2010

News from all over: Bing on iPhone, Pivot, more

Lots of conferences underway at the moment, with tidbits of news coming from all over the map.  Here’s a quick round-up:

WWDC
The Steve Jobs Show opened things up this morning in San Francisco, complete with cool news about the …

Help us choose a new LiveSide logo: part deux

Dana and Tony over at IDesignYourLogo.com have a good little thing going: they’re designing a logo a day for a year, with each day costing $2 more than the day before.  We thought it sounded like fun, and signed up.  …

Wave 4: Windows Live Service Status

So ever since the MSN Messenger days, Microsoft had always provided a page to allow users to check the current service status for the .NET Messenger Service, despite this page never really updating even during the rare widespread outages we …

Windows Live Mobile website updated to Wave 4

Windows Live Mobile logoSeems like the first Windows Live Online Service to be updated to Wave 4 is Windows Live Mobile. If you visit http://mobile.live.com using your PC’s web browser today, you would’ve noticed that the header had been upgraded to the new …

Explore Windows Live – and try out the new Web Messenger and Wave 4 themes!

Windows Live Contacts logoMicrosoft has put up a new Windows Live overview website at http://explore.live.com that has just gone live today. On the website you’ll find some information about the new Windows Live Wave 4, categorised into Hotmail, Messenger, Essentials, SkyDrive, Mobile, and …

Live Sync FAQ for Live Mesh users (it lives!)

On Friday, we received a nice tip from Robert McLaws about a post on the Live Mesh MSDN blog (which hadn’t had an update since last October), entitled “Windows Live Sync beta: FAQ if you used Live Mesh …

The End of Bing Cashback

cashback Microsoft announced that they will end the Bing Cashback program on July 30 at 9:00 pm PST.

Dear valued cashback customer:

We are writing to notify you that the Bing cashback program will be discontinued, and the last day to

Live Sync 2011: Improved! With Less Storage!

In another variation on the confusing naming theme that has become a trademark of Windows Live, Windows Live Wave 4 (or Windows Live 2011, if you prefer) introduces a newly revamped Live Mesh, which is replacing the current Live Sync …

Bing’s Best 3

Bing’s Best number 3 is out!

Gaze into the eerie glow of a dying star, soar over an underwater sinkhole, and get up close and personal with an adorable baby sea turtle—among other amazing sights—in this theme for Windows …

Docs users can now invite their friends

Still waiting to get in Docs.com for Facebook? Your wait may soon be over. Docs users can now invite their friends.
InviteFriends
 
OutOfRequests
The maximum is set to 32 50 (in one batch/a day?).

Earlier the site got an update …