Empowered Women

As you cultivate your intuitive ability you can redefine the meaning of strength. By embracing your intuitive power as something that is strong in its own right, you can use it with true assurance and determination and draw upon what truly belongs to you.

Jobs with Yahoo! Messenger

We’re looking for some new members for the Yahoo! Messenger team! Please take a look at the listings below and click the links for more information or details on the application process. If you find a specific position that you think one of your friends or family members would find interesting, click use the “Send [...]

Think Green - It’s Earth Day!

Every year, Yahoo! gets into the spirit of Earth Day and educates our users about what they can personally do to make a difference for the environment. This year, our focus is on the “Reuse” part of the often heard “Reduce-Reuse-Recycle” creedo. Did you know that there are reuse groups around the world whose mission is [...]

9.0 wins best IM award

Thanks to everyone for voting for Yahoo! Messenger in the About.com 2008 IM Awards. We just found out this morning that we did win one of our categories: Best Instant Messenger Experience for Yahoo! Messenger 9.0. Here’s what About.com had to say about our latest version: For what its worth, Yahoo! Messenger 9.0 delivers a pretty smooth [...]

Ways You Can Help Someone Who's Lost All Their Possessions

Recently, in southern California, many people lost homes and possessions to fires. In 1993, I had that experience and it was devastating. Many people, not knowing what to do, stepped in to help me heal and move on. This article shares some of those kindnesses.

Ladies, It's Time to Have More Fun

Why don't we make some time for fun? Why are we so willing to give that up? Why don't we pencil out a block of time on our calendars to do something we enjoy? I think it's because women in general put themselves last.

Where To Buy A Cheap Designer Prom Dress

Buying a designer prom dress is the right decision as they are better made, better designed and will make you look and feel fabulous. You might think that buying designer means paying top dollar but you'd be wrong. You can buy designer at low prices.

Breaking Through That Plateau, Women

It happens all the time. You change your eating habits; start exercising and you lose weight steadily each week. Then suddenly as you get closer to your goal your weight loss begins to slow down drastically and eventually seems to come to a stand still.

The Spokesperson of the Fashion Industry

Elle is a magazine that stays on the leading edge of fashion, beauty, and lifestyle trends. This women's magazine is published in 32 countries by Hachette Filipacchi Magazines (a French Company). Elle Magazine has become the world's leading fashion magazine for every woman in today's society.

Flickr videos supported in 9.0

Last week, Flickr.com announced its new video feature, allowing Flickr Pro users to upload videos and share them online alongside their photos. As a result, we added support for Flickr videos to the inline media player in Yahoo! Messenger 9.0 Beta. If you share a Flickr video link or a friend shares one with you, you [...]

Bag Yourself A Bargain

End of season sales are a great way to bag yourself a bargain but do you usually find yourself buying a load of rubbish that you will never wear? I'm here to give you some top tips to getting the best bargains in the sales.

40, No Kids and Fabulous!

40 is a fabulous age! Here is why. 40 is a fabulous age, especially if you don't have kids! I celebrated my 40th birthday at a spa. Bathing in the sun, sipping my ginger elixir, I realized I've never been happier, or more fulfilled in my life.

Vote for Yahoo! Messenger

After all, it is an election year… In March, About.com asked their readers to nominate their favorite instant messengers for their first ever “IM Best Awards”. Yahoo! Messenger was named as a finalist in three categories. Woo hoo! We hope you’ll take a moment to vote for us and help us win: - Best Instant Messenger Experience [...]

Double Standards For Men And Women In The Workplace?

Women have been caught in a double bind. We're not part of the #1 team in business - the men's team. That's the situation we have today. Let's not bemoan it-that won't give us progress. Let's analyze it and see where we can successfully advance in business.

Bells are Ringing in Baltimore Wedding

Since Baltimore inhabitants come from diverse cultural backgrounds, you can choose from a variety of wedding preparations that you like and everyone will respect your choice since multicultural setting is acceptable in Baltimore. You may select Indian wedding, Jewish, African or any wedding you think of.

Taking Web Messenger out of the browser (Mac)

Yahoo! Messenger for the Web is really handy when you’re on the road or can’t download and install the full version of Messenger. But there are a couple of things that may prevent it from becoming your everyday version of Yahoo! Messenger. One is that Yahoo! Messenger for the Web runs in a full browser [...]

