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Microsoft has added a total of 19 feed partners to Windows Live, the most prominent of which being Google’s YouTube. As of November 11, 2009, Windows Live users will be able to enjoy an additional 19 online hotspots to the list of existing Microsoft web activity partnerships. The Redmond company has made sure ... |
12 November 2009
09:26 GMT |
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Microsoft has taken the necessary steps to protect end users running Windows Live Toolbars from losing their favorites. Switching off the Favorites synchronization capabilities of Windows Live Toolbars is only a temporary measure, the Redmond company noted, indicating that the full functionality of its toolbar would ... |
6 November 2009
05:57 GMT |
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Windows Mobile 7, the next iteration of Microsoft's mobile operating system, which should emerge into the wild sometime in late 2010, is expected to include a great deal of enhancements over the previous flavors of the platform. Microsoft has already been reported to plan adding to it features like Zune services... |
4 November 2009
11:24 GMT |
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MACH and Microsoft have announced recently that they have extended their partnership aimed at market availability of Microsoft's Windows Live mobile messaging services. According to the agreement between the two companies, MACH will deliver Windows Live SMS services in a series of new markets, along with the mar... |
16 October 2009
09:44 GMT |
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Concomitantly with the introduction of its latest iteration of the Windows Mobile operating system, along with the new Windows Phone branded devices, Microsoft has also made sure to kick up a notch the applications and services designed to run on top of the platform. In addition to the apps that ship with Windows Mob... |
7 October 2009
09:34 GMT |
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Even as early as August 2009, Microsoft started delivering hints of the next iteration of Windows Live applications and services. At that time, the company motivated that it was introducing a Live Services update and killing Live Framework Community Technology Preview (Services, SDK & Tools) in the process as a part ... |
5 October 2009
08:50 GMT |
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Microsoft continues to consolidate Windows Live as a nucleus designed to streamline user activity sharing actions across otherwise disparate web services. The company has hesitated little to embrace a growing list of web partners, inking a multitude of partnerships, and placing Windows Live at the center of an expand... |
15 September 2009
10:35 GMT |
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Microsoft has presented an update to Windows Live Photo in order to “make room” for panoramas but also to introduce additional touchups to the service. The refresh was delivered on September 10th, 2009, and is currently available to users of Windows Live Photos. The Redmond-based company noted that it was... |
11 September 2009
09:08 GMT |
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Windows Live users have the option to connect their accounts with their Facebook profile, in a simple move, and by making just a few easy steps, for which Microsoft offers guidance. The Redmond-based company turned to an open standard for the bridge between Windows Live and Facebook, and indicates that currently, the... |
7 September 2009
06:15 GMT |
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Microsoft is confirming officially what some users of Windows Live Hotmail Wave 3 have already undoubtedly noticed. The service no longer offers them the option to insert an image into the body of a message. The Redmond company explains that it has disabled the feature due to security concerns. According to the softw... |
21 August 2009
09:36 GMT |
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As a part of the August 19th, 2009 updates released for the components of the Windows Live Essentials suite of clients, Microsoft also introduced a major refresh of Windows Live Family Safety. Users have already been able to download and install releases such as Windows Live Messenger 9.0 (2009) 14.0.8089.726 and the... |
21 August 2009
08:47 GMT |
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An update for Microsoft’s blogging client is now available for download, with the company making little effort to bring the refresh to the public, so far. Users leveraging Windows Live Writer in order to blog on Windows Live, Wordpress or any other similar service, now have an upgrade available designed to take... |
19 August 2009
12:03 GMT |
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Microsoft is offering an update for the application that was designed to be the replacement of the default photo viewing client in Windows Vista. As an integral part of a suite of refreshes, the Redmond company has kicked Windows Live Photo Gallery 2009 up a notch. Users can now download Windows Live Photo Gallery 20... |
19 August 2009
09:42 GMT |
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Microsoft is pushing the Wave 3 release of Windows Live components to the next level with the introduction of updates affecting the entire gamma of applications designed to bridge Windows and the Cloud. The email client that is since the start of 2009 an integral part of the Windows Live Essentials package will be bu... |
19 August 2009
07:57 GMT |
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Microsoft's online storage and sharing service for digital images under the Windows Live brand has reached the 1 billion uploaded pictures mark. The past week, the Redmond company announced that, in just seven months since the introduction of Windows Live Photos, the service contributed a great deal to the total... |
10 August 2009
05:40 GMT |
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Microsoft is gearing up to kick start the migration of content from MSN Calendar to Windows live Calendar. On June 17th, 2009, a member of the Windows Live Calendar team indicated that “it's almost moving time.” According to the Redmond company, Windows Live Calendar has been tweaked in order to embr... |
19 June 2009
04:53 GMT |
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There is now a new way of accessing information on Windows Live accounts via SMS. Microsoft has introduced SMS for Windows Live in the US after the service debuted in the UK. What SMS for Windows Live does is allow mobile phone users to leverage text messages in order to view and update the information associated wit... |
