Tag Archives: Deadpool
Windows Live Mesh to be discontinued on February 13, 2013
Dec 13, 2012 by damaster
For those who had been following LiveSide, you probably saw this coming, but today Microsoft on their Inside SkyDrive blog officially announced… Read more
Windows Live SMS alerts feature to be discontinued May 31
May 18, 2012 by damaster
Windows Live has had its SMS alerts feature since the early days, when Microsoft rebranded MSN Alerts service to Windows Live in 2006. The service… Read more
Bing 411 to be discontinued on June 1st
May 4, 2012 by damaster
For those in the United States, Microsoft operates a toll-free number called Bing 411 (1-800-BING-411 or 1-800-CALL-411), which allows users… Read more
Google Graveyard? Microsoft throws stones from its glass house
Nov 2, 2011 by Kip Kniskern
On Halloween, Tom Rizzo, a SharePoint Senior Director, poked some fun and threw some stones at rival Google, commenting on Google’s plan to retire… Read more
The end of the Zune player era, redux
Oct 8, 2011 by Kip Kniskern
Finally. We don’t even want to go through the whole story again, it’s too embarrassing, but after a number of miscues, the Zune player has… Read more
Zune now not dead, situation officially bizarre
Oct 4, 2011 by Kip Kniskern
What is wrong with these people? Yesterday, after a comedy of errors and false starts, a Zune.net notice went up announcing that “we will no… Read more
Zune Player: Still dead
Oct 3, 2011 by Kip Kniskern
Obviously this should come as no surprise to Microsoft watchers, but the Zune players were finally laid to rest today in a notice on Zune.net:… Read more
Windows Live Gallery retired
Oct 2, 2011 by Kip Kniskern
Our friend (and now MVP colleague) Travis Pope just alerted us that the Windows Live Gallery (gallery.live.com), at one time a repository for… Read more
Windows Live OneCare Safety Scanner finally discontinued
Apr 15, 2011 by damaster
Back in November 2008, Microsoft discontinued their subscription-based anti-virus software Windows Live OneCare and replaced it with the free… Read more
A Live Mesh beta deadpool reminder
Feb 25, 2011 by Kip Kniskern
An email reminder was sent out today by Windows Live to Live Mesh beta participants, reminding them that the beta will be completely shut down on… Read more
