More TOS changes, this time it’s Yahoo! (and we go back in time, to Windows Live Mail Active Search)

Early last week, Dropbox changed its Terms of Service and set off a bit of a tempest in a teacup.  Although since then, it’s become clear that the “uproar” didn’t bother investors too much, as the company has been recently …

By Kip Kniskern in Featured News
July 13th, 2011 at 10:48 pm

Microsoft reveals new Windows Phone Mango devices from Samsung, Fujitsu, ZTE and Acer

In a rather surprising move today, Andy Lees, President of Windows Phone Division, revealed to the world several of the new Windows Phone “Mango” devices during Microsoft’s annual Worldwide Partner Conference 2011 in Los Angeles. In the Day 2 keynote…

By damaster in Featured Mobile
July 12th, 2011 at 6:47 pm

More on the Bing Maps upgrade

Last week, we showed you some changes to Bing Maps, pointing out some new navigation header changes, and noting that at the time there was nothing on the Bing Maps blog to detail the changes.  That changed on Monday, …

By Kip Kniskern in Bing
July 12th, 2011 at 4:16 pm

Steve Ballmer at WPC: the Zune Confusion

At yesterday’s WPC (Worldwide Partners Conference) in Los Angeles, Steve Ballmer took the stage to talk about the state of Microsoft and Windows, touching on Skype (saying it will enhance enterprise level Lync communications, not undermine it), Bing (a new …

By Kip Kniskern in Featured News
July 12th, 2011 at 9:34 am

Windows Live Wave 5 currently in Milestone 2 stage; to be tightly integrated with Windows 8

Windows 8If you had been closely following LiveSide’s Wave 5 and Windows 8 coverage, this is probably not something new to you, but rather an update on Microsoft’s current progress with Windows Live. WinBeta.com today reported a status update on the …

By damaster in News
July 9th, 2011 at 9:02 am

Zune branded subscription video coming soon?

zunelogoAn interesting although unsubstantiated rumor coming from The Daily, “an iPad app of News entertainment, culture, opinion, gossip, sports, and tech, delivered every day”, that Microsoft, “sick of watching content partners like Netflix and Hulu eat its proverbial lunch”, …

By Kip Kniskern in News
July 8th, 2011 at 9:57 am

Bing Maps refines navigation controls

LiveSide reader Quikboy noticed that Bing Maps has received a bit of a facelift recently, and the menu for choosing between Road, Aerial, and Birds Eye views has changed:

bing maps nav

Included are new, bolder graphics for zoom and direction changes (at …

By Kip Kniskern in News
July 8th, 2011 at 8:55 am

Yes, Hotmail Connector includes HTTPS support

Yesterday, we told you about an upgrade to Windows Live Essentials that included for the first time support for HTTPS settings in Windows Live Mail.  Included in the update was an updated version of the Hotmail Connector for Outlook, and …

By Kip Kniskern in Featured News
July 7th, 2011 at 12:09 pm

Edit with multiple authors in Office Web Apps Word

Office Web Apps allows you to create, store, view, and edit Microsoft Office documents in the cloud, either connecting up with your Office installation on your computer, or by using the free web interface, tied to SkyDrive.  Up until now, …

By Kip Kniskern in News
July 7th, 2011 at 10:24 am

Sign-In changed, one account only!

Last week the sign-in page for Hotmail (and other sign-in pages that use Windows Live ID) has changed from multiple user tiles to one account…image
Why? That’s a good question. According to Eric Doerr there were some problems with …

By Sunshine in Featured News
July 7th, 2011 at 3:20 am
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