The Laws Of Partnership

My business partner and I have several "rules" in our partnership that dictate how we interact and what we expect of each other. These guidelines we do business by allow us to make decisions on our own that we know are in line with our partner.

The Japanese Woman Today

FOR CENTURIES the Japanese woman has been, to Western observers, a model of graceful beauty and passive subjection. A picture of a kimono-clad, modest, silent, servant-wife has gone out to foreign lands. Is this model a complete picture? How is she faring in the modern world?

The Business Woman's Guide to Seven Steps to Better Self-Esteem and Self-Confidence

Business women, are you ready to increase your self-esteem, build your self-confidence and know exactly what motivates you to live your best life ever? If so, this article will give you a brief challenge that could help you change the way you think about your future forever.

Contact list views in Yahoo! Messenger 9.0

When we first released Yahoo! Messenger 9.0 Beta, some users were upset about the changes made to the contact list. Compared to its older sibling 8.1, the display images were larger and positioned on the right, and there was a lot more space devoted to each contact in the list. For users with lots of [...]

Women's Health Magazines

When it comes to health, women and men have a lot of different issues. That is why it is crazy to read a magazine or book that is very general in its health advice. Today, many books and magazines have different options, a men and women option.

A Tale of Unexplained Infertility and Herbs

So you are finally at the doctor's office after years of unsuccessful copulating, seeking an answer with a side of treatment. Instead, your doctor tells your state has no known cure as it falls under the dubious category of "unexplained infertility". That's when your herbalist steps in...

Changing skins in Yahoo! Messenger 9.0

Our 9.0 version contains a whole new family of skins you can choose from to jazz up your IM window. When you choose a new skin it changes the design of the headers of your contact list as well as your IM conversation window (and adds some accents in other areas). To change your skin in Yahoo! [...]

Working Woman

A lot of women end up their careers as being a plain housewife. This happens especially in Asia, where husbands are highly respected in the family hierarchy. Women like to work in the office, becoming a freelance, or running a business and a home at the same time.

Changing message format in 9.0 Beta

[This tip was included as a link off an early article on Yahoo! Messenger 9.0 Beta, but I wanted to highlight it again in case some of our 9.0 Beta users missed it the first time around.] When we first launched 9.0 Beta, we received complaints from users about how we changed the way a conversation [...]

A webcam wedding celebration

One of our team members, Mazi, got married last month under the rotunda at San Francisco’s City Hall. His wife, Mariana, is from Argentina and her family was unable to fly up for the wedding. So at their reception, Mazi and Mariana hooked up their laptop and webcam, signed into Yahoo! Messenger, and shared their [...]

Now hear this: Mac version has voice

We know you’ve waited a long time for this… The new version of Yahoo! Messenger for Mac Beta now has voice calling! With this new version, you can make free PC-to-PC calls or sign up for a Phone Out account to make calls from your Mac to regular or mobile phones worldwide for as low as [...]

March Madness in Yahoo! Messenger

It’s that time of year again when students, alumni and fans around the country put on their favorite college colors to cheer on their team in the NCAA College Basketball tournament. Grown men will cry, women who don’t normally follow sports will become rabid with NCAA fever, and productivity in offices will take a hit as [...]

Stars Without Makeup - Oh, the Horror!

People love to pick up tabloids that include pictures of stars without makeup. The public has some kind of fascination with seeing stars at their worst. Perhaps it's because they like to know that without gobs of makeup, the stars don't look that much better than everyone else.

Breaking Through the Glass Ceiling And Parting the Gender Curtain - A Quiz for Success-Minded Women

Corporate America's infamous glass ceiling is REAL. So what should all women in business know as they survey and strategically crash through that glass barrier toward the positions and salaries they deserve? Why does the centuries-strong Gender Curtain that still awaits become tougher to part the higher you go?

Women's Retreat Themes Must Be Designed to Attract Busy Gals

Women's Retreat Themes should be well thought out. They should be instantly of interest to a wide spectrum of potential attendees; easy to transform into posters and other publicity pieces, and robust enough to inspire decoration ideas, coordinating food options, pre- or -mid retreat skits, and other retreat development components.

