February, 2012

Is this the end of “Windows Live” as we know it?

The future of Microsoft’s consumer online services, especially around SkyDrive, are arguably brighter than they’ve ever been.  This week’s announcements that SkyDrive will finally provide a full client experience, with sync capabilities, folder upload, larger file sizes, and more, while …

Hotmail’s war on graymail: it’s working

About two months ago, Hotmail introduced a set of new features to combat what Microsoft is calling “graymail”: that is mail or newsletters that you may have signed up for or opted into, but you now find filling up your …

Nokia Lumia 719 confirmed via Bluetooth SIG qualification

NokiaJust as we all thought the next Nokia Lumia device to be revealed is going to be the Lumia 610, which had recently passed certification in Indonesia, another device had surfaced today via the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) …

Official screenshot confirms that web-based video chat is coming to Windows Live Wave 5

Video CallBack in August last year, we spotted an interesting set of resource icons from Windows Live Wave 5, suggesting that a web-based video chat service might be coming to Windows Live web properties soon. Today in the SkyDrive post on

New SkyDrive info: point by point

skydrive-logoWe’ve had a lot of new info on SkyDrive come at us in the past few days, from all over the place, so much so that its getting a little hard to keep track of.  So in order to help …

Microsoft confirms SkyDrive Desktop app; details Windows 8 integration

skydrive-logoIn a blog post on the Windows 8 blog, Omar Shahine and Mike Torres confirmed today what we told you this weekend about an upcoming SkyDrive app, and provides some detail about the upcoming Windows 8 Metro style app …

More upcoming SkyDrive features revealed: ODF documents, BitLocker key management, URL shortening, and much more

SkyDrive

Following the screenshot leaks of SkyDrive yesterday, revealing details about Microsoft’s plans for paid storage and SkyDrive apps for Windows and Mac, today we’ve been tipped about even more new features that are said to be coming to SkyDrive …

Confirmed: Windows Phone “Tango” to get Facebook and Twitter replaced in China

Windows Phone TangoMicrosoft planned expand Windows Phone into the Chinese market for a long time, and with Windows Phone “Tango”, this will push it into reality. However, establishing in the Chinese market is not simple, given the many localised services that …

Screenshots: New SkyDrive Mac and Windows clients, paid storage coming?

skydrive-logoA Brazilian website, Gemind.com.br (English translation) has posted a set of SkyDrive screenshots which appear to show some new features: A SkyDrive client for Windows or Mac, and some paid storage options.

LiveSide readers will remember that we …

Microsoft planning a “new” music service? Well of course they are.

xbox-globeIn an “exclusive”, CNet’s Greg Sandoval is reporting that CNet has learned that “Microsoft is in talks with some of the major record companies about creating a new music service”.  Sandoval reports that the service would supply music …