May, 2007

Windows Live Gallery: Interview with Chris Butler

Windows Live Gallery is the “one stop shop” for gadgets and add-ins for Windows and Windows Live.  The site has recently upgraded with a new look and some new content, and we talked to Lead Program Manager Chris Butler about

Windows Live Folders beta – more info

As the last post on Windows Live Folders got a bit too long, here’s further information on the Windows Live Folders service. Click to enlarge the screenshots.

After the intial signin to the service, the user is presented with …

“Live Drive” is almost here – Windows Live Folders beta

One beta ends and suddenly five more spring up in its place. We can finally get the talk around Windows Live going again – the Windows Live Folders site has just opened up in preparation for the beta. (Please note the beta …

Windows Live Folders Part III

Just a few more points on Windows Live Folders:

  • The Windows Live Folders homepage is now offline.
  • The beta has not started and there is no signup page yet either. Subscribe to our RSS feed if you want to know when

Windows Live Writer Amazon Starter Plugin

Getting started with Window Live Writer Plugins

Writing a plugin for Windows Live Writer is actually fairly easy. The biggest problem you’re going to come across is thinking about what to actually add.

There are currently a number of plugins

How to launch a cool product: Marketing with silly videos

Making silly web videos to promote the launch of your product is all the rage at Microsoft these days, so of course the worldwide launch of Windows Live Hotmail, this week, also saw the launch of a self-described “viral” (see …

Xbox Live Dashboard update released

Well not really breaking news as the release was announced a month ago, but the Xbox Live dashboard update is now available, and includes Windows Live Messenger integration:

Members of the six-million-strong Xbox LIVE community currently send more than two

Rebuilding Hotmail from scratch

Richard Sim, Senior Product Manager for Windows Live Hotmail posts an interesting and comprehensive list of what the Hotmail team has accomplished since starting the project almost two and a half years ago. As he says, “(t)he UI and features that …

Windows Live Hotmail launches; “Windows Live Mail” to succeed Outlook Express and Windows Mail

Microsoft just announced that Windows Live Hotmail is launching globally in 36 languages, double the number of languages offered by its predecessor MSN Hotmail.  You can read the press release here.

I talked to Paul Major, Director of Windows Live …

More info on Windows Live Mail (the desktop client)

In case you missed it during the Windows Live Hotmail announcement, the press release contained a brief sentence relating to the Windows Live desktop email client, now just called Windows Live Mail – “Windows Live Mail, a free consumer e-mail client …