Windows Live FrameIt shutting down December 15

Now that Windows Live Wave 4 has been fully rolled out, it’s quite obvious that some services never made the cut with no mention of any updates whatsoever – one of this is Windows ... Read more »

Spaces, Live Mesh beta want to remind you that they’re toast

Windows Live enthusiasts received two separate but somewhat related emails this evening, one from Windows Live Spaces, “Changes coming to your Windows Live Space”, sets out the timeline for the demise of Spaces (and ... Read more »

Microsoft shutters Live Labs

On Friday afternoon word got out that Microsoft has shuttered Live Labs, the incubation project that brought us PhotoSynth, SeaDragon, Pivot, and more, “transitioning” the group to Bing.  The Live Labs website has been ... Read more »

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 ... Read more »

Windows Live Events “retiring” in 2010

Windows Live Events will be retiring in 2010, and instead you will be able to plan and manage social events all in one place through Windows Live Calendar, according to a post on Windows ... Read more »

Oh snap. MSN to discontinue Soapbox (we’re screwed)

Here’s one from the “saw this coming from a mile away” department.  After “scaling back” the user uploaded video service last month, today an email confirmed that the other shoe has dropped, and that ... Read more »

MSN QnA Beta Is Closing On May 21st

All things come to an end, same goes for the QnA beta. The team just announced the end of the beta and the closing of the QnA site: We are ending the QnA beta ... Read more »

Microsoft stops Windows Live VOIP services from July

Last year Microsoft announced that the existing VOIP partnership with Verizon would be terminating in 2008. Currently this service allows Windows Live Messenger users to call friends and family using regular landlines and mobile ... Read more »

Another One Bites the Dust – Windows Live for TV

With all the news about Windows Live/Live Search products being dropped for good lately we almost forgot to add another one to the list  – one that never made it out of beta. After ... Read more »

Windows Live Expo joins the Windows Live deadpool

Windows Live Expo, the Craigslist wannabe classified ads product,  is heading for what TechCrunch likes to call the “deadpool”. This follows closely on the heels of announcements shutting down Live Search Books and Academic.  ... Read more »