June, 2007
Folders beta closed, for now
The Windows Live Folders beta opened up yesterday, and contrary to what we understood, was simply open to the first 5,000 users to get there ...
Folders and Photo Gallery announced – more to come this summer
Windows Live Folders and Windows Live Photo Gallery are set to begin limited managed betas, according to an announcement by Microsoft today. ...
Folders and Photo Gallery are now in beta
Well we just got the email, and Windows Live Folders and Windows Live Photo Gallery are now available if you have been invited. You sh ...
A few more details on Windows Live Photo Gallery
Brandon LeBlanc over at the Windows Vista Blog has been playing with Windows Live Photo Gallery, and has a nice post up on it. He describes ...
The Search Share Battle – does it really matter?
The latest comScore numbers, showing Live Search holding steady, but not gaining, at 10.3% of the market share, seems to indicate that Live ...
Microsoft going nowhere fast in search share
The latest ComScore US internet search results are out, and Microsoft sites still come in a distant third to Google and Yahoo. Althoug ...
@live address questions answered
Jacky Mok, another Product Manager for Windows Live in Toronto, has posted some information on the upcoming @live addresses, which he says w ...
Windows Live Messenger 8.5 updated – via Windows Update
Beta testers running the 8.5 beta version of Messenger were alerted to an update today - for the first time via Windows Update. While ...
Windows Live ID
This article will be the first in a short series on incorporating Windows Live ID authentication services into your web site. Windows Live I ...
Search for anything (??) with Live Search
From Farhan Thawar, the Live Search Program Manager from Toronto, comes this little gem, currently running "in theatres" (in Canada?). Live ...
Windows Live Gallery announces first Silver Tier developers
Windows Live Gallery recently awarded Silver Tier medals to some top developers, looking to recognize them for their frequent ...
Microsoft Enhances Virtual Earth Product in Great Britain With High-Resolution 3-D Height Data From Intermap Technologies
Microsoft and Intermap Technologies have today announced the launch of Microsoft’s enhanced Virtual Earth 3-D viewing platform based on ...
Microsoft launches new-look MSN for mobile phones
The MSN Mobile Team at Microsoft launched a redesigned MSN portal optimized for mobile phones on Sunday, stepping up its offering at a time ...
Windows Live Platform discussion on Channel 9
Catherine Heller, Windows Live Technical Evangelist, interviews Group Program Manager Koji Kato and Architect Danny Thorpe of the Windows Li ...
Yahoo! replaces CEO with co-founder Jerry Yang
Yahoo!'s Chariman and Chief Executive, Terry Semel, is leaving Yahoo! as CEO after joining the company in May 2001. He ...
The death of Flair? Windows Live’s new look
The "Flair" user interface (seen above) has become a familiar sight for the users of Windows Live products and services. It has become ...
Taking on another project
The last year and a half of working on LiveSide have been absolutely incredible. I have met a lot of great people, seen a lot of cool ...
Project Shutter: A Windows Live photo contest in Asia
From our friend Picturepan2 comes news of a Windows Live photography contest in Asia, Project Shutter. Windows Live users in ...
More on the free Outlook Connector beta and other e-mail FAQs
As of September 27, 2004, all new Windows Live Hotmail accounts, including Office Live and Custom Domains don't have HTTP [WebDAV] support t ...
Internet Explorer 7 optimized for MSN!
Although Yahoo! and Google have already released an "optimized" version of Windows Internet Explorer for their services, MSN has f ...
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