Facebook chat became available to Windows Live Messenger 2011 beta refresh users a little over 3 weeks ago, and we’ve seen the number of users connecting Facebook to Messenger growing stronger than ever (over 8 million active users now!). …

OK it’s official, Hotmail Exchange ActiveSync is now available, according to a blog post on Inside Windows Live.  The setup details are the same as we’d posted earlier, here they are:

Server / URL

m.hotmail.com

Username

Enter full email

If you were lucky (or if you were reading LiveSide), and got your name into Exchange ActiveSync early, you’re probably enjoying the benefits of it now.  Even if you didn’t get in on that early “wave”, some of …

Thanks to a tip by Chrilo, who has found out the download address for the new Windows Live Essentials 2011 “Beta Refresh” supposedly due to be released in a few hours (10AM PST according to Neowin.net). To get it, …

A number of sites including Mary Jo Foley’s All About Microsoft, Neowin, and Francisco Martin’s Microsoft Journal are reporting their expectation of a new beta version of Windows Live Essentials 2011 (or Wave 4), due next week (according …

Back in June, at the same time as the initial rollout of Hotmail (which ended up taking until last week), a number of you were able to access Exchange ActiveSync for Hotmail.  Just as a refresher, here’s an explanation that …

In the past few months there has been a subtle shift in the way people are talking about Bing.  No longer just an upstart or just a joke, Bing’s clean look, picturesque home page and new ways of presenting information …

We’ve been noticing a significant increase in the number of #NewHotmailHere tags on Twitter since Monday morning, as well as receiving many tips and comments from our readers about sightings of the new Hotmail. (Thanks to everyone who tipped us! …

Thanks to tipster Greg, who has managed to sign up for a trial subscription to Zune Pass in the UK (although it doesn’t work yet), it looks like the “all you can eat” service may be coming soon to the …

Mike Shackwitz posted another update on the rollout of Hotmail Wave 4 today on Inside Windows Live, reporting that “we’re right on track with our release plan”.  Some 50 million accounts on “several different clusters” have already been upgraded, which …