The next major update for Windows Phone, codenamed “Mango”, was released to manufacturers (RTM) towards the end of July, carrying the build number 7720. Since then, three new Windows Phone 7.5 devices – the Fujitsu IS12T, HTC TITAN, …

When Windows Live SkyDrive first launched in 2007 (known as Windows Live Folders beta back then), it offered a mere 500 MB of free storage. Later on when the service got out of beta in early 2008, this free …

Microsoft’s highly anticipated Build conference, this year’s version of PDC, WinHEC (and Mix?), all rolled into one, gets started next week with keynotes on Tuesday and Wednesday, starting at 9am PDT (GMT –7).

We’ll be there, of course, liveblogging one …

A number of Microsoft online services, including Hotmail, MSN, Office 365, and seemingly most if not all of *.live.com addresses are currently “experiencing an outage”.  MSN and Office 365 have already tweeted about it:

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Omar Shahine, …

When Microsoft released the new Windows Live SkyDrive Wave 5 M0 update back in June 2011 with a full UI revamp, while it provided a much more user-friendly interface to view and manage your files, it still carried many inconveniences …

The Windows Live team only recently updated SkyDrive to Wave 5 with a full UI revamp, new features, and performance improvements, and it seems like they’re only just getting started with a series of updates to come. Just last week …

A few days ago we just told you about a potential official SkyDrive app might be coming for Windows Phone, and today we’ve received tips pointing to possible SkyDrive client apps being developed for other platforms too. LiveSide reader Nikhil …

It seems like Windows Phone 7.5 “Mango” still has a few surprises for us. Today the guys at WPCentral posted a photo showing a Samsung Focus running the RTM version of “Mango” (Build 7720.68) with internet sharing/tethering enabled. Here’s the …

We first heard about the existence of Windows Phone “Tango”, said to be the interim update between Windows Phone 7.5 “Mango” and Windows Phone 8 “Apollo”, back in June this year when Compal CEO Ray Chen let slip of the …

OK so I like Frank Shaw.  I liked him when he worked at Waggener Edstrom, although we never really dealt directly together, and I like him at Microsoft.  I also quite like him as a person, as a writer, and …