Thanks to Microsoft, Yahoo Forced to "Kill" Some Features YM

Berita Kocar Kacir on

Sunday, December 2, 2012

CALIFORNIA - Yahoo announced that a number of features found on Yahoo Messenger (YM) will be removed following the company's move comes disabling Windows Live Messenger (WLM) that Microsoft.

Known, Microsoft will kill Windows Live Messenger (WLM) in early 2013, the move was made ​​to force users to switch to using Skype.

Meanwhile, on December 14, Yahoo Messenger can not support Windows Live Messenger. As a result, IM users can see the active WLM contacts but can not communicate. In addition, Yahoo Messenger Public Rooms will be closed on a temporary, and Pingbox feature will be disabled. Thus quoted from Softpedia, Sunday (12/02/2012).

Meanwhile, the voice dialing feature will certainly continue to be available between IM users. However, features Phone In and Phone Out will be discontinued.

Microsoft's decision to subvert the Windows Live Messenger is hurting Yahoo, Yahoo Messenger article would lose the power to compete with messaging services made ​​by other companies.
(FMH)

Labels: Microsoft, News Technology, short message service (SMS), Smartphones, Yahoo

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