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Microsoft has recently released a fresh pack of improvements for some of its Live apps, including the parental control tool called Windows Live Family Safety.
The tech giant hasn’t released any details on the changes it made to this build, but given the fact that it’s supposed to work with every single W... |
15 May 2013
18:51 GMT |
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The Windows Live branding is being slowly but surely eliminated from Microsoft’s books, the latest reports on the matter suggest. We already knew that the company was changing the name of various products to eliminate the Windows Live term, yet it seems that the move is also set to include the name of various... |
5 September 2012
09:33 GMT |
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Research In Motion is constantly working to improve BlackBerry users’ experience while on the move. In this regard, the Canadian company decided to focus its developing skills to multiple IM clients and messenger applications.
Given the fact that BBM (BlackBerry Messenger) application only supports BlackBerry... |
11 July 2012
14:31 GMT |
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Microsoft has been long rumored to plan bringing the Metro user interface to more of its products, and some more info on the changes that Hotmail would suffer as part of this process hasjust emerged.
We already had the chance to have a look at some of the modifications that Microsoft was planning for the service to... |
9 June 2012
06:36 GMT |
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Today, Microsoft made available for download a new flavor of the Live SDK Preview, namely version 5.2, with various enhancements to make app development an easier task. The SDK, designed to provide app developers with programmatic access to Live web services, was meant to enable the building of applications that can... |
1 June 2012
05:40 GMT |
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Microsoft is reportedly preparing a new set of updates for its cloud storage service, SkyDrive, and it might be set to make them available starting with the last week of July this year. The Redmond-based software giant has already made available a series of enhancements for its service, which included the release o... |
31 May 2012
08:19 GMT |
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Windows Live, Microsoft’s online set of services, is getting through a major makeover, aimed at bringing it in line with the upcoming Windows 8 platform. Microsoft has been already rumored to plan slapping Windows Live with the Metro UI found in Windows 8 and Windows Phone before it, and it seems that things ... |
28 May 2012
08:58 GMT |
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Microsoft is in the process of Metro-fying more and more of its products, with Windows Live services being the last of them to receive the touch of this user interface. Not long ago, the company announced changes to the name of Windows Live services, but it seems that, in fact, it will change more than that. Just... |
18 May 2012
14:31 GMT |
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Microsoft is shutting down yet another phone service that its users currently benefit from, namely the Windows Live SMS alerts. Reportedly, the Redmond-based software giant has already sent out notifications to its users, informing them on the imminent closing of the service. The same as with the Bing 411 service... |
18 May 2012
10:11 GMT |
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Microsoft’s operating systems have been redesigned to fit the need for always-connected devices and services, and the same is planned for the company’s Windows Live offering. The service, announced back in 2005, was meant to provide users with the software and services that would interest them most, and... |
3 May 2012
08:58 GMT |
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Microsoft is in love with the Metro UI. It already adopted it for various products, starting with Windows Phone and going all the way to Windows 8, and appears set to throw it over more of them. Windows Live is also said to be en-route to get a taste of the new user interface, and some screenshots that allegedly sh... |
13 April 2012
05:46 GMT |
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Redmond-based software giant Microsoft has made available for download new versions of all programs in the Essential package, with various fixes and enhancements packed inside. The new update for Windows Live Essentials 2011 has been released in all 48 languages, yet Microsoft claims that it is only a minor update ... |
21 March 2012
09:00 GMT |
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One of the features that have been long rumored to be on its way to Windows Live was a web-based video chat service, and more proof that it could be released soon has emerged.
Yesterday, Microsoft started to offer a wide range of details on the upcoming SkyDrive features in Windows 8.
The company announced a Met... |
21 February 2012
07:52 GMT |
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MSN is now available for iPad users in the United States, delivering hot topics that specifically pique the interest of US residents.
Microsoft made it official today, saying “MSN is now available on your iPad – easily swipe to find your favorite news, sports entertainment, autos and money articles & vid... |
10 February 2012
12:21 GMT |
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Windows Phone comes with a series of integrated Microsoft services, and making use of them is easy. The Redmond-based software giant seems determined to underline that as often as it can, and has put up a video to show how Windows Live can be easily accessed straight from a Windows Phone. The demo, however, is made o... |
24 December 2011
03:46 GMT |
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Windows Live Messenger has over 300 million users, but not all of them are able to stay signed in at all times, mainly because there aren’t enough clients out there to provide support for the various platforms they might be using.
However, that is about to change, since the Redmond-based software giant has d... |
15 December 2011
08:37 GMT |
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Microsoft has confirmed the public availability of access to the Messenger network via XMPP, an open standard that will allow Apple-developed IM clients to interact with Microsoft users.According to a blog post signed Dare Obasanjo, of the Windows Live team, “anyone can build innovative messaging clients—... |
15 December 2011
05:34 GMT |
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Microsoft has made available for download a new flavor of its Live SDK development tools, now up to version 5.0.
