Comments on: Yahoo, MSN Play Nice on VoIM

By: Om Malik on Broadband : » Hey AOL, You Got Googled

Om Malik on Broadband : » Hey AOL, You Got Googled — Thu, 22 Dec 2005 08:08:34 +0000

[...] AOL, by the way continues to be the king maker in the Internet space, despite its troubles. I think many, scratch that, almost all have focused on the advertising aspect of this deal. In my mind, this is a deal which has larger strategic implications. The first – the instant messaging. The two companies explicitly state that they are going to interoperate their IM networks. For Google’s GTalk, this is a big boost, something it needed desperately in order to increase traction when compared to Microsoft and Yahoo. The IM alliance between Google-AOL is a good way to combat Microsoft-Yahoo IM combo. Wait, there is more…. Google had announced major voice-related announcements to the Jabber platform via its Jingle project. With the release of Libjingle, the makers of these clients will be able to add the ability to make and receive calls between their clients and Google Talk. In fact, they’ll be able to support calls between their clients and ANY OTHER clients that support Libjingle . [...]

By: Om Malik’s Blog » Blog Archive » Hey AOL, You Got Googled

Om Malik’s Blog » Blog Archive » Hey AOL, You Got Googled — Wed, 21 Dec 2005 23:46:03 +0000

By: richard weber

richard weber — Fri, 09 Dec 2005 01:11:06 +0000

i like yahoo games ,very challing,yet some wont let me play i am still wondering why,yahoo is cool other than that..

By: Yhancik Magazine

Yhancik Magazine — Sat, 15 Oct 2005 16:21:56 +0000

saturday's linkdump

In case you're not aware, Microsoft and Yahoo announced some interoperability between MSN and YahooIM which basically means that MSN and YIM users will be able to talk together while keeping their favourite IM client

By: Software Only

Software Only — Wed, 12 Oct 2005 18:56:08 +0000

MSN and YIM interoperability – at last

The widely anticipated announcement is now out: MICROSOFT AND YAHOO! ANNOUNCE LANDMARK INTEROPERABILITY AGREEMENT TO CONNECT CONSUMER INSTANT MESSAGING COMMUNITIES GLOBALLY. One of the longest standing Internet “Berlin walls�? is about to collapse, …

By: Om Malik

Om Malik — Wed, 12 Oct 2005 17:59:21 +0000

sorry david, i meant unless it works with AOL’s IM it doesn’t really mean anything as a US ocnusmer. today’s WSJ had some data and it shows that AIM is the majority player and we really don’t get the benefit of this alliance. i should have been more explicit

By: Aswath Rao

Aswath Rao — Wed, 12 Oct 2005 17:56:42 +0000

How about facilitating click-to-call and the related pay-per-call that was the talk of the town when eBay/Skype “partnership” was announced?

By: David

David — Wed, 12 Oct 2005 17:56:25 +0000

You are contradicting yourself. First off you say the interoperability is no big deal (meaning this changes nothing). And then you say that they HAVE to deal with AOL’s IM (presumably meaning this would change something). Explain me please.

By: TechBlog

TechBlog — Wed, 12 Oct 2005 17:36:31 +0000

Yahoo, Microsoft to lower IM walls

The Associated Press and several others are reporting that Microsoft and Yahoo have reached a deal to let users of their respective instant messaging products talk to each other. From the AP story: A Yahoo-Microsoft partnership, allowing users of the...

By: Anurag (Anu) Nigam

Anurag (Anu) Nigam — Wed, 12 Oct 2005 16:39:40 +0000

I think the reason they did this isn’t for the desktop, but for mobile devices. Most users are using the cell phone more and they are frustrated with the IM clients that don’t work together. If they aren’t interoperable on the cell phone then users will keep using SMS or MMS. By working together, they hope to make IM the client of choice on the cell phone.

By: MSN / Yahoo -- Alec Saunders .LOG

MSN / Yahoo -- Alec Saunders .LOG — Wed, 12 Oct 2005 16:19:30 +0000

[...] Om Malik is clearly unimpressed. His delightful strikeouts say it all: They way I see it – for Microsoft this is a vital move especially from an enterprise perspective. The more interoperable they become, the more valuable their Live Communication Server becomes. Thanks to Dare for clarifying that. A full press release and the conference call later, it is all about the consumer. [...]

By: Alec Saunders .LOG

Alec Saunders .LOG — Wed, 12 Oct 2005 16:18:25 +0000

MSN / Yahoo

I just tuned into the conference call on the MSN / Yahoo Interop Agreement that was announced this morning.  The salient details?  In six to nine months users of both networks will have text, voice, emoticon and presence interoperability, cr...

By: SiliconBeat

SiliconBeat — Wed, 12 Oct 2005 16:16:52 +0000

The latest search engine stuff

A lot going down in the search engine area, so here’s a quick link wrap-up: –Gada.be: Chris Perillo, who is based in southern California, has unveiled a way to do a search directly from the address bar on your browser. At http://www.Gada.be, you ente…

By: Dare Obasanjo

Dare Obasanjo — Wed, 12 Oct 2005 15:18:56 +0000

>They way I see it – for Microsoft this is a vital move especially from an enterprise perspective. The more interoperable they become, the more valuable their Live Communication Server becomes. I guess, both parties come out winners in this deal.

LCS already interops with all 3 major IM networks. That’s why the press releases point out that it is CONSUMER IM interoperability. See http://www.microsoft.com/office/livecomm/prodinfo/publicim.mspx#EFB

By: GizmoProject Journal

GizmoProject Journal — Wed, 12 Oct 2005 13:21:24 +0000

Microsoft and Yahoo listen to Michael Robertson :)

As reported first by Andy Abramson, and commented by Om Malik with explicit reference to Michael Robertson's IMfederation initiative, Microsoft and Yahoo announced that their IM clients will talk to each other. Not enough, Terry Semel, if you want to...

By: David Orban

David Orban — Wed, 12 Oct 2005 13:13:48 +0000

If Terry Semel wants to be true to his recent declarations at Web 2.0, of Yahoo being more open than Google, then this move of opening just to Microsoft cannot be but a first step.