A reminder that Microsoft’s Search has a long way to go yet

As if we needed to see the gulf between Google and the rest, the Windows Live SkyDrive rename and update has only just hit the top of techmeme and yet Google has already updated ... Read more »

Windows Live Wave 2 – How it looks so far

With the Windows Live Wave 2 rollout expected this autumn/fall, Kevin Johnson describes it as “the must-have free upgrade to the Windows experience.” Is Kevin being optimistic or is there enough available already to warrant ... Read more »

The Search Share Battle – does it really matter?

The latest comScore numbers, showing Live Search holding steady, but not gaining, at 10.3% of the market share, seems to indicate that Live Search isn’t succeeding.  Yet as was pointed out a couple of ... Read more »

The Windows Live Effect – split from services to succeed?

If you looked back 18 months at the discussion around Windows Live, MSN and Microsoft’s search strategy, the current market-share situation is almost counter-intuitive to what was largely expected. They area of most focus has ... Read more »

Silverlight: Did Microsoft just do something cool?

When Microsoft announced the renaming of WPF/e to Silverlight two weeks ago, it was a first indication that maybe there was something different about this new Microsoft product.  A name that “gets it”, one ... Read more »

On Winning, Windows Live, and a New World Order

As you know, most of us at LiveSide are Microsoft MVPs, and attended the MVP Summit last week.  It was an interesting experience, to say the least. We’re enthusiasts.  We all use Windows Live ... Read more »

What’s (not) happening with Windows Live communities

One of the reasons why we started LiveSide was to help to build a community around Windows Live, to share our thoughts and views with those who were interested in what Microsoft had to ... Read more »

Enough Branding Jokes: Why Windows Live Hotmail is a good name that's bad

Really.  At some point this has just got to stop.  Someone has got to get enough Kahunas at Microsoft to figure out a branding strategy for Windows Live, stick with it, and get on with ... Read more »

Windows Live: The Road Ahead

It’s been a little over a year since the Windows Live initiative was announced, in November 2005, and a year since we started LiveSide.  Harrison has looked back on what the first year was ... Read more »

OurView – The new LiveSide opinion blog

We’ve just started up an opinion blog to run alongside the blogs we have running already. Why? Because we feel that there are subjects we’d like to discuss in more detail and depth than ... Read more »