The new flavor of the Live SDK will provide developers with the possibility to come up with applications that would take advantage of its Windows Live services.
The software development kit is availab... |
6 December 2011
07:51 GMT |
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SkyDrive, the cloud storage service that already delivers to billions of people, has been redesigned with a ton of improvements for users to benefit from. Most of the enhancements the service features now are based on the feedback received from users, which means that many will certainly rejoice learning that these ... |
29 November 2011
12:42 GMT |
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Windows 7 can play quite an important role in a family, or at least this is the message that Microsoft is trying to convey with its latest series of video advertisements.
You can watch the Microsoft "Baby" TV commercial embedded at the top of this article, but just be ready for a cuteness reboot.
“Relatives ... |
10 November 2011
09:48 GMT |
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The perfect family photo is all about editing, but let’s face it, the vast majority of users lack even the most basic skills required to bring perfection into one or more digital images.
However, when Windows Live Photo Gallery comes into play, the lack of photo editing skills becomes less of an issue.
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10 November 2011
09:25 GMT |
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Microsoft has warned customers using its web properties, including services associated with Windows Live such as Hotmail, of a new phishing attack designed to steal their sensitive data.
The scam involves a social engineering technique in order to trick users into handing over their account information.
The unsol... |
2 November 2011
09:51 GMT |
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Windows Phone 7.5 Mango, the new mobile platform flavor from Microsoft, comes with features that will keep users connected at all times with their friends and family.
Among them, there are also options to share content with contacts via Windows Live, and also the option to follow people that interest you, Microsof... |
8 October 2011
12:21 GMT |
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Five new Windows Live Hotmail tools are currently rolling out to users worldwide, a process that will last a few weeks, and power users are bound to be happy with the enhancements.
It’s all about increasing the level of control that customers have over their inbox, to summarize the focus of Hotmail’s... |
4 October 2011
06:35 GMT |
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Just as a reminder, Microsoft has always been the adept of software plus services as opposed to software as services, and as much as Windows 8 stretches into the Cloud, this continues to remain valid.
Case in point: the new Windows 8 Metro apps for Messaging, Mail, Calendar, Photos and People. New applications bu... |
23 September 2011
06:56 GMT |
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Microsoft released the first public testing Build of Windows 8 last week at BUILD, and CEO Steve Ballmer announced on the conference’s second day that in excess of 500,000 copies had already been downloaded by early adopters worldwide. Chris Jones, vice president, Windows Live engineering revealed another in... |
22 September 2011
10:01 GMT |
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On September 8th, 2011, a few Windows Live services, including Hotmail and SkyDrive suffered an outage caused by a Domain Name Service (DNS) issue, according to Arthur de Haan, vice president, Windows Live Test and Service Engineering.
Microsoft became aware of the problem at approximately 8:00 PM PDT and started... |
21 September 2011
05:35 GMT |
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Microsoft has now dealt with issues that caused some Windows Live services, including Hotmail and SkyDrive to be unavailable. The Redmond company confirmed the Windows Live Hotmail and SkyDrive outage in the late hours of September 8, 2011. According to Microsoft’s Chris Jones, Windows Live customers had been... |
9 September 2011
07:51 GMT |
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Microsoft has kicked up a notch the reminder options available to customers leveraging Windows Live Hotmail Calendar. According to Dick Craddock, Group Program Manager, Hotmail, the focus of the Hotmail Calendar update is on enhancing the way that reminders work. Essentially, once customers take advantage of the ne... |
23 August 2011
06:47 GMT |
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One of the new features that mobile application developers can take advantage from when designing their software is the ability for users to access Hotmail, Messenger, and SkyDrive from their handsets as long as these run under Android, iOS, or Windows Phone.Redmond-based Microsoft has just announced that a new rele... |
23 July 2011
02:17 GMT |
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With Windows 8, Microsoft is going to step up its NUI (natural user interface) efforts quite a bit, both in relation to the operating system, as well as with applications designed to run on top of the platform. According to one job post from the Redmond company unearthed by Mary-Jo Foley, members of the Windows Live... |
21 July 2011
11:11 GMT |
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Windows Live Mesh, a free service designed to help users synchronize files across all the computers they use, share files and photos, and remotely access their files from any other computer connected to the Internet, is now compatible with Mac OS X 10.7.
