(Another) New Bing UI spotted: have you seen it?

Looks like the folks at Bing are back at it again, testing new versions of the UI, while not saying much about them or how (or even when) the changes will roll out more ... Read more »

Hotmail Calendar gets Wave 5 M2 upgrade, other Windows Live web services to follow soon?

While browsing Hotmail Calendar today, something caught our sharp eyes as we noticed some very subtle changes to the Windows Live header. But having seen this before in internal Windows Live testing sites, we ... Read more »

Bing testing tablet-style interface

Getting some reports that a new Bing interface, much more than the home page update we reported on yesterday, is starting to surface.  The interface, looking to be quite touch friendly and similar if ... Read more »

Next generation “touch-first” Windows Live apps in the works

We’ve seen Microsoft’s next generation operating system Windows 8 a few months ago, featuring a brand new “immersive” interface that makes it really intuitive to use on touch-based devices such as tablets. As mentioned ... Read more »

Hotmail Calendar updated with Windows Live Wave 5 header

Three weeks ago, we exclusively revealed the first screenshot of Windows Live SkyDrive Wave 5, indicating that it will have a similar interface to Hotmail’s, with a navigation pane on the left allowing you ... Read more »

Windows 8 "Immersive" interface unveiled at AllThingsD D9 conference and Computex

Today at the All Things Digital’s D9 conference, Microsoft’s Windows and Windows Live President Steven Sinofsky joined Walt Mossberg on stage and showed off for the first time the "Immersive" user interface for Windows ... Read more »

Full Metro UI shown in Office “15” screenshot leak – what will Windows Live Wave 5 look like?

Screenshots of the next version of Microsoft Office – often referred to as “Office 15”, have begun to surface around the web. Today TheHotFix.net leaked a brand new screenshot showing Microsoft Outlook “15” with ... Read more »

Windows Live Solution Center gets a new look

Microsoft silently updated their Windows Live Solution Center website today to have a more consistent look with their Windows Live properties. While not exactly adopting the "Wave 4" header used on the Windows Live ... Read more »

Bing testing “Partner” results in their own tab?

We’re still working through some details of our move to WordPress, but there’s more to LiveSide than just new themes, and we’ve got some interesting tidbits to report.  This one comes to us from ... Read more »

Experience Facebook chat on Windows Live Web Messenger now!

Facebook chat became available to Windows Live Messenger 2011 beta refresh users a little over 3 weeks ago, and we’ve seen the number of users connecting Facebook to Messenger growing stronger than ever (over ... Read more »