February, 2006

Windows Live Mail Desktop

During my interview with Phil Holden, Director of Windows Live, we discussed the upcoming beta of Windows Live Mail Desktop.

This free desktop client integrates fully with existing Live services, allowing you to access your Live Mail accounts without opening …

Interview with Phil Holden #2

This interview with Phil mainly focuses on Windows Live Mail and the upcoming Windows Live Mail Desktop Client. This is the first of several interviews we will be posting this week.

0.00 Introduction
0.17 Windows Live Mail: M5 update
5.34 …

Windows Live Local Preview: StreetSide edition

WLLlocal icon.gifIn yet another Windows Live update coming this week, the Live Local team (formerly VirtualEarth) will release a technical preview at http://preview.local.live.com that demonstrates the new StreetSide feature for two cities: Seattle and San Francisco.

This new feature provides a …

Windows Live Messenger update tonight

WLMessenger icon.gifLeah has posted over at the Windows Live Messenger blog some screenshots and a feature list of the semi-public beta build 566. Yes its still not fully public, however signup at ideas.live.com is reportedly taking less than a day to …

Kahuna milestone 5 details announced and we have screenshots!

WLMail icon.gifSteve Kafka, PM of Hotmail, today blogged about the new features of the "M5" release of Windows Live Mail beta [codename Kahuna], which is expected to be released Thursday. The feature list includes:

 – Hotmail classic theme with new …

MSN adCenter begins pilot in the states

msn_adcenter.gifToday MSN Advertising sent e-mails to customers announcing the availability of the MSN adCenter pilot in the USA. adCenter [codename Moonshot], which officially launched in France on September 26, 2005 and Singapore on August 31, 2005, is now going mainstream …

Expo Beta to launch next week

WLExpo icon.gifYes along with beta refreshes from the Messenger and Mail teams, this week will also see the opening of Windows Live Expo to a much wider audience. Up until now, the beta has been limited to Microsoft employees and …

Windows Live Mail Update to M5 Expected

WLMail icon.gifWindows Live Mail (the Kahuna beta) is expected to update to a new milestone, M5, this week, LiveSide has learned. Included in the new version, along with some performance improvements, are a new First-run experience for new users, a Contact …

The LiveSide Manifesto

As we batten down the hatches in preparation for what is shaping up to be a banner week, we thought we would take the time to publish some guidelines we follow here at LiveSide. Why? Well first of all we …

A Public Service Announcement from Live.com

WLLive.com icon.gifThe Live.com team has thrown up a post on their blog to address the issues that Live.com has been having recently. The problem mainly revolved around various modules not rendering correctly.

The team has released an update which they believe …