Updates to Yahoo! Messenger Features

Change is in the Air
Updates to Yahoo! Messenger Features

Here at Yahoo!, we aspire to make the world’s daily habits
inspiring and entertaining. More than ever, we’re focused on building
products that are beautiful and meaningful for our users. Sometimes,
this means we have to make tough decisions — like closing down features
that we feel aren’t adding enough value for you. This helps us spend
more energy on creating experiences that make Yahoo! the most fun way to
spend your time.

With this in mind, we have decided to discontinue several Yahoo!
product features. This will enable us to refocus our efforts on
modernizing our core Yahoo! products experiences and of course, create
new ones. You can find more details below, including how the closures
will work.

Yahoo! Messenger Public Chat Rooms
The Yahoo! Messenger Public Chat Rooms will close down on December 14, 2012.

Yahoo! Messenger Pingbox
As of December 14, 2012, Pingbox will no longer be available on Yahoo!
Messenger. If you’ve installed Pingbox on your blog or social networks,
please click here to learn how to uninstall it.

Yahoo! Messenger interoperability with Microsoft Windows Live Messenger
Yahoo! Messenger will no longer be interoperable
with Microsoft Windows Live Messenger as of December 14, 2012.
Microsoft buddies will still appear on your Messenger contact list, but
they will be greyed out, and if you try to send instant messages to
them, the messages will not be delivered.

Yahoo! Voice Phone In and Phone Out feature
Effective January 30, 2013, we will no longer offer Yahoo!
Voice Phone In and Phone Out capabilities
our co-branded landline and mobile phone service from Jajah
As of today, users can no longer add new funds to their accounts
and active users who currently have a balance in their accounts
will receive emailed instructions in December from
Jajah on how to request a refund.
You can find more information on how to ask for a refund here
and you can contact Jajah with any questions at
yahoovoice@jajah.com
Free Messenger-to-Messenger calls will still be offered through Yahoo! Messenger.
Thank you to everyone who have used these features.
We plan to keep
innovating and building great Yahoo!
products that will delight our
users in the years to come
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