Reports are coming in about an update coming through Windows Updates for the Windows Live Photo Gallery, updating to Beta 2.  I’m not seeing it as yet (Update: I had to “check for updates”, as OneCare won’t let me have …

Rob Dolin, a Program Manager on the Spaces team, posts tonite with an example of a programmatically created Windows Live Event:

API Details
The link should have taken you to an event create page with all of the specified parameters

Lots of goodness with the new 3D features of Live Maps – one thing to see it on a big screen at Searchification but a whole ‘nother world to be able to play with it in real time.

Unlike some …

In a press release issued today, Microsoft announced the “final updates to the fall release of its Live Search service” (most of which was at least mentioned at Searchification).  The new stuff, condensed from the press release:

Maps and …

We’ve mentioned the incorporation of Birds Eye view into Live Maps 3D before, but it’s a little hard to describe without actually seeing it.  Looks live someone posted a video to YouTube though, that shows off the new technology.  …

From Bink.nu: A new SDK is available for Virtual Earth, and includes support for using 3D Maps in 3rd party map applications.  From the SDK:

3D Maps

The Virtual Earth map control now supports 3D maps. This is

Today the Windows Live SkyDrive team released an updated version of the SkyDrive online storage service. While the service stays in beta for now this release incorporates several minor but very convenient changes that are detailed in their team blog…

Microsoft rolled out a killer feature that we haven’t talked about yet in their last Windows Live Spaces update.  They are calling it “Windows Live What’s New” and it acts as a direct competitor to Facebook’s News Feed.  …

The MSN UK Homepage team reported that the switch on an updated version of Windows Live Today was flipped last Tuesday. Looking for the changes of the feature that can be reached from within Windows Live Messenger I was disappointed …

The latest improvements coming to Windows Live Spaces introduced a few changes to the way photos are handled, but with all of the announcements about Events and the changes to SkyDrive, you may have missed what has just happened.  We …