Yesterday, we told you about an upgrade to Windows Live Essentials that included for the first time support for HTTPS settings in Windows Live Mail.  Included in the update was an updated version of the Hotmail Connector for Outlook, and …

Office Web Apps allows you to create, store, view, and edit Microsoft Office documents in the cloud, either connecting up with your Office installation on your computer, or by using the free web interface, tied to SkyDrive.  Up until now, …

Looks like there’s a minor update to Windows Live Essentials available starting today, according to a blog post on Inside Windows Live.  From the blog post:

This week, we will release an update to Windows Live Essentials 2011.

Kind of a funny deal today as FedEx delivered a package this morning.  We kind of knew what it might be due to a tweet from Paul Thurrott, so out came the camera for the great Hotmail Birthday Cake …

Today, Facebook and Skype announced Facebook Video Calling, basically a “mini Skype client” running within Facebook, allowing you to video chat one on one with any of your Facebook friends.  Our friend Rafael Rivera, already digging through the …

Facebook is set to make a major product announcement today at 10:am PDT (in 5 minutes from this posting) widely thought to involve a partnership or deal with Skype, which was recently acquired by Microsoft (although that deal, while …

HoTMaiL, the first HTML enabled free email service, was launched on July 4th, 1996 by two former Stanford students, Sabeer Bhatia and Jack Smith, making yesterday Hotmail’s 15th birthday.

The two sold Hotmail to an investment company and it was …

Later today Bing is set to release an updated version of its popular iPad app, including an improved movie experience, a “swipe through the last 6 Bing homepage images” feature, and hundreds of quality and performance improvements.

What’s most interesting …

It’s been a tough couple of weeks for Dropbox, the free (up to 2gb, with a paid option for more space) service that promises to easily store and sync “your stuff”.  First, on June 19th, Dropbox, owing to a code …

Zune Originals, the official online store for Zune devices, has closed its doors as of July 1st.  A page on the site (www.zuneoriginals.net) offers up thanks for all the fish, and continues to throw “damning with faint praise” …