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Do you miss Windows Live Messenger, refuse to use any other social network? Do you want that classic way of chatting with emoticons and sounds back? If you were one of the ones that couldn’t bear to see it go, you’re in luck. That is, just for a little...

MSN Messenger wasn’t the only service to get the axe this week by Microsoft: It also announced on its official website that Windows XP and Microsoft Office 2003 will no longer receive support starting April 8, 2014. From that day on, the long-lived operating system will not receive security...

A very important pillar from the last 15 years in the world of Internet-related software is saying its final goodbye. Following the announcement made several months ago after Microsoft purchased Skype, Windows Live Messenger closed its doors and became part of Skype yesterday. Fourteen years after its launch, and...

A few months ago we talked to you about how Microsoft had decided to migrate its chief messaging system, MSN Messenger, to its recently acquired messaging service that offers video calls and instant messaging –  Skype. It appears that the time has come for them to fire the starting...

Today, we use tablets, computers, and cellphones for everything, both in the workplace and in our spare time. Technology plays an increasingly more important role in the world in which we live; but, in spite of these technological advances, the rules of the game remain the same: He who...

Microsoft is getting to work on the titanic project of unifying all of its services. Along with Windows Live Messenger’s well-known integration with Skype, and consequent termination, Microsoft has been working on another major change in recent months – migrating every Hotmail account to its new home: Outlook. Don’t...

In our other post we told you that WhatsApp has grown to become the leading service in the instant messaging sector, as well as among some alternatives: specific platform services like BlackBerry Messenger and iMessage, and many other new projects like Yahoo Hub,  Forfone, and Live Profile, while crushing the ever more popular Facebook Messenger, which is perhaps its...

A brief history of the messaging service throughout the years, including the arrival of unofficial clients, the annual subscription model, and security problems.

Skype version 6.0 for Windows and OS X is now available for download. In this version you can login with different Microsoft (MSN Messenger, Outlook, and Hotmail) and Facebook user accounts. Here we show you a few details about this integration, and the interesting news that, practically at the...