In this release of Windows Live, you can now see your friends’ activity in all the social networks you use. Last week, for example, Douglas Pearce blogged about what this means for the new Messenger. He discussed how Messenger Highlights is designed to be the most complete view of what your friends are...

The instant messaging category got going in earnest around 1996 with the debut of ICQ, around the same time that Hotmail was founded. Over the next two years, each of what are now the leading IM services launched in rapid succession: AIM, Yahoo! Messenger, QQ , and our own MSN Messenger. Over the following...

There’s been Messenger server problems today, causing instant messages not to be delivered to contacts and possibly issues with signing in.  This is most likely due to changes being made for tomorrow’s (Sept. 15th) forced upgrade to Windows Live Messenger 2009.   I would expect it to be...

We are committed to providing a safe, secure and positive experience for our more than 300 million customers across the globe using Windows Live Messenger every month. To deliver on that commitment, beginning on August 25, we started asking our customers using versions 8.1, 8.5 and 14.0 to upgrade to...

The Microsoft Translator team is excited to announce the new translation bot for Windows Live Messenger! This Messenger bot does translations for you. Just add mtbot@hotmail.com to your contacts and start chatting. You can have one-on-one conversations with the bot, or you can invite a friend and chat...

It wasn't too long ago that RIM announced an agreement with Microsoft that would bring Windows Live services to BlackBerry handsets later this summer. We were expecting to be made to wait a little longer, but that agreement has already delivered results as Windows Live Messenger became available...

Messenger for Mac 7.0.1 is an integrated communications client that enables you to communicate with contacts within and outside your organization. Messenger for Mac 7.0.1 is a Universal application that is built to run on both PowerPC-based and Intel-based Macs and makes it easy to take advantage of...

Have you ever wished you could watch the best videos on the web with your friends? With Messenger TV now you can! Relax, laugh, and chat with your friends as you watch your favourite videos together over the internet. It's like your own virtual living room! Checkout the three easy steps below and...

As some of you might have faced problem with WLMessenger blocking some of the URLs, now the problem has been fixed and this is what Messenger Team has to say : "Greetings Messenger fans – As some of you noticed, we had a problem from Friday night to Saturday morning where our Messenger service was...

Back in November we shipped the final version of Windows Live Messenger 8.5 along with several other Windows Live applications and services. A lot of you have already upgraded, and for that we thank you and hope you’re enjoying it as much as we enjoyed building it. Starting soon, we’re going to make...