Windows Live Messenger Connect beta released

Today, Microsoft announced the availability of the Windows Live Messenger Connect beta. Messenger Connect is a single API that enables developers to integrate social experiences into their web and rich-client applications using the Windows ... Read more »

1 Billion Requests A Month And Counting. Nice One Messenger Team

Keiji has posted on the Messenger developer blog that they have reached A billion requests a month with Windows Live Presence API. Since then, a growing number of sites like Daum in Korea, and ... Read more »

Insert IMMe Link Plugin

In a recent post Angus Logan talks about adding someone else’s online presence as a link in a blog entry when you’re referring to them (it’s worth making a note how he gets the ... Read more »

Inviting Users to Share Online Presence

Microsoft have released a new bit of documentation on MSDN which will allow sites to let their users show their Messenger presence on that website. The documentation gives you all the information you need, ... Read more »

Windows Live Contacts control adds “presence”

Microsoft’s Danny Thorpe talks about the new version of the Windows Live Contacts control that adds a new tile view that displays online presence (i.e. online, busy, etc) and initiate a messenger session. The hosting Web ... Read more »