April, 2010

The Numbers Game: Instant Messaging

Everyone loves numbers, and we run across lots of them in looking for stories here at LiveSide, but getting good numbers, ones that show real information that isn’t slanted toward one viewpoint or another can be challenging.  That’s why we’re …

Windows Live Essentials Wave 4 Milestone 3 screenshots leaked

Today Livebetas.net posted several screenshots of the latest Windows Live Essentials 2010 Milestone 3 beta. The screenshots seem to indicate that they’re from the build 15.3.2688.0420, compiled on April 20, 2010. The website claims that the full installer weighs in …

So what IS the deal with Windows Live for Macs?

Last week, as Microsoft began to open up a bit about Windows Live Wave 4, Corporate Vice President Chris Jones offered up an interesting list of Wave 4 clients:

We will then roll out updates to our web services, followed

Windows Live Office spotted in the new Wave 4 header – replacement for Windows Live Docs (and Office Live)?

Remember earlier this year we showed you the new Windows Live Wave 4 header? Well it seems like there has been some changes to the header lately, in particular, it seems like there is a slight rebrand for one …

Save the Poles – Eric Larsen reaches the North Pole

Bing is the major sponsor of “Save the Poles,” an expedition of Explorer Eric Larsen and his team. This expedition is meant to raise awareness of climate change. Eric’s goal is to be the first man to …

Facebook Community Pages integrate Bing Maps

Facebook just launched new Community pages. From the Facebook Blog:

Community Pages are a new type of Facebook Page dedicated to a topic or experience that is owned collectively by the community connected to it. Just like official Pages

It’s Earth Day!

And the winners of the student Earth Day Photo Contest are chosen from the 12 finalists. More than 200,000 votes were cast!

Grand prize and first prize in the category 18+: Alan Bosse, Gulf Coast Community College, Panama City, …

Microsoft FUSE Labs releases Docs.com for Facebook

At the F8 Conference today, Microsoft FUSE Labs Director Lili Cheng announced the release of Docs, which uses Office Web Apps to allow sharing of Office Documents among Facebook Friends.

In a blog post on the Docs site, Cheng

Seattle Storm WNBA team announces partnership with Bing

The Seattle Storm Women’s NBA team announced a major partnership today with Bing, and will feature the Bing logo on their jerseys as well as in much of their marketing in the coming years.

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According to the Storm website:…

Windows Live Wave 4 testing expanding in the coming weeks

Windows Live Wave 4 testing will expand to users outside Microsoft shortly. According to Mary Jo (ZDNet) this will be in the coming weeks. From a blog post by Chris Jones, Corporate Vice President of Windows Live:

For several