15 June 2009
06:10 GMT |
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Windows Live Messenger is, as a general rule, available for free to all users worldwide. But of course that there are the proverbial exceptions to every rule. And Microsoft's instant messaging client is an illustrative example in this context. This because the Redmond company has instituted Windows Live Messenge... |
21 May 2009
10:45 GMT |
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Microsoft has completed the worldwide rollout of the latest update of its Windows Live suite of services and applications. Announced just last week, the refresh is designed to stretch Windows Live across the social networking universe, and to position Microsoft's services as a hub designed to centralize users&rs... |
29 April 2009
03:00 GMT |
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Microsoft is gearing up to introduce a new update to Windows Live. Brian Hall, general manager of the Windows Live Business Group, indicated that the refresh was just around the corner, while at the same time, making sure to point out that the evolution of the collection of services and applications under the Windows... |
22 April 2009
10:00 GMT |
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Microsoft has confirmed officially that Windows Live Hotmail suffered a temporary outage, but indicated that the issue was resolved. And indeed at this point in time, the service is up and running with no problems whatsoever. Various users have started reporting not being able to sign in to their accounts, and the fa... |
10 April 2009
05:29 GMT |
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At the start of this month, Windows Live ID has been added among the identity providers of RPX. In this context, Windows Live ID joins the ranks of identity providers such as Facebook, Google, MySpace, Yahoo and OpenID. By Microsoft's own estimates, there are approximately 500 million Windows Live users. Via RPX... |
6 April 2009
09:47 GMT |
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Microsoft's Windows Mobile users have now a new reason to rejoice. After learning about some of the goodies that the Redmond company intends to bring with its future releases of the operating system, including support for its Marketplace and online services for mobile users with the upcoming WinMo 6.5, we also h... |
31 March 2009
03:04 GMT |
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Microsoft has warned users against fake emails claiming to be from the Windows Live team asking them for their account data. The Redmond company has described a scenario in which the fraudulent email messages masquerading as being sent from Windows Live request sensitive information such as username, password, date o... |
17 March 2009
10:52 GMT |
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End-users now have the chance to impact the Windows Live suite of application and services. They will be able to do so via feedback, and the Redmond company has debuted a new e-mail address designed to centralize customer input. Livewish at microsoft.com is conceived to nothing short of break down the barriers associ... |
4 March 2009
11:01 GMT |
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Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer introduced the My Phone service at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona in February 2009. The new offering, debuted into Beta stage just a couple of weeks ago, is designed to ensure that users of mobile phones will be able to synchronize data between their devices and the... |
3 March 2009
10:28 GMT |
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Microsoft's reportedly $300 million Windows campaign is moving forward steadfast. The latest ingredient in the video advertisements recipe focused on the Windows Live component of Windows is the cute factor, a tactic for which the Redmond company has turned to children, where "cute" is indeed in abundance. The l... |
2 March 2009
05:51 GMT |
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Microsoft is getting ready to pull the plug on MSN Calendar for good. The Redmond company is attempting to solve yet another case of overlapping services between MSN and Windows Live. In this case, the software giant intimated that the death of MSN Calendar would manage to breathe new life into Windows Live Calendar.... |
26 February 2009
06:48 GMT |
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At the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Microsoft applauded what it referred to as strong momentum for its family of Windows Live Mobile services. The Redmond company announced a variety of new partnerships and agreements at the event, all focused on Windows Live, with such companies as América Móvil... |
18 February 2009
09:50 GMT |
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Apple has announced that iPhone / iPod touch users are no longer required to upgrade to Windows Live Hotmail Plus subscription or MSN Premium subscription in order to access their POP3 accounts, be they on Windows Live, Hotmail, or MSN.The company behind the Mac operating system reveals in a recently updated knowledg... |
18 February 2009
08:32 GMT |
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Microsoft is pushing mobile phones into the Cloud via Windows Live. The Mobile World Congress 2009 proved to be the fertile soil for the Redmond company to ink a variety of agreements with members of the telecommunications industry, designed to connect mobile phones with the Windows Live suite of applications and ser... |
16 February 2009
12:10 GMT |
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The content on Windows Live servers is closely monitored and filtered by Microsoft as the company is laboring to keep users of its suite of applications and services in the Cloud secure while online. Jamie Cannon, a product manager on the Windows Live team, indicated that the software giant was constantly working to ... |
6 February 2009
06:47 GMT |
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The evolution of Windows Live and its suite of applications and services continues even after the introduction of Wave 3 releases. One illustrative example in this context is the shell change delivered to Windows Live Spaces. The service received a minor cosmetic revamping that Microsoft started rolling out on Februa... |
5 February 2009
05:49 GMT |
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Microsoft's Windows Live Community Clubhouse is opened to new “business” and new members. Via Windows Live Community Clubhouse, the Redmond company is building a social network of users focused on the applications and services available under the Windows Live brand umbrella. The software giant is inv... |
