September, 2008

Live Search adds features as market share shrinks

More of the same from comScore this week, as the latest numbers show that in the US, Live Search and Yahoo! continue to lose share to Google.  While US search share numbers from the three major reporting services (comScore, Neilsen …

Windows Live Calendar Gets New Wave 3 Look And To Do List

The Windows Live Calendar upgrade announced here has now completed. It now has a new look and the thing that one notices right away is that it now has the Wave 3 header. Wave 3 header? Yea the one with …

Windows Live beta discussion forum

As we’ve been asked a number of times for some discussion forums, we’ve set one up for the Windows Live Wave 3 betas.

Check it out.

This will not formally be moderated, so please keep things on-topic and respectful. …

Wave 3: Windows Live Toolbar beta

So I drew the short-straw and ended up with the Toolbar beta review. In fact that was a sacrifice I was willing to make, as we’d heard about some cool stuff coming in Wave 3. Alas, none of it made …

Windows Live Mail Wave 3 – How to Create New Stationary

 

Unless I’m mistaken (which I very well might be) there appears to be a new button in Windows Live Mail Wave 3 beta to allow users to easily create their own stationary.

CreateNew

I’m come across numerous posts in the …

Announcing Live Search Maps India

India has a new Live Search Maps site! Features are:

Street Maps for 9 important Indian cities Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Pune, Ahmedabad, and Jaipur and National Road Network of India with roughly 20,000 cities/towns/major localities (as points

Virtual Earth Imagery Release – September, 2008

After no release for August, there is a 46TB one for September containing:

Orthos

  • Yakima, WA
  • Springfield, MO
  • Spokane, WA
  • Portland, ME
  • Grand Rapids, MI
  • Billings, MT
  • Minneapolis, MN (UltraCam Refresh)
  • Seattle, WA (UltraCam Refresh)
  • Las Vegas, NV (UltraCam Refresh)

Live Mesh: Update Folder Conflict Issue

Were you wondering, just like us, why it got so quiet after the last warning about unmap/remap/uninstalling of Live Mesh? The team just posted an explanation/update on their blog. If you are interested in the technical details of …

Windows Live Messenger Library Updated – V2.5 Is Here

Keiji has just posted on the Messenger Developer blog that the Windows Live Messenger Library has been updated to version 2.5. Highlights of this release are:

  • Easier access to most common contact properties

    • Contact status, display name, personal message,

Official Windows Live download site goes live

Oh Hai. Looks like http://download.live.com has now been switched on, so if you still haven’t installed the new Windows Live Wave 3 betas that we posted earlier today, now is your chance. Anybody else notice that the Wave 3 …