Windows Live Video Messages – new tech preview coming soon (sidebar gadget available for download now)

You kill one service, and another one springs up to take its place. The Windows Live Support and Feedback sites helpfully spilled the beans on Windows Live Video Messages, a new beta service that ... Read more »

New LifeCam models on the way – VX5500 and LifeCam Show

It looks like Microsoft will soon be shipping new versions of its webcam hardware line, the LifeCam. Some electronics retailers are already showing the VX-5500 and the LifeCam Show in their product listings, for ... Read more »

Microsoft Videos – Official news, demos, how-to’s and more

In case you can’t get enough of Microsoft videos, there’s now a dedicated site for them in testing: http://preview.microsoft.com/video/. Built using Silverlight, the new Microsoft Video website looks to be a great central point ... Read more »

Obligatory sappy marketing digital lifestyle post

Video: Your Digital Lifestyle I kind of like the tune, though

Microsoft, Yahoo!, the merger and Google – Online Video

First let’s take a look at some comScore statistics on this one: Google Video Sites: Google Video YouTube Yahoo! Video Sites: Yahoo! Video Yahoo! Live Microsoft Video Site(s): MSN Video (includes Soapbox) Note: YouTube.com ... Read more »

Partnerships for MSN Video with MTV Networks and Sony BMG

Yesterday two partnership announcements appeared concerning MSN Video, one with MTV Networks and one with Sony BMG. They are European deals, but who says it won’t expanded in the future? MSN Video is currently ... Read more »

MSN Video share surges – Soapbox and Live Search doing well?

In the latest Compete traffic rankings for video services released today, MSN Video shows a marked improvement in October compared to September. Visits were up 25.3% to 35m, giving it almost 9% of the ... Read more »

Windows Live Spaces and Videos, finally together

Last night the Windows Live Spaces team blog announced that they had released a new version of Spaces (link). According to the post there are a few backend changes, but the main change is ... Read more »