4 February 2009
11:35 GMT |
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As of January 14, 2009, Microsoft released Windows Live Calendar to web. According to the Redmond company, as the service was in Beta stage, work was focused on integrating user feedback into the Wave 3 release, in addition to the new features introduced. A sufficiently-polished Windows Live Calendar was wrapped up a... |
15 January 2009
06:19 GMT |
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In a move designed to bring closer together the approximately 500 million Windows Live users and 150 million Facebook members, the two companies announced a new stage in their alliance at the 2009 Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2009) in Las Vegas. The marriage between Windows Live and Facebook is yet to be finalized,... |
8 January 2009
08:02 GMT |
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In the first half of November 2008, Microsoft was wrapping up the roll-out process of Windows Live Hotmail Wave 3. Upgrading from Windows Live Hotmail Wave 2, introduced at the end of 2007, to Wave 3 has been so far, and will continue to be, a very bumpy ride for Microsoft. The Wave 3 upgrade, debuted at the end of S... |
19 December 2008
15:31 GMT |
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On the path to Wave 3, the Windows Live collection of services and applications debuted into Beta earlier this year, and has been crawling toward RTW ever since. As of December 15, 2008, Windows Live made yet another step forward, but still managed not to lose the Beta tag. At the start of this week, Microsoft introd... |
16 December 2008
14:41 GMT |
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The Windows Live Messenger for Facebook update delivered at the end of the past week was just a preview of the evolution of the desktop instant messaging client. As of December 15, 2008, Windows Live Messenger 9.0 (2009) is one step closer to RTW, with Microsoft making available for download a new release of the IM c... |
16 December 2008
03:18 GMT |
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As far as the evolution of the Windows Live collection of applications and services is concerned, Microsoft is by no means limited exclusively to the desktop, or to the Cloud. The Redmond company also kicked the mobile flavor of Windows Live to the next level ,with the introduction of Wave 3 milestone. Earlier this w... |
11 December 2008
06:37 GMT |
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With the evolution of Windows Live suite of applications and services, Microsoft is introducing not only under-the-hood optimizations, new features and capabilities, but also a design overhaul. The revamping of the visual style ranges from the graphical user interface of the client and Cloud services, to the icons re... |
14 November 2008
13:07 GMT |
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With the evolution of Windows Live suite of applications and services and the Windows client, Microsoft managed to produce the intersection of its visions. The strategy is, of course, to make Windows reach into the Cloud. And this will become obvious with the availability of Windows 7 and Windows Live Wave 3. B... |
13 November 2008
15:51 GMT |
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Microsoft has officially started rolling out the next generation of its Windows Live suite of applications and services. According to the Redmond company, Windows Live Wave 3 will start being unveiled in the U.S. over the coming weeks. However, the Wave 3 updates will stretch well into early 2009 as far as the global... |
13 November 2008
12:58 GMT |
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Microsoft is increasing the capacity offered by its storage service in the Cloud fivefold. This means that users of Windows Live SkyDrive will be able to enjoy no less than 25GB of free online storage. The move comes as a natural evolution of the Windows Live suite of services and applications towards the full implem... |
13 November 2008
10:01 GMT |
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Microsoft is expanding the community of users built around Windows Live and, in this context, the Redmond company is fishing around attempting to attract new eyeballs. Users addicted to Windows Live are invited by the software giant to join the community, namely the Windows Live Clubhouse. The audience the Redmond gi... |
5 November 2008
09:37 GMT |
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With the Beta of Windows Live Wave 3 available for download since September, Microsoft is laboring to tailor Windows Live Mail to various markets around the world, and in this regard the recipe is rather simple, involving localized versions of the product, but also spellchecking support. At this point in time, the Re... |
9 October 2008
06:23 GMT |
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The trend started with the MinWin project, designed to deliver a bare-bone core of the Windows operating system (the kernel plus critical systems) is reverberating across Windows 7. In combination with the need to bridge the desktop platform with the Cloud, Microsoft is stripping Windows of several default component... |
23 September 2008
04:57 GMT |
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Microsoft has upgraded the Windows Live Calendar Beta service as an integral part of the introduction of the first public development milestone of Windows Live Wave 3. On September 17, the Redmond company started rolling out new Beta builds for the client components of Windows Live Wave 3 including Windows Live Messe... |
19 September 2008
07:53 GMT |
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Wave 3 is the latest stage in the evolution of Microsoft's online suite of services and applications offered under the Windows Live brand umbrella. According to Chris Jones, program management team lead for Windows Live, while Wave 1 and 2 were representative of Microsoft just starting to bridge the desktop with... |
18 September 2008
07:41 GMT |
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Microsoft is experimenting with the Live Search home page in order to produce the perfect wallpaper recipe. At the end of July, the Redmond company introduced a face lift to Live Search as part of the service's march toward Windows Live Wave 3. The home page redesign was accompanied by inter-changing background ... |
1 September 2008
04:33 GMT |
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