Yahoo! Messenger with Voice has just greatly increased its number of potential uses. Yahoo "officially launched (out of beta) its newest IM service with more than 180 custom plug-in features available to users worldwide" last night.
Yesterday's announcement from Microsoft and Yahoo! on the inter-operability between their instant messengers is a good step forward in making it even easier for people to communicate via the net:
I meant to write this up last night but got home a bit too late for that. If you've been a suffering with Yahoo! Messenger on your Mac for the last few years, download the new beta and rejoice.
Late news from Yahoo reveals a new beta of their instant messaging client with plugins and a developer kit, while Microsoft ties its debut of Windows Live Messenger to Johnny Depp's forthcoming 'Pirates of the Caribbean' sequel.
Yahoo! Messenger with Voice now includes plug-ins "designed to let people to do things like track eBay auctions, see friends' wish lists on Amazon.com, collaborate real-time on event planning and compare calendars with contacts" (via ZDNet).
Skype, Microsoft, AIM, Yahoo, Lycos, all of those companies have or will have options for doing phone calls from the computer; at stake is the biggest prize of all - keeping a person using a given provider's other services.
Microsoft will partner with Verizon to deliver PC to phone calling services as part of Live Messenger's new features being made available in the public beta release.
The portal company launched version 7.5 of its Yahoo Messenger with Voice client along with pricing aimed at undercutting eBay-owned rival Skype.
Neowin reports on and has screenshots of the Windows Live Messenger beta refresh that features a different UI and new features.
Microsoft ran a competition for MSN Messenger (soon to be WLM) applications at worldsbestapp.com.
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