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Bing Maps: Silverlight, Enhanced Bird’s Eye, Streetside, Photosynth….WOW!

Today is a big day for Bing Maps. There’s lots of news coming out of this “private news event”, but from the looks of it the new Bing Maps Beta is the biggest of all.

Starting today …

Windows Live Essentials & Services Book

For everyone who wants to get the most out of Windows Live: The Windows Live Essentials and Services Book.

imageThis book by MVP Brad Jones and Marcus Schmidt is a full-color, step-by-step guide for using Microsoft’s new Windows Live

New from Live Labs: Pivot

pivotlogo I got called a namedropper on Twitter today for my earlier Day 1 post, but really we think of our readers as being the reason we’re here, and it’s because of you that we’re able to get to do this …

Quick Update: Favorites syncing on Windows Live Toolbar working once again

We reported a few days ago that Favorites sync was temporarily turned off in Windows Live Toolbar for all users due to a technical glitch on the server side. The Windows Live Toolbar team just announced today that this has …

MSN.com gets new look in US

MSN Butterfly Logo MSN.com is about to unveil a new look based on cleaner lines, a focus on select verticals, and easier user configuration.  Along with a new logo, the home page will feature inline access to Windows Live, Twitter, and Facebook, with …

Silverlight Streaming to be discontinued: new Azure service coming

liveservices In a move that should surprise no one (in case you were wondering why we didn’t use Silverlight Streaming to host video after Soapbox closed), Silverlight Streaming, a Windows Live beta service for hosting Silverlight audio and video content, …

Want Bing on your iPhone? Search and map with these two apps

There isn’t any native way to change the search engine on iPhone to Bing, but thanks to a 99 cent app from IronSoft and their BingGo app, now you can have a great Bing experience on the iPhone.

bingGoFeatures …

SkyDrive to become the center stage of Windows Live?

Windows Live SkyDrive With the recent series of updates to Windows Live’s web services (Calendar, Hotmail, Photos, SkyDrive and more), we’re seeing a tip of the iceberg of what’s to come with Windows Live Wave 4 (in fact, we …

Office Web Apps coming to Windows Live

In a press release today, Microsoft announced that Microsoft Office Web Apps will begin a limited number invitation only Technical Preview.  Office Web Apps will offer lightweight versions of Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint on the web through Windows …

Windows Live Wave 4: M1 released; Hotmail changes

We know Wave 4 is coming, and now thanks to WindowsLiveHelp.com, we know at least a few of the changes coming (here already?) to Hotmail.  We don’t appear to be seeing any of them here, yet, do you?

In …