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Google is now a connected service to Windows Live

Google plus Windows LiveEver since Wave 3, Windows Live have always had the ability to connect within various social services from across the web, most notably services such as Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter.  By connecting other social services and websites to …

Windows Live Wave 5 to support 93 languages, doubling the current count

Microsoft LLPLast Tuesday, February 21, is UNESCO’s International Mother Language Day, and on this date Microsoft detailed the upcoming language improvements in Windows 8, and announced 14 additional display languages to be supported in the new operating system. Well it …

Microsoft Your Account – your one-stop shop for all your billing accounts and payments

With the new Windows Store about to debut as part of Windows 8 Consumer Preview, Microsoft has launched a new billing portal named Microsoft Your Account, replacing the old http://billing.microsoft.com, which will allow you to view at once …

No PC to PC sync in new SkyDrive

FileWinLive-syncOne of the questions our commenters asked about the upcoming integration of Windows Live Mesh into SkyDrive was “what about direct Device to Device synchronization?”.  Currently, you can use Windows Live Mesh to sync folders from device to device, …

Hotmail’s war on graymail: it’s working

About two months ago, Hotmail introduced a set of new features to combat what Microsoft is calling “graymail”: that is mail or newsletters that you may have signed up for or opted into, but you now find filling up your …

Official screenshot confirms that web-based video chat is coming to Windows Live Wave 5

Video CallBack in August last year, we spotted an interesting set of resource icons from Windows Live Wave 5, suggesting that a web-based video chat service might be coming to Windows Live web properties soon. Today in the SkyDrive post on

New SkyDrive info: point by point

skydrive-logoWe’ve had a lot of new info on SkyDrive come at us in the past few days, from all over the place, so much so that its getting a little hard to keep track of.  So in order to help …

Microsoft confirms SkyDrive Desktop app; details Windows 8 integration

skydrive-logoIn a blog post on the Windows 8 blog, Omar Shahine and Mike Torres confirmed today what we told you this weekend about an upcoming SkyDrive app, and provides some detail about the upcoming Windows 8 Metro style app …

More upcoming SkyDrive features revealed: ODF documents, BitLocker key management, URL shortening, and much more

SkyDrive

Following the screenshot leaks of SkyDrive yesterday, revealing details about Microsoft’s plans for paid storage and SkyDrive apps for Windows and Mac, today we’ve been tipped about even more new features that are said to be coming to SkyDrive …

Screenshots: New SkyDrive Mac and Windows clients, paid storage coming?

skydrive-logoA Brazilian website, Gemind.com.br (English translation) has posted a set of SkyDrive screenshots which appear to show some new features: A SkyDrive client for Windows or Mac, and some paid storage options.

LiveSide readers will remember that we …