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Hotmail to save Messenger chat conversation history?

windows_live_hotmailToday two of our LiveSino readers report that their recent Windows Live Messenger chat history is showing up within Hotmail, somewhat similar to Google Talk chat history inside Gmail.

As one tipster TurnRight commented, once Windows Live Messenger chat …

Windows Phone Live is now “My Windows Phone”, with Microsoft Scrapbook

Microsoft just launched the “Mango” version of its WindowsPhone.com portal, complete with a web-based Windows Phone Marketplace, as well as a re-branded Windows Phone Live experience – now called My Windows Phone.

My Windows Phone

The new portal still features the …

A closer look at Windows Live Metro style apps on Windows 8: People, Messaging and Call

Microsoft gave us a first glimpse into the future of Windows Live during its BUILD conference, with Chris Jones, Corporate Vice President of Windows Live, demoing several Windows Live Metro style apps on Windows 8. Last week we took …

Bing enables HTML5 home page in the US

Well, it’s a start anyway.  Tonight, Bing (and yes, in the US only) has enabled an HTML5 video on the home page, a time lapse video of Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming:

bing home page video

As usual, the home page image changed …

Facebook’s Timeline maps powered by Bing Maps

Today at Facebook’s F8 conference, Mark Zuckerberg is unveiling some major new changes to Facebook, including the introduction of Timeline, a new way to curate and share your life, via Facebook.

One of the filters available in Timeline is Maps, …

A closer look at Windows Live Metro style apps on Windows 8: Mail and Calendar

Last Tuesday Microsoft gave us a first glimpse into the future of Windows Live during its BUILD conference, with Chris Jones, Corporate Vice President of Windows Live, demoing several Windows Live Metro style apps on Windows 8. Unfortunately these …

BUILD: New Windows Live SkyDrive Wave 5 features confirmed, with screenshots

So just over 24 hours ago, Steve Sinofsky took the stage at BUILD and unveiled to the world Microsoft’s next version of their operating system, Windows 8. As part of the keynote, Steve invited Chris Jones, Corporate Vice President for …

Microsoft demos Windows 8 apps for Mail, Calendar, People, Messaging, and Photos

Early this morning we just posted about what we know about Windows 8 and the future of Windows Live, and now Microsoft’s Harrison Hoffman, Product Manager on the SkyDrive team (and one of the early founders of LiveSide), posted …

BUILD: Windows 8 and the future of Windows Live

It’s the first day of Microsoft’s BUILD conference, and by now I’m sure you’ve all seen Steven Sinofsky’s keynote demoing the next generation of Windows, codenamed Windows 8. One of our biggest question before the BUILD conference was: what role …

Windows Phone “Tango1”, “Tango2”, and “Apollo” confirmed

Windows Phone TangoThe release of Windows Phone 7.5 “Mango” is imminent, rumored to be made available to existing users sometime this week. News is already leaking out from Microsoft about the upcoming Windows Phone OS updates. First up, Mary Jo Foley