May, 2007

Windows Live OneCare 1.6 out? Not just yet.

Some sites are reporting that Windows Live OneCare 1.6 is now available for download. Unfortunately if you go to onecare.live.com you’ll see that this is not the case, and the installer is still OneCare 1.5. That’s not to say an update …

Popfly: more cool stuff from Microsoft (??)

More buzz around the net about another pretty cool looking Web 2.0 product – and like Silverlight, yes it’s from Microsoft.  Currently in an invitation only beta (and yes we’re hoping to get in, you can sign up for the

Microsoft to acquire digital ad agency aQuantive

Microsoft just announced they are to buy aQuantive, gaining “interactive agency Avenue A | Razorfish, digital marketing technology provider Atlas, as well as DRIVEpm, a performance media company. ” The price is a hefty $6 billion, the largest acquisition in …

Mail gadget for Live.com is back

After having to pull the gadget because of some security issues, the Live.com blog has just announced that it’s back.  The gadget adds a view of your Windows Live Hotmail account to a Live.com page.  You must be using Windows Live …

Gadget Vs Gadget

Are you Canadian? Do you have a cool idea for a gadget, whether it be a sidebar gadget or web (live.com/spaces) gadget? Does it involve a Windows Live service? Would you like to own a nice new 40″ Widescreen LCD …

New search site – Imagine Live Search

A new Live Search site was brought to our attention recently (thanks Jamie), http://search.imagine-live.com/. What’s obviously different is the sparse homepage, notably the lack of vertical search options, which directs the users focus to the search box and …

Expo adds new features, improves performance

Windows Live Expo, the free “social classified” ads offering, has just added some new features, including the ability to send an alert to selected members of your Messenger buddies list when you post something for sale on Expo.

In …

LiveSino.net Returns

One of the most amazing things about working on LiveSide is the realization of how international we are.  We’ve been watching the numbers and the interest in our Folders posts, among others, and the hits coming in from China, from …

Silly marketing, con’t: Live Search club

Here’s a new site where you can win prizes for playing (pretty easy) games; Live Search Club.

 

 

In a funny coincidence, I saw this on Venkat Narayanan’s blog.  Venkat was one of the (three) original members of the …

The end of start.com

Well this is kind of sad.  Sanaz Ahari announced on the Start.com blog today that in one week (May 22, 2007), start.com will redirect to live.com, ending a most unique and fun project.

“This is a bittersweet moment as I