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Yahoo Messenger to Mac OS X Lion iChat app, Apple has added support that can enable Text, Voice and Video Chat through Yahoo Instant Messenger Protocol. According to Apple Insider, Apple has introduved iChat as a IM client for AOLs propriety Chat Protocol, then added support for Jabbar and XMPP, which is an Open IM Standard supported by Google Talk and Apple iChat Server.
Apple has added Yahoo as an Account Type for Lion, where Yahoo operates its own proprietory protocol that cannot interoperate with either AOL or Jabber Account Types.Microsoft Windows Live Messenger, the other Primary Chat Protocol is an Proprietory which does not support cross Chat with AOL or Jabber. Actually Microsoft and Yahoo both created a gateway between their Networks.
iMarck90 a Blogger, who initially reported about this news on the Yahoo Client working with Voice and Video Chat. After Adding Microsoft Bing and Yahoo search to Safari on the both Desktop and iOS and also adding this iChat Video Support, Apple is pushing topromote FaceTime as its Video Calling Solution.
The Apple Company has already renamed its iSight Cameras as “FaceTime” and also develops and distributes FaceTime as a Standalone Application in the Mac App Store, which is independent from the iChat AV App that bundles as part of Mac OS X Lion. via