As MIX07 kicked off yesterday, April 30, 2007, at the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas, changes are reverberating through Microsoft's online infrastructure. As soon as Ray Ozzie, Chief Software Architect, Microsoft Corporation, and Scott Guthrie, General Manager, Developer Division, delivered their joint keynote address at the debut of the MIX07 conference, the Redmond Company started unveiling new technologies and services designed to deliver the next generation of media experiences online.

As part of Microsoft's strategy for the evolution of web media experiences, the company unveiled a revamped developers site. "An updated Windows Live Dev website has launched and includes brand new controls for developers to tap into Windows Live Services when building mash-ups. Those new controls include a Spaces Photo Control and updated Windows Live Contacts control. The Windows Live Spaces control released allows third-party developers to integrate Windows Live Spaces functionality into their websites," revealed Nick White, Microsoft Program Manager.

If you live and breathe web development, then you should head over at Windows Live Dev and familiarize yourselves with the modifications and the new content made available by Microsoft. In this context, the Redmond Company has made available Spaces Photo Control-Beta, Contacts API, Windows Live Data Protocols and a streamlined Terms of Use for Windows Live Web Services.

"Microsoft is enabling access to a broad set of Windows Live Platform services with a single, easy-to-understand pricing model based on the number of unique users (UUs) accessing your site or Web application. These terms are intended to remove costs associated with many Web applications and provide predictable costs for larger Web applications," Microsoft revealed.

The updated Windows Live Dev website is an integer part of Microsoft's strategy to open up its online services for partners through extensively generous business terms and additional application programming content.