Video made easy in 9.0 BETA

One of the handiest features of the new Yahoo! Messenger 9.0 BETA is the inline video player. Unlike older versions of Yahoo! Messenger, 9.0 BETA automatically plays videos from YouTube and Yahoo! Video right in the IM window while you chat. No longer do you have to click the link that a friend sends you [...]

We’re retiring versions 5.5 & 5.6

As Yahoo! Messenger gets older (we’re up to version 9.0 now!), so too do some of the “vintage” versions that are still in use by a few people. In an effort to provide the best experience for our users and maintain high security standards, we will officially retire Yahoo! Messenger 5.5 and 5.6 on April [...]

Smiley Award winners

Back in September 2007, we told you about a celebration at Carnegie Mellon University that honored the Emoticon. Twenty five years earlier, Professor Scott Fahlman was the first to use the text version of the emoticon with his colleagues on a computer message board. To mark the anniversary, Professor Fahlman and his colleagues teamed up [...]

Emoticon audibles

Ever wondered what the the devil’s laugh would sound like when you send the emoticon? Or wished that you could send a loud emoticon smooch over to your sweetie on Yahoo! Messenger? Then you’re in luck! A few of our favorite emoticons have found a second career as audibles. Audibles are animated characters [...]

Grooving with audibles

We got an email in our inbox recently from Bogdan Nasgodineanu, a Yahoo! Messenger user who lives in Constanta, Romania (see pics on Flickr). Bogdan has worked for several years in the Romanian music industry, but recently turned his focus to composing and producing his own music. Yahoo! Messenger is very popular in Romania and [...]

In the MIX with Yahoo! Messenger for Vista

This week, our Yahoo! Messenger for Vista team is at the Microsoft MIX conference in Las Vegas (March 5-7). The MIX conference is a chance for developers utilizing Microsoft platforms to discuss new ideas and technologies, as well as share what they’ve created. Last year our team hosted a couple of sessions on Windows Presentation [...]

What’s new in Avatar Towns?

Back in November, we told you about a new place you could visit to outfit your digital self: Avatar Towns. The team recently added some new shops and features. Drop in on the “Pet Pals” store to find just the right animal to hang out with you. The gorilla and iguana are my favorites, but there [...]

A hidden feature in Yahoo! Messenger for Vista

Here’s the story, of a lovely lady…” If you grew up in the U.S. in the 1970s, you’ll know that’s the opening line of the theme to the television show, The Brady Bunch. It also served as the inspiration for a hidden feature in the last release of Yahoo! Messenger for Windows Vista that we’re [...]

Dolly Parton Sing My Song - Please

I'm too young to be this old. Conversely you may think I'm too old to feel this young. But I'm a woman of a "certain age" and am proud and happy. Sing my song with me, loud and clear. Don't worry about the tune, it'll just come to you naturally.

What Nail Treatments Are Available in Salons?

There are many hair salons now offering not only hair extensions, colouring of hair, hair straightening, your normal cut and blow dry but also nail extensions, acrylic nails, manicures and pedicures and painting of nails. There also salons popping up which only give nail treatments there usually called nail salons.

Hair Extensions - The New You

We all feel like a change once in a while when it comes to our hair, whether you want a new cut, colour or shape we all experiment with our hair at some point in our life. If you are looking for a new style why not consider hair extensions?

Sign-in problems

We’re aware that users are having difficulty signing in to Yahoo! Messenger. We are experiencing some system problems and are working on a fix. In the meantime, please use Yahoo! Messenger for the Web. Thanks for your patience, Sarah Bacon Product Manager UPDATE: Issues resolved as of 11:30am Pacific Time

Challenges of a Single Mother

Single mother's face numerous challenges. Career, child care and even dating are among them. In order for a single mother to have a career that pays decent money, more often than not, it involves specialized training and overtime. This in turn produces a whole host of problems that must be addressed.

A quickie Vegas wedding for your Avatar

Does your Avatar have the hots for another Avatar? Ready to make the ultimate commitment? Yahoo! has partnered with Diet Dr. Pepper for a Valentine’s Day promotion called “Valentine’s in Vegas: Marry my Avatar”. Type in the Yahoo! ID of the Avatar you want to get hitched to, and voila, you’ll see your betrothed avatars together [...]

