Thanks to LiveSide member derviskemal for noticing that the Live Maps header has changed.  Here’s the new look:

…and what we were seeing up until a few days ago:

Much more in keeping with the overall new look of Live …

Steve Clayton rightly points out that Live Mesh got an update during the night, which I’ve seen on my three PCs that are in my own Mesh. At the moment there is no official changelog of what’s been updated, but …

As I was trying to browse to Windows Live Help Community today, what turned up was not what I expected – Microsoft had silently removed the service and the link now redirects to Windows Live Help. This is the latest …

We’ve had a LiveSide list of Windows Live services in a couple of forms up for quite some time now, but truthfully we haven’t been faithful in keeping it updated. This week, though, we’re rolling out an early version of …

Microsoft today announced plans at the Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival to invest in Live Search in Europe. A new Search Technology Center will open sometime during the next twelve months in Europe. The location of the facility has yet …

This article gives a simple introduction to Silverlight Streaming that will allow you to turn your own video content into a Silverlight Streaming application ready for you to place on your website or blog using Silverlight Streaming plug-in for Expression …

Last year Microsoft announced that the existing VOIP partnership with Verizon would be terminating in 2008. Currently this service allows Windows Live Messenger users to call friends and family using regular landlines and mobile phones, but this functionality is …

While we stopped writing about the day to day exploits of Microsoft and Yahoo! a bit ago, now that it appears to be coming to an end we can’t help but make a few observations.  When Microsoft first approached Yahoo! …

While none of the updates are in the “mind-blowing” category, three Live services have announce updates this week.  First up, Office Live:

We have good news

We have taken all of the findings and with the help of the

Just opened up my www.live.com home page to receive a nice surprise:

… the less than awe-inspiring blue-gray of the home page has been replaced by a background picture.  This would seem to open up a number of opportunities for …