July, 2010

Live Mesh starts to say goodbye

As we well know, Live Mesh is being replaced in Windows Live 2011 (Wave 4), by Live Sync.  We’ve been following Live Mesh, which was developed by a team headed by Ray Ozzie since well before it went public, and …

Tweet de France

This summer, all you Tour de France fans can get live tour updates via geo-tagged tweets straight from the course in France and around the world on a Bing Twitter Map hosted by Team Radioshack and LIVESTRONG.com.

For the …

Windows Phone 7: Savior, disaster, or somewhere in between?

santa_claus_wallpaperWe’re in the middle of summer here in the Northern Hemisphere, and although it might not feel like it, “this holiday season” is right around the corner.  That’s when Microsoft has promised Windows Phone 7, and its re-emergence into the …

Zune Pass coming to UK soon?

Thanks to tipster Greg, who has managed to sign up for a trial subscription to Zune Pass in the UK (although it doesn’t work yet), it looks like the “all you can eat” service may be coming soon to the …

First set of Messenger Badges now available for US

BadgesIf your Windows Live ID locale is set to the United States, and you’ve been testing out the new Windows Live Messenger Wave 4 beta, you should be seeing the first set of Messenger Badges available in your Messenger client …

Yahoo begins testing live Bing results (both paid and organic) this month

Barry Schwartz at Search Engine Land is reporting that an email sent out to Yahoo! advertisers that reveals that Yahoo!, who have been testing Bing results in their search queries offline already, will for the first time this month begin

Windows Live Web Messenger will support Facebook Chat too (with screenshot)

FacebookFew months ago before Windows Live Wave 4 was announced, we were first to tell you that Windows Live Messenger (the client application) will support interoperability with Facebook Chat. Today according to a blog post on the official Inside

Windows Live Movie Maker receives PCMAG.COM Editors Choice

This week PCMAG.COM gave Windows Live Movie Maker Wave 4 Beta an Editors’ Choice Award.

WL Movie MakerWith Microsoft Movie Maker Wave 4 Beta, the Windows Live team has done the seemingly impossible—they’ve made video editing simple, yet powerful enough to create

Bing Japan out of Beta

Bing’s Tuesday homepage was a tribute to a celebration in Japan. Japan Fireworks
It was there for a reason, as the team blog explains:

We were celebrating as Bing Japan removed its beta tag, launched a new product feature and

After a month, Hotmail continues rollout (#NoHotmailYet)

hotmailwave4Mike Shackwitz posted another update on the rollout of Hotmail Wave 4 today on Inside Windows Live, reporting that “we’re right on track with our release plan”.  Some 50 million accounts on “several different clusters” have already been upgraded, which …