de continuer à recevoir ses messages. Soit par un son, par une pastille ou par un badge. Yahoo! a aussi ajouté une fonction réclamée par ses utilisateurs : Buzz Il vous est possible de buzzer vos amis en secouant votre iPhone Secouez votre iPhone et votre contact recevra le traditionnel 'Buzz' de Yahoo! Messenger (appelé aussi Wizz pour d'autre) Yahoo! Messenger est disponible gratuitement sur l'AppStore Merci à Christophe ;) EDIT : Yahoo! Messenger est interopérable avec MSN ;) Read More

We here at App Advice are constantly trying to keep you informed and up to date about the latest and greatest iPhone apps and that includes their updates. Below you will find the today’s most popular app updates. Enjoy! Bluebird – Added rare giant bug. Tweet individual flights. In game score tweet viewer. [$.99 - iTunes Link] Bump – Improved graphics. [Free - iTunes Link] Yahoo! Messenger – Push notification added. Stay online for up to 2 weeks. Bug fixes. [Free - iTunes Link] Read More

23 Jul 2009 alle 01:03 Produttore: Yahoo! | Download Via: AppStore | Prezzo: Gratis Voto Utenti: [ratings] Solo ieri vi abbiamo parlato di un nuovo aggiornamento per Yahoo! Messenger ed oggi vi segnaliamo la disponibilità di una nuova versione, la 1.2.1, che aggiunge il supporto alle notifiche push. Basterà quindi lanciare l’applicazione, accettare il pop-up e ricevere i messaggi anche quando si è offline. A differenza di tante applicazioni che ci lasciano collegati per un massimo di 30 minuti, Yahoo utilizza lo stesso sistema di login del sito web ufficiale, per cui la connessione resterà aperta per 2 settimane, ed i nostri contatti potranno scriverci in qualunque momento. Le caratteristiche dell’applicazione restano invariate e trovate una recensione completa cliccando qui. Read More

Being late to the party is better than never showing up.  Yahoo! Messenger was recently updated with the ability to send push notifications, and unlike many of the other free push-enabled instant messaging apps, this one stays logged in for way more than 30 minutes. If you are a die-hard Yahoo! Messenger fan, Yahoo! Messenger for the iPhone is your go-to app.  Yahoo! Messenger allows you to keep in touch with friends and family while on-the-go.  Not only can you instant message from Yahoo! Messenger, but the app also features the ability to share photos, emoticons, links, and it even sends SMS text messages.  The app recently received a hefty update that adds the ability to send push notifications. Yahoo! Messenger v1.2.1 now allows you to stay signed in for up to two full weeks thanks to its ability to send push notifications.  Now you can stay in touch without having to Read More

Yahoo announced today an eagerly awaited update to Yahoo! Messenger for the iPhone that brings about support for push notifications, joining rival AIM. With the latest updates, Yahoo is continuing to push the bar (pun intended) and give AIM a run for its money (pun not intended). If you are new to chatting, the three major players in the market are AIM, Yahoo and Microsoft (what market are they not part of?). While AIM remains at the top of the mountain (offering great integration for MobileMe customers), rival Yahoo is making it harder for users to stay attached to AIM’s service. For those who aren’t completely satisfied with what AIM has to offer, Yahoo! Messenger is a great alternative or supplement and is a bit more robust, with support for adding users of Microsoft’s MSN Messenger service. Yahoo has been vocal about its dedication to the iPhone platform, and its support Read More

When push notification finally made its way to the iPhone, a lot of people were anticipating IMs pushed to their iPhone. At first, I scoffed at this idea. I’d always figured IMs were based around the “instant” part of the phrase, and someone pushing an IM to me might be disappointed if I don’t get back to them right away. Well, guess who’s been a big iPhone IM-er since 3.0 came out? Go on, you’ll never guess. Yep, it’s me. I’d like my crow with a side of au jus, and a loaded baked potato, please. First a quick word of warning: by no means are my comments here to be construed as any sort of a formal review. While I’ve tried to run all of these apps through their paces, I wouldn’t feel comfortable calling any of my comments a review — they’re more like first impressions. That said, while Read More