Virtual Earth/Live Maps doesn’t have the user base that Google Maps does, but it is continually advancing the platform, adding terabytes of data, and signing up new customers.  Today, for example, Virtual Earth signed up two significant new customers, …

Everyone seems to have an opinion about Microsoft’s blockbuster announcement (including me), but sometimes it’s difficult to sort through all the opinion to get at the facts.  Here’s a list of factual information, so far:

• Microsoft’s Press Release announcing the

Looks like the dns change has taken place, and you can now access LiveSide on your mobile device (using MoFuse, which takes our Feedburner rss feed and prepares it for your phone).  Now available at http://m.liveside.net

And of course …

Certainly there are some gems specific to Windows Live in the thought of a Yahoo! acquisition; Flickr, of course (and some Flickr users are none too happy about that), and the sheer numbers of eyeballs a combination of Mail …

The Microsoft-Yahoo! deal, when and if it is finalized, will bring on many changes to branding across offerings from both companies.  Some have speculated on the end of Windows Live, replacing it with the Yahoo! brand, but I don’t think …

Our friend Sunshine, a LiveSide member, posted about a new blog promoting Windows Live in Europe.  From her blog post:

Ever wanted to be kept more up to date with all things happening related to MSN and Windows Live in

One thing Community Server (or Windows Live) decidedly does not provide is any kind of usable mobile solution.  Our pal Nick Brown set us up a mobile page, and it works for what it is, a quick look at the …

While we catch up on our reading about the latest acquisition news, we put up a little poll for you to let us know what you think about the announcement that Microsoft has made a 44.6 Billion dollar offer to …

Interesting that yesterday Ben Romano from the Seattle Times published an article on what Microsoft perceives to be the future of internet advertising, a future that doesn’t necessarily value Google’s model of contextual advertising in search.  He spoke with …

Today’s announcement by Microsoft that it is offering $31/share to purchase Yahoo! outright sees Microsoft doing the right thing at the right time.  Why?  For a number of reasons, not the least of which being that Microsoft has been planning …