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PivotViewer available for download!

We first saw Pivot, the Live Labs project that presents visual information in fun new ways, last November at PDC, and then this year at Tech-Ed, Live Labs announced that a new “PivotViewer” Silverlight control would be introduced, …

Windows Live Messenger app for iPhone passes one million downloads!

Wow, lots of iPhone users are using Windows Live Messenger from their iPhone. In just 5 days over one million people downloaded the Windows Live Messenger app for iPhone that got released last week.

But not only iPhone users …

It’s official: Over 99% of you have #NoHotmailYet

Today in a blog post at Inside Windows Live, Hotmail’s Mike Schackwitz updates us on the Hotmail rollout with the news that it is going purposely slowly at first:

Two weeks ago, we started the Hotmail rollout with a

Upcoming changes to Windows Live re: Twitter

As some of you already noticed, there have been some changes to Windows Live in regards to Twitter: the service was available as one of some 75 social networks that you could bring into your Windows Live feed, but it …

Quick Poll: Essentials beta: Impressions?

We’ve been sorting through the hundreds of comments over the past week on your experiences with Windows Live Essentials (Wave 4) beta, and we’re working on some ways to organize all the good stuff in the comments, stay tuned in …

Office Live Workspace to Windows Live SkyDrive upgrade process has begun

With the release of Windows Live Office on SkyDrive earlier this month, users have been able to create, edit and view Office documents using the new Office Web Apps, and share them with other users online. We told you

Essentials Installer “WaitforCatalog” error: Workaround

Some 5% of you who responded to our Essentials install experience poll (it’s in the right sidebar) reported problems with a “waitforcatalog” error that caused the installation to fail.  While not a full fix, there is a workaround:

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Hot on the heels of Essentials, the new dev.live.com goes live

Dev.live.com, the developer portal for Windows Live, has been completely refreshed with a new look and a new platform for Windows Live Wave 4:

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We are going to be diving deep into the new developer tools in the next few …

Windows Live Wave 4: A note about connecting Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn

So you’ve probably all got your hands on Windows Live Essentials Wave 4 beta today, and have been playing with it for a bit (and a few glitches here and there). Looking at the comments our readers have left, we …

Windows Live Wave 4: Live Sync For Macs

Hopefully you’ve all be downloading and playing with the new Wave 4 beta, long time coming, huh! But what about our Mac friends? Well, if you were using Mesh on your Mac and have now installed Wave 4, Mesh is