August, 2007

Spaces offers new photo features

The Space Craft posted tonight on some new features for Spaces photos (thanks, Brandon!):

High resolution photo upload,

highres

and photo printing by HP Snapfish.

snapfish

Now you can upload “hi resolution ” photos by selecting “optimize photos for …

A Silly Pledge for a Good Cause

As you might expect, I read a lot of blogs, and the other night I just happened to come across an entry in Steve Kafka’s blog on an unusual endeavor by some ‘Softies in Mountain View.  Apparently in the classic …

Windows Live Custom Domains hits Wave 2

The Windows Live Custom Domains team just launched version 2.0 featuring the new Wave 2 UI and a bunch of new features.

According to their team blog the highlights of this release are:

  •  E-Mail optional domains: Your can now register a

Windows Live Calendar and Events sightings, coming soon?

Our friend PicturePan2 just noticed something interesting over at home.live.com, newly added icons for Windows Live Calendar, and what we assume is Windows Live Events:

homedotlive Cal and Events

(you won’t see these unless you are signed out of home.live.com)

The new icons, …

Stickers: A Windows Live Exercise

 Liveside-Glass-07Ok so the stickers are on the way.  Only about $175 US  in postage, not too bad! 

We’ve used Windows Live Mail (and some of you have used Windows Live Hotmail), and Live Maps and Live Maps Collections, along …

Live ID with CardSpace support announced as in beta

Yes the Information Card support in Live ID v5 we’ve been raving about has now been announced. To recap, CardSpace, and the Information Cards it manages, allows you to log into a website without entering your password, reducing the risk …

LiveSide Stickers quick update

Just a quick note – I’ll have more this weekend.  The LiveSide Stickers are all on their way!

Some rough and quick numbers:

  • Total number of envelopes sent: just over 200
  • Total countries represented: 39
  • Postage: about $175 US

Live …

Microsoft and Nokia team up to offer Windows Live on S60 devices

Microsoft and Nokia are set to announce a new agreement that brings Windows Live services to selected Nokia S60 devices. From today, customers in 11 countries will be able to download the new Windows Live suite, giving access to Windows Live …

Bebo partners with Windows Live

Microsoft looks to have added another company to its growing group of Windows Live partners with Reuters reporting that Bebo is to use the platform for its social networking site. Recently declared the largest social networking service in the UK, …

Microsoft running Live Search Trial Program for consumers – more search research

There is yet another twist on the web search research being done by by Microsoft, with the Live Search Trial Program lining up alongside the likes of Live Search Club, Imagine Live Search and as announced today, Tafiti.…