September, 2010

MSN Music to integrate with Zune in the UK

zunelogoToday in London, Microsoft announced plans to integrate MSN Music with Zune,  MSN Music will create links in its “music editorial”  to content on Zune.net.  The recently announced Zune Pass  in the UK, (£8.99/mo), which doesn’t include the 10 free …

Hotmail adds new security features

Another announcement on the Inside Windows Live blog today, looks like this is going to be a banner week for Windows Live news.  A number of new features designed to improve security and rid Hotmail of malicious accounts were …

Microsoft to shut down Spaces, migrate 30 million to WordPress.com

At the TechCrunch Disrupt conference, Microsoft’s Dharmesh Mehta just announced that Windows Live Spaces is going to be shut down.  In its place, Microsoft and Automattic have partnered to migrate some 30 million active bloggers on Spaces to WordPress.com.

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Windows Live Movie Maker – Don’t mess with evil Tina

Remember the Double Rainbow video? Well, the Lanman Brothers are at it again! Their latest is called “Don’t mess with Evil Tina.” Automatically turn your videos, photos, and music into a great movie by using AutoMovie.

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Windows Phone 7 buzz heats up: US launch Nov. 8?

We’re getting right down to the wire with the launch of Windows Phone 7, with a launch announcement with all the trimmings expected in New York on October 11th, and news from multiple sources that WP7 will launch in Europe …

Bing Travel Planner for Outlook, Bing for Mobile Blackberry App update and more!

It’s been a busy week with all the Windows Live online services news and updates coming out (and possibly even more exciting news next week!), we’d almost forgotten about several Bing updates that came out this week. First off …

Hey! Want some LiveSide stickers?

If you’ve been following along at home you know that LiveSide, with the help of IDesignYourLogo.com (who are on a bit of a hiatus recently), came up with a new logo earlier this year.  You also may remember that some

Hey, we have a friend! Welcome WMPowerUser.com!

kipdrodyWith a Windows Phone 7 release just weeks away, we’ve been trying to keep up on the latest Windows Phone news, but the truth is you can only spread that peanut butter so thin, and a number of sites …

First Windows Phones on sale in Spain (Europe?) October 21?

A Spanish-language financial focused website, elEconomista.es, is reporting today that Windows Phone 7, to be announced by Steve Ballmer on October 11th in New York, will go on sale in Spain on October 21st

Ten days later on October

Windows Live Web Services refreshed – Service Status, Devices, LinkedIn connected service now available!

So yesterday we saw Microsoft (temporarily) updated the Hotmail Calendar service with the new features like weather updates. It seems like that’s just the beginning of a new wave of updates coming to the Windows Live web services. If you …