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Windows Live Messenger 2011 and its 10 million Facebook users
on Sun 14 Nov 2010 (21:20 GMT) (272752 views)
on Sun 14 Nov 2010 (21:20 GMT) (272752 views)
The Windows Team Blog has released some interesting statistics about Messenger's new Facebook Chat integration feature as well as other social services in the newly released Windows Live Messenger 2011:
Already there appears to be a re-birth for Messenger now it has become part of newer social trends, including our increasing demand for integration and portability.
Read the full story at the Windows Team Blog
- More than 10 million people have connected Facebook to Windows Live
- More than 250 million chats between Messenger and Facebook
- Conversations have lasted more than 1.5 billion minutes
- Over 1.6 million people have connected YouTube to Windows Live
- Over 700,000 people have connected MySpace to Windows Live
- Over 10 million active Messenger customers on BlackBerry devices, over 5.2 million active Messenger customers on iPhones and over 1.2 million active Messenger customers on Nokia smart phones
Already there appears to be a re-birth for Messenger now it has become part of newer social trends, including our increasing demand for integration and portability.
Read the full story at the Windows Team BlogFacebook chat arrives for iPhone app, coming soon to web messenger
on Sun 19 Sep 2010 (21:53 GMT) (10392 views)
on Sun 19 Sep 2010 (21:53 GMT) (10392 views)
Facebook integration has been at the heart of the latest beta for Windows Live Messenger 2011, so it doesn't seem unusual for Microsoft to implement the feature away from its main desktop client.
Neowin reports that Windows Live Web Messenger will soon integrate your Facebook friends alongside your Windows Live contacts:
The official Windows Live Messenger iPhone app has been updated to support full Facebook integration, allowing you to chat to your friends on the popular social networking website as if they were your normal Messenger contacts.
These two updates show how seriously Microsoft is attempting to capitalise on the social networking market, which has been responsible for the decline of a younger demographic of instant messenger users.
Neowin reports that Windows Live Web Messenger will soon integrate your Facebook friends alongside your Windows Live contacts:
When hovering over the Messenger link in the header a Facebook category appears on this site. The status of contacts is shown just like within Messenger, if a friend is available to chat to they have a green icon and an orange one for away; if you are also friends with them in Messenger then they can also be set to busy which is a red icon.
The official Windows Live Messenger iPhone app has been updated to support full Facebook integration, allowing you to chat to your friends on the popular social networking website as if they were your normal Messenger contacts.
These two updates show how seriously Microsoft is attempting to capitalise on the social networking market, which has been responsible for the decline of a younger demographic of instant messenger users.
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