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Wave 4 news: Msgr for iPhone, new websites, more

Earlier today, Our friend Tom Warren at Neowin.net posted some tantalizing new screenshots of Windows Live Messenger for iPhone, which he expects to become available in June, along with the rest of Wave 4, although some select testers may …

WindowsLivePreview.com goes live: “What’s New in Messenger”

We just went to write up a story on www.windowslivepreview.com, which was rumored to go live tomorrow (April 28th), but looky here, it’s live already:

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(we’ve been hitting some error pages, looks like the site isn’t quite ready for …

The Numbers Game: Instant Messaging

Everyone loves numbers, and we run across lots of them in looking for stories here at LiveSide, but getting good numbers, ones that show real information that isn’t slanted toward one viewpoint or another can be challenging.  That’s why we’re …

So what IS the deal with Windows Live for Macs?

Last week, as Microsoft began to open up a bit about Windows Live Wave 4, Corporate Vice President Chris Jones offered up an interesting list of Wave 4 clients:

We will then roll out updates to our web services, followed

Microsoft FUSE Labs releases Docs.com for Facebook

At the F8 Conference today, Microsoft FUSE Labs Director Lili Cheng announced the release of Docs, which uses Office Web Apps to allow sharing of Office Documents among Facebook Friends.

In a blog post on the Docs site, Cheng

Seattle Storm WNBA team announces partnership with Bing

The Seattle Storm Women’s NBA team announced a major partnership today with Bing, and will feature the Bing logo on their jerseys as well as in much of their marketing in the coming years.

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According to the Storm website:…

Microsoft announces TownHall, based on Azure

At the Politics Online Conference today, Microsoft announced two new offerings, TownHall, a new “online engagement program” that politicians and others can use to “drive rich discussion around top interests and concerns”, and Campaign Ready, “a collection of …

Volcano images projected onto Bing Maps

Johannes Kebeck, a Bing Maps Technology Specialist at Microsoft EMEA, is stuck in Stockholm due to the Icelandic volcanic ash and its effects on European air travel.  So, having a bit of extra time on his hands, he found …

Microsoft Introduces Kin Phones

Microsoft’s two Project Pink phones, formerly known only by their codenames – “turtle” and “pure” respectively, have been formally unveiled.  The
Kin One features a 5.0 megapixel camera with flash, sliding
keyboard, 2.6 inch capacitive touchscreen, and 4gb of onboard …

“Pink” unveiling set for 10am pdt Monday

We’ve been hearing rumors about “Project Pink” for so long we almost can’t believe the wraps will come off in just a few hours, but as of 10am pdt (GMT –7) on Monday April 12th, Microsoft will unveil the new …