Microsoft today announced that “Windows Live Mesh for ... |
21 July 2011
10:08 GMT |
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The next major iteration of Windows Live clients and Cloud services is currently in the Milestone 2 (M2) phase of the development process, reportedly.Just as it was the case with Windows Live Wave 4, which was intimately connected with Windows 7, Windows Live Wave 5 is being built for the next version of Windows. B... |
11 July 2011
10:29 GMT |
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Getting better and faster with age, Windows Live Hotmail has celebrated its 15th birthday at the start of this week. The latest release of Microsoft’s email service is no less than 10 times faster than its predecessor following an update rolled out recently, but is also sporting more features than ever, and th... |
6 July 2011
05:56 GMT |
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The developer platform that bridges Windows Live applications and services to third-party devices, apps, and sites has evolved with the introduction of new features, including support for the OAuth 2 authorization protocol. With Messenger Connect version 5, the Redmond company lived up to its promise to have the Win... |
15 June 2011
09:18 GMT |
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With the advent of Windows 8, Microsoft will blend the line between local user accounts and online personas. Details from the recently leaked Windows 8 Milestone 1 (M1) Build 7850 indicate that in the upcoming iteration of the operating system customers will be able to use their email address for their Windows accou... |
20 April 2011
03:50 GMT |
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The latest leaked screenshots from an early development milestone of Windows 8 appear to reveal the fact that Microsoft is working to connect the next major iteration of the Windows client to the Cloud like never before. Windows Live and Windows have always been marketed as somewhat of a package deal by the software... |
4 April 2011
11:14 GMT |
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Leaked screenshots reportedly from a Milestone 2 Build of Windows 8 seem to indicate that the Cloud will play a bigger role than it does today for Windows 7. More specifically, the leaked info is focused on Windows Live, with Windows vNext reportedly being capable of enabling users to connect local and Cloud accounts... |
7 March 2011
04:16 GMT |
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After releasing a video focused on Windows as a key “instrument” in the creation and production of Andrew Belle’s “Sky’s Still Blue,” Microsoft is offering consumers two new advertisements designed to illustrate the connected and entertainment power made possible by its products. ... |
25 January 2011
06:00 GMT |
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Microsoft will shut down a community hub it built around Windows in the coming months. It now appears that the Windows Clubhouse, a project unveiled over two years ago, is heading for an early grave, with the software giant planning to kill it off completely in the immediate future. Although the Redmond company con... |
19 January 2011
04:59 GMT |
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Microsoft is pushing Windows into the Cloud, and for the time being, the company’s focus is on Windows 7, and understandably so.
Also for the time being, Windows 7’s connection to the Cloud is largely limited to the rich clients packaged into the Windows Live Essentials 2011 suite.
At least this ... |
7 December 2010
11:59 GMT |
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The Me card is the users' profile on their Windows Phone 7 smartphone. This is the place where they can check their most recent messages posted on various social networking accounts such as Facebook and Windows Live.It's also the place that can be used to quickly respond or add a new message on your Faceboo... |
18 November 2010
15:01 GMT |
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Hotmail announced yesterday that it was offering its users the possibility to take advantage of encryption when using the Hotmail free e-mail service.This will be possible once the HTTPS (Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure) for Hotmail is enabled, which will encrypt your data just like it does when you sign in, via s... |
10 November 2010
07:13 GMT |
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Microsoft will start allowing users to encrypt their Hotmail communications with SSL on an opt-in basis, in order to protect themselves from session hijacking attacks. At the end of September, Microsoft enhanced the security of Hotmail accounts by allowing users to associate trusted computers and mobile phone number... |
5 November 2010
06:09 GMT |
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One of the most popular Instant Messaging clients on the market, Beejive has landed on the Android platform. Beejive is an all-in-one messaging client with a friendly user interface, that enables users to stay connected with all their friends regardless of the messaging service used.Further, the IM supports a a wide ... |
13 October 2010
11:28 GMT |
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Windows Phone 7 loves the Cloud. There’s no other way of saying it. And Microsoft made it this way for a reason. The company has been sharing its three screens and a Cloud vision with the public for a while now, and with the advent of Windows Phone 7, a key piece of the puzzle is now in place. And of course, t... |
12 October 2010
04:53 GMT |
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A new contest from Microsoft is designed to help celebrate the recent launch of Windows Live Essentials 2011, a suite of rich clients designed to connect the Windows desktop with the Cloud. In this regard, Microsoft is looking for pictures of clouds for the new competition involving the Photo Gallery component of Wi... |
6 October 2010
06:02 GMT |
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Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com and the WordPress blogging platform, and Microsoft have announced that Windows Live Spaces users will have the option to migrate to WordPress.com as Live Space will be shut down in six months' time. The blogging platform, part of the Windows Live suite, appears to be ... |
28 September 2010
05:00 GMT |
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Last week, the team from Windows Live were busy getting out updates to Hotmail and integrating LinkedIn, and this week, Bing is launching several updates, to your Outlook, to your cell phone and to the search itself.First news this week – Bing released a new tool that will make all trip planners very happy, as ... |
27 September 2010
03:15 GMT |
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New Features for Office Web Apps were released yesterday, by the Windows Live Team, which also made Office Web Apps available in seven more countries, including Australia, Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Russia, and Switzerland. Three months after the launch of Office Web Apps, over 20 million people in the Unite... |
24 September 2010
04:36 GMT |
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