Microsoft and Yahoo Present New Ways to Communicate
Microsoft Garage introduced Send, an “in-and-out email” app that was built for brief, snappy communications with your co-workers. It’s currently available for iOS, with Windows Phone and Android versions coming soon.
Yahoo recently rolled out Yahoo Livetext, a mobile app that combines texting with video. It’s a live video texting app for iOS and Android.
The Garage, Microsoft’s 24-hour idea factory and haven for über geeks, thought about this situation: you want to send a quick, short note to a co-worker, but you don’t have that co-worker’s phone number, you don’t have an IM app on your work phone, and you don’t want to use Outlook. To address this situation, Microsoft rolled out Send, a new app that was designed for “in-and-out email.”
Send – Main Features
Get the Send app for iOS from Apple’s App Store.
Learn more about Send by visiting The Microsoft Garage.
Yahoo recently introduced Livetext, a new mobile app that lets you see the people you’re texting. You can communicate with others via text and you can see the person you’re texting.
“We’re introducing Yahoo Livetext - a new way to communicate that blends the immediacy, simplicity and ease of texting with the expressiveness of video, without the audio. We see video as a way to make your conversations more authentic, and we see text as a way to connect that’s quick and non-intrusive. We think you’re really going to love it,” said Arjun Sethi, Senior Director, Product Management.
Get Yahoo Livetext for iOS from Apple’s App Store
Get Yahoo Live Text for Android from Google Play.
Yahoo recently rolled out Yahoo Livetext, a mobile app that combines texting with video. It’s a live video texting app for iOS and Android.
The Garage, Microsoft’s 24-hour idea factory and haven for über geeks, thought about this situation: you want to send a quick, short note to a co-worker, but you don’t have that co-worker’s phone number, you don’t have an IM app on your work phone, and you don’t want to use Outlook. To address this situation, Microsoft rolled out Send, a new app that was designed for “in-and-out email.”
Send – Main Features
- Simple, quick text message-like experience so you can easily reach all your co-workers.
- Send any co-worker a message without a subject line or formal email constructs; no signatures, subject lines or salutations required.
- The app does not show all your emails, it only shows the ones started in the app.
- Your conversations are synced with Outlook so you can continue the conversation from anywhere.
- Works with Office 365 business and school email accounts; broader availability planned for the coming months.
- Currently available for iPhone in the US and Canada; coming soon to Windows Phone and Android.
Get the Send app for iOS from Apple’s App Store.
Learn more about Send by visiting The Microsoft Garage.
Yahoo recently introduced Livetext, a new mobile app that lets you see the people you’re texting. You can communicate with others via text and you can see the person you’re texting.
“We’re introducing Yahoo Livetext - a new way to communicate that blends the immediacy, simplicity and ease of texting with the expressiveness of video, without the audio. We see video as a way to make your conversations more authentic, and we see text as a way to connect that’s quick and non-intrusive. We think you’re really going to love it,” said Arjun Sethi, Senior Director, Product Management.
Get Yahoo Livetext for iOS from Apple’s App Store
Get Yahoo Live Text for Android from Google Play.