Happy Valentine’s Day from Yahoo! Messenger

Love’s official holiday is almost here, so we thought we’d start spreading the cheer a little early. Last year, we heard about a couple who had met in a chat room and later married, and this year our Community Manager, Michael Brito, received another nice story in our inbox: “My fiancé and I met on Yahoo! [...]

Yahoo! Live - What’s on your webcam?

Yahoo! has a small group in San Francisco known as the Advanced Products (AP) team. Designed to be an incubator for new products and services, the AP team develops new ideas and quickly turns them into working products we can test with our users. Their latest experiment is called Yahoo! Live, and if you’ve got [...]

Change Your Mood By Wearing Chakra Colors

Next time you're standing in front of your closet, ask yourself, "who is it that I want to be today?" That is exactly what I did yesterday morning when getting ready for another day on the job site. I used the following color guide to achieving the image I wanted to present:

What’s in your IM window?

Several years ago, when Yahoo! Messenger was in its very early version numbers, a new feature came to life that is now known as IMVironments (we like to call them IMVs around here). IMVs are interactive backgrounds you can load during your IM conversation to play games, share stuff and just have fun with a [...]

The Circle of Old Friendships - Rekindling the Sisterhood of Girlfriends

Recently, I moved back to the city where I spent my childhood, grew up, and developed into who I am today. I've discovered that in our formative years, we become a sum of all the influences in our lives, including our friends. For me, I learned the value of friendships, particularly girlfriends.

New update for Messenger for Mac 3.0 Beta 2

The third update of Mac 3.0 Beta 2 (build 78326) is now available to keep you company over the holiday weekend. There are no new features in this update but we fixed a couple of crash issues, including an update to the crash reporting for Leopard users. We also made improvements to the sign in process [...]

Women - This Is What Your Life Is For

The following Message was channeled from the Golden Circle of Ascended Feminine Masters, a group of illumined Beings dedicated to helping today's Woman reclaim True Feminine Power: Our precious daughters, Our fondest wish for you is that you enjoy your lives, that they be for you exactly what you wish them to be.

Our response to Microsoft’s proposal

From the Yahoo! Yodel Corporate Blog: As I’m sure you’ve heard by now, Microsoft made an unsolicited proposal to acquire Yahoo! yesterday evening. Since then, we’ve gotten quite a number of questions about what this means for Yahoo!. Right now our board of directors is evaluating the proposal and looking at all of our strategic alternatives, [...]

The faces behind our new emoticons

Are Yahoo! Messenger users emotional? You bet. With our latest release of Yahoo! Messenger 9.0 Beta, we included six new emoticons inspired by users who entered our Emoticontest held over the summer. Renata, a 31 year-old financial analyst living in Egypt, submitted the “thumbs up” emoticon which she says was inspired by the movie “Borat”. “My [...]

Messenger for Vista ready for 64-bit

Yahoo! Messenger for Vista Preview is now available for users who are running a 64-bit version of Vista. Please go and download the latest version from our website (build 2007.12.06.421). Thanks to everyone for your input on the feedback form and here on the blog regarding the issue. Who knew there were so many 64-bit [...]

Webcams become part of the interview process

Webcams have been around for awhile now, but organizations like business schools are now starting to depend on them to help authenticate candidates during long distance interviews. Check out this interesting article from Businessweek.com: Webcam Interviews Disconnect Imposters Phone interviews allow for possible deception, but the growing use of Webcams by schools is making it more difficult [...]

Find Your Circle of Strength

Who do you count on for support, whether it's in the midst of a traumatic experience or one of joy? Life takes us on a daily journey of trials, blessings, joys, and sorrows. Knowing who to call upon to share your feelings is your key to living a life of discovery, strength, and peace.

Ab Exercises During Pregnancy

If you are expecting then you should be thinking about doing ab exercises during pregnancy because these exercises will help you tone up your abs while strengthening your back. The strengthening of the back is very important because as the fetus grows in the uterus, it exerts more strain and pressure on the back.

