Don Mattrick, who until today was the President of the Interactive Entertainment Business (IEB), has left the company and will start a new job as CEO of Zynga on Monday, July 8th.  The news, which broke earlier today on All …

One problem with an open and accessible web is that you can get to, copy, and re-use just about anything, regardless of its license.  Up until now, it’s been difficult at best to try to do the right thing and …

Last week, we exclusively reported that Microsoft is busy planning a whole range of new features for its SkyDrive service (despite disputes over its trademark over in the UK). Today, LiveSide has learnt that one of these features that is …

Today, Microsoft announced “major updates” to its OneNote apps for Android, iPhone, and iPad.   Bringing a consistent look across all devices (that is, bringing the Android and iOS apps up to par with Windows apps), the Ribbon to iPad, …

Last week we reported that Microsoft is expected to launch a web-based version of its Xbox Music service sometime this week, and today the service is now online.

Available at http://music.xbox.com, the service greatly resembles the newly redesigned Windows …