February, 2007

Soapbox Gadget For Vista

The Soapbox Team Blog have posted about a new gadget created by ToddOs that will allow you to browse videos on MSN Soapbox.

“This gadget allows you to easily search Soapbox Videos. Search results are displayed 9 thumbnails at a time, organized

Windows Live Product Search & Upload gets update

Whilst unlikely to attract quite the same attention and controversy as the Windows Live Shopping switch to MSN, the marketplace team announced on their blog an update to two of their other products: Windows Live Product Search and its …

Blogging Help for Spaces: a bot called Muse

While we are always anxious to hear big news from Windows Live, we appreciate hearing some more incremental advances as well.  Last Friday I was able to spend some time in Redmond with Ali Alpay, Group Product Manager for …

What’s (not) happening with Windows Live communities

One of the reasons why we started LiveSide was to help to build a community around Windows Live, to share our thoughts and views with those who were interested in what Microsoft had to offer, and hear what they had …

Developing Windows Live: An emerging Windows Live Platform

What is Windows Live?  Well it isn’t Shopping anymore, or WiFi, but what one thing it very well may turn out to be is a developer’s platform, according to a recent article in Redmond Developer News.  Getting 3rd party developers to …

Woohoo! Microsoft gains share in search, says Bear Stearns

According to an article in MarketWatch, from Dow Jones, Microsoft posted a slight gain in its share of the Internet search market, posting 10.6% share in January, up from 10.5% in December.  The article, quoting analyst Bob Peck of …

Push Email using WL Hotmail and Windows Mobile 6

Thanks to Patrick at MSBlog for pointing to Mayuk’s post on setting up Windows Mobile 6 to synch Hotmail email as the messages arrive, “pushing” your email to your phone without having to log on and retrieve it.  This often …

A trio of posts on Windows Live Search for Mobile

With the release of Windows Mobile 6 and Windows Live Search for Mobile, announced at the 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona last week, comes a hint of what may be a changing landscape in search in the coming months and …

A new MSN Soapbox Gadget for Live.com and Spaces

The Soapbox on MSN Video blog just posted on a new Soapbox gadget:.

 

“You can browse all Soapbox Browse lists, as well as a User’s Videos and Favorites, all in one gadget.

ToddOs has spent the last few months developing

Windows Live Shopping no more – MSN Shopping to remain

From today Windows Live Shopping beta will be taken offline, with users being sent to MSN Shopping, available at shopping.msn.com. This appears to be part of the ongoing self-correcting process taking place in on Windows Live, occurring as a result of various MSN …