Windows Live Messenger Beta Refresh Released

WLMessenger icon.gifToday, the Windows Live Messenger Team shipped a new build of Messenger for beta testers – Build 689. You can login to ideas.live.com or Connect to download the new build. The beta should also auto-update as well. The is the …

By Chris in News
May 2nd, 2006 at 1:55 am

Windows Live Mail Desktop – Newer UI?

maildesktop.pngOnly a few days after the Mail Desktop team posted some screenshots of the new UI in Mail Desktop Beta, a seemingly even newer looking UI has appeared over at MSBlog. This version better matches the screenshots of Windows …

By Chris in News
May 1st, 2006 at 3:34 pm

Amazon drops Google for Windows Live Search on A9 and Alexa

WLSearch new icon.gifAmazon.com has dropped Google Search for Windows Live Search for A9 and Alexa, according to the Google Operating System blog. No official word out about this yet, but it seems to be true, as you can see:

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By Kip Kniskern in Bing
April 30th, 2006 at 8:54 pm

LiveSide OPML Updated

rss.pngJust to let everyone know, our OPML file of all the sites on our blogroll is completely up to date as of right now. Although, with the ferocity which Microsoft is launching new Windows Live services, that could all change …

By Harrison Hoffman in News
April 29th, 2006 at 11:06 pm

Windows Live Mail Desktop gets new UI

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As the Windows Live Mail Desktop Team inches closer to the next beta stage, they've decided to reveal plans for changing the UI in the new email application.

 

Windows Live Mail Desktop will adopt the same UI coming with …

By Chris in News
April 29th, 2006 at 12:00 pm

Windows Live Mail gets less Ads

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Omar Shahine talks indepth about decisions made in designing Windows Live Mail and how they are making some changes to Windows Live Mail that puts the users inboxes more about email than ads and marketing.

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By Chris in News
April 28th, 2006 at 9:31 pm

Windows Live Shopping Launched

wLiveShoppingBeta.gifMicrosoft has launched the Windows Live Shopping Service today. Give shopping.live.com a try!

You can also checking out Windows Live Shopping Guides and the Windows Live Shopping Tour! They've done a fantastic job introducing a neat shopping system. Using …

By Chris in News
April 28th, 2006 at 8:24 pm

Windows Live graphics

WindowsLive.gifSeveral people have been asking about the graphic branding Microsoft plans to use for its Windows Live services. While everything is still in beta and subject to change, we cannot be certain how it will end up, but here's how …

By Chris in News
April 28th, 2006 at 12:00 pm