Windows Live Alerts to shut down September 30

Well this is kind of sad.  A notice on Alerts.Live.com today is announcing that Windows Live Alerts will shut down: Thank-you for your interest in Windows Live Alerts. After much consideration we have decided ... Read more »

Windows Live Alerts changes

We’ve had Windows Live Alerts set up for LiveSide for a long time, but to be honest the service just didn’t work all that well for a time, with “alerts” coming hours or even ... Read more »

Windows Live Alerts gets the Wave 3 look…finally!

Windows Live Alerts have finally gotten a facelift and joins the rest of the Windows Live family in getting the “Wave 3” look – making it one of the last Windows Live services to ... Read more »

Live Search introduces News Alerts, have your news delivered to your inbox

Don’t want to go on the web to read your news? How about having it delivered to you? You can now. Live Search introduces News Alerts: Now you can have your news delivered to your ... Read more »

Reuters News Alerts to be sent through Windows Live Messenger

Today Microsoft and Reuters announced a deal which will bring Reuters News Alerts direct to consumers’ desktops through Windows Live Messenger (formerly MSN Messenger). Windows Live Messenger customers who are keen to keep up-to-date ... Read more »

Windows Live Alerts SDK Arrives

Today saw the (as yet) silent release of the SDK (Software Developer Kit) for Windows Live Alerts. I haven’t had a full chance to go through it yet and see what it lets you ... Read more »

Watermarks for Windows Live Alerts

Brandon points out that Bink is testing a new service from Windows Live Alerts, one that will let website owners replace the alert bell in the "toast" with a logo. Indeed, this looks like ... Read more »

Alerts goes Live

The MSN Alerts service has now been migrated over to Windows Live, and is available from http://alerts.live.com. "Get headlines from your home town, scores and updates for your teams, stock quotes, traffic for your ... Read more »