Single Moms Getting Help from the Government

Single Moms Getting Help from the Government It is tough to stay out of debt for the average American, it is even tougher for a single mom to make ends meet and still have enough money left over to raise kids and save for retirement. It is a good thing there is help available.

Hair Trends in the 60's and 80's

Hair trends have a very sixties and eighties influence. The latest hairstyle trends sweep the globe slowly, which means that the life cycle is actually a few years from the birth of a new trend to the eventual fizzle. Aerobic model trends are off-shoulder sweaters, tights, leg warmer, headbands, crimped hair and sport bars.

Vista Performance Hotfix from Microsoft

If you’re using the new Yahoo! Messenger for Vista preview version, this latest Windows Vista Hotfix may be of interest to you. Recently, Microsoft released a Hotfix for the layered windows function in Windows Vista. This improves the response time of Vista applications when layered windows are being used. In the case of Yahoo! Messenger [...]

What To Look For In Maternity Clothing

Maternity clothes are an important part of your pregnancy considering that you will need them for about six to seven months. You will also see that maternity clothes are not just what you wear but will also assist in how you feel. So you want to be assured that they are stylish and comfortable.

Yahoo! Messenger for Vista Refresh

Take a deep breath…and smell the refresh! In response to user feedback and some issues we wanted to fix ourselves, a refreshed version of Yahoo! Messenger for Vista Preview (2008.01.11.428) is now available. This latest version includes the following fixes and enhancements: Performance & Stability improvements: We’ve improved overall responsiveness, including typing and switching between tabs [...]

New file transfer security with Norton AntiVirus

Yahoo! Messenger is a great way to share files with friends instantly. With a simple drag and drop you can send photos, music, word docs, spreadsheets â€" virtually any kind of file up to 2GB in size. But everyone fears receiving a file that contains a virus; they can lurk in files from even the closest [...]

Macworld - watch for us!

In case you’re headed to Macworld this week in San Francisco, keep an eye out for a team of Yahoo! Messenger for Mac engineers. They’ve been working hard so we thought we’d give them a chance to catch up on all things Mac. They are clad in Yahoo! Messenger for Mac t-shirts so [...]

A look back at 2007

It’s that time of year where we’re inundated with “year in review” stories. So I thought I’d follow suit here on the blog and take a look back at 2007, the busiest year on record for Yahoo! Messenger. New & improved 2007 was a year of “new & improved” for Messenger. Our classic Yahoo! Messenger for Windows [...]

Movie Trailers Plug-in: new version

Heading to the movies over the holidays? Then be sure to try out the new Yahoo! Movies trailer plug-in for Yahoo! Messenger (8.1 or 9.0 Beta). It’s been redesigned with some new features that make it the perfect tool for finding the next cinematic masterpiece. Once you’ve added it to your Yahoo! Messenger, the Movie Trailers [...]

The Independent Business Woman - 7 Powerful Steps to Get What You Want in Business

Business woman, are you ready to give up the 9 to 5 "rat race" and think about starting your own home based business or Internet marketing business? You might be ready to become an entrepreneur home based business professional and you have the self-confidence to do it. This article challenges you to put your business dream into reality.

Why Perfume Became So Popular?

This is a question asked my many of us who are allergic to strong perfume fragrances. Perhaps the belief that perfume acts as an aphrodisiac holds its own to other more practical reasons to use these aromas. This article talks about the reasons perfume became such a desired product, since the old times from ancient Egypt.

Using Perfume Samples - How Best To Use Them

One of the best reasons to use perfume samples is to find out if you like the scent of the perfume and if you can wear it, before you actually buy it. Perfume does not always smell good on just anyone; each individual has many different and natural body chemistry reactions to the effects of perfume.

The Ins And Outs Of Gender Employment Discrimination

For women in the workplace, gender employment discrimination can be a real concern. Issues that are covered under the various laws against discrimination in the workplace include equal pay, sexual harassment and pregnancy rights. In this article, we will explore the different facets of gender employment discrimination and what rights women in the workplace have today.

Musical voice calls

Soundtrack is one of my favorite “hidden” features in Yahoo! Messenger. While you’re on a voice call, you can choose a music file from your hard drive to play during your call. I use it all the time to play music for myself and a friend while we talk. To use the Soundtrack feature in Yahoo! [...]

