June, 2010

Windows Live Essentials Beta: it’s here!

It’s here now, go go go!

Download Beta Now

Note: if you want to keep using Live Mesh (for now), do not install Live Sync as this will remove Live Mesh.

Warning: “Download Now” is Auto install and will install

Windows Live Essentials 2011: here comes the marketing push!

Francisco Martín García has been feeding his readers information about Windows and Windows Live that has proven to be quite accurate.  Well today, along with the build number for the Essentials beta (15.4.2850.0624), García has posted a timeline for Windows

Windows Live Wave 4: The New Emoticons

The new emoticons are waiting for Beta! (thanks for the heads up, @_tom!)

BTW an old Windows Live Butterfly friend, Mark Noble, put together a little crib sheet of the new emoticons:

WLM-Emoticon-Reference (2)

We’re still getting used the the …

Third IE9 Platform Preview Available

Yesterday the third IE9 Platform preview got released. This release includes support for the HTML5 <audio>, <video>, and <canvas> elements, the Web Open Font Format (WOFF), and many other new and improved capabilities.
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The platform preview installs side by side …

5 things you’re going to like about Wave 4 (and 3 whiny complaints)

betadownloadlogoIf all goes according to plan, in a few hours you’ll be able to download Windows Live Essentials “Wave 4” beta, and get your hands on the first new major release for Windows Live in over a year.  In …

Windows Live Messenger for iPhone now available for 17 countries

We just received notice that the Windows Live Messenger for iPhone post has been updated to announce the inclusion of 17 countries who can now get the new iPhone app:

[Update: 23 June, 2010] Good news: We’re adding the iPhone

2 New Bing categories to explore–Finance and University

Last night we posted a new UI for Bing.com/explore, which weirdly enough has reverted back to the old style, at least for now.  Here’s what we saw last night:

bingsummer2-explore

If you notice, there are two new categories that show …

Windows Live Messenger for iPhone, an experience

As none of us actually own an iPhone, it was rather problematic to actually do any kind of post on the new Messenger app for iPhone other than the PR stuff that’s floating around, so we’ve asked Jas Dhaliwal if

The Bing Summer Update: new look, Entertainment focus

As it turns out, instead of flying to LA for the Bing with Ryan Seacrest show, that annoying “real life” needed a bit of tending to, and so we’re here catching up on all the news of the day coming …

New Windows Live Developer Center tomorrow

It sure is going to be an exciting day tomorrow! Not only will the long awaited Wave 4 version of Windows Live Essentials go in to public beta but also set for release tomorrow is a new version of the …