Recording Yahoo! Messenger calls

The New York Times recently had an interesting article about software for recording internet phone calls. Recording calls can be handy if you’re using your computer to make business calls, or there’s just a memorable conversation you want to archive (like my nephew’s first phone call with me when he was 2). The article mentioned [...]

May the force be with you…on IM

Last week, we launched a special Star Wars edition of Yahoo! Messenger for the Web, complete with a Star Wars theme, sounds and new emoticons. This version of Yahoo! Messenger includes thirty customized emoticons of your favorite Star Wars characters like Yoda, Darth Vader, Chewbacca, Han Solo and many more (plus a couple of hidden emoticons). This [...]

8 Keys to Surviving Football Season

Football may not be your cup of tea, but if you have a fan in your home then you have to find a way to survive. Hiding in the bedroom until the season is over is not the best way to make it. Take one for the team, and embrace the sport you would prefer to avoid.

New Messenger module on My Yahoo! Beta

[This was posted briefly a few weeks ago but I decided to pull it and repost now that the My Yahoo! Beta is available to everyone. - SB] A new Yahoo! Messenger module is available for users of My Yahoo! Beta. If you’re not familiar with My Yahoo!, it’s a Yahoo! service that lets you customize [...]

New way to test voice quality for free

In response to requests from our Yahoo! Voice users, we recently made some changes to the Yahoo! Voice website. Now it’s even easier to check rates and if you’re unfamiliar with Yahoo! Voice, you can even test the quality of a real PC-to-phone call for free. Usually, seeing is believing. But when it comes to making [...]

New call history archive on Yahoo! Voice site

If you make PC-to-Phone calls on Yahoo! Messenger, you’ll love the two new features we’ve added to the Yahoo! Voice website. A frequent request from our voice users is a complete call history. Good news! Now you can view your entire PC-to-Phone call history on the Yahoo! Voice website. Be sure you’re signed in, then click [...]

Yahoo! Messenger for Vista: Preview Release Available!

It’s here! It’s really here! We’re thrilled to bring you the preview version of Yahoo! Messenger for Vista, the first Yahoo! Messenger built from the ground up for the Windows Vista operating system. This is your chance to try it out and give us your feedback to help make the next version even better. This is [...]

IM from the sky on JetBlue

It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s…Yahoo! Messenger from 30,000 feet! Today marks the official launch of a customized version of Yahoo! Messenger for JetBlue passengers. Internet access on commercial flights is a new concept, and JetBlue is the first domestic carrier to test it with their new BetaBlue airplane. Passengers with WiFi-enabled laptops or Blackberry [...]

The 7 Rules For Becoming a Self-Actualized Goddess

After many years of journeying, Anita Revel has come up with seven key rules that can help you become a self-actualized goddess. She has done this by identifying seven goddess archetypes, how their energy rules over the seven major aspects of your life, and how you can see the 'face' of each goddess when you look in the mirror.

Homely Women Can Be Happy

Dating should not be the only interest for the homely woman if she is going to find happiness. There are many unfortunate people that have to carry a heavy burden in their lives. I am only going to speak about people that were cursed by nature and have had the difficulty of fitting into a pattern of normal living.

Holiday greetings in Yahoo! Messenger

It’s that time of year again and hopefully you’ll be spending time with your friends and family in person. But in case you can’t make it to the festivities, we’ve loaded up Yahoo! Messenger with a few items to help you spread holiday cheer to all your friends. With the “Holiday” category of audibles you can [...]

Women in Wealthier Lands

Despite the ongoing struggle, it is undeniable that women now have a lot of opportunities in what used to be a "man's world." This is partly because, for the first time in history, married women can control to some extent the size of their families. Hence, they can even choose not to have children, but to devote their lives to a career.

Why Can't I Forget? The Emotional Legacy Of Rape Trauma

Recently a young woman came into counseling complaining of sleeplessness and anxiety. She described having an upsurge of deeply upsetting memories of a terrible incident that occurred when she was seventeen years old. She had been raped by an "acquaintance" on a date. She never told anyone what happened. She just wanted to forget it happened and go on with her life.