Windows Live Messenger 2011 Beta Refresh – little things do matter

Windows Live MessengerWindows Live Messenger 2011 was released just over a week ago, and along with the release Microsoft turned on the long-awaited feature – Facebook chat integration. While we reported some of the major updates to the beta refresh release, …

By damaster in News
August 24th, 2010 at 4:05 pm

Final release of Windows Phone Developer Tools on September 16

In our article about Windows Phone 7 Jump Start Training we already mentioned that there won’t be any localized training provided until the final release of the Windows Phone Developer Tools. At that time we didn’t have a release date …

By Sunshine in Mobile
August 24th, 2010 at 10:38 am

Exchange ActiveSync for Hotmail – “just a few more days” away?

If you were lucky (or if you were reading LiveSide), and got your name into Exchange ActiveSync early, you’re probably enjoying the benefits of it now.  Even if you didn’t get in on that early “wave”, some of …

By Kip Kniskern in Featured News
August 24th, 2010 at 1:01 am

Hey Leo, we *like* social media! – LiveSide housekeeping update

radiologo-12Leo Laporte is apparently swearing off everything but his blog and his weekly podcast (TwiT – This week in Tech, a fun listen, btw), but we’re having fun with our various side projects, and wanted to update you …

By Kip Kniskern in News
August 22nd, 2010 at 8:41 pm

Windows Live Sync for Mac client available

Our friend Rich Hay at WindowsObserver.com just pointed out that Windows Live Sync for Mac is available on Microsoft Downloads, dated last week, August 13, 2010. We’re not Mac guys, but we did post a link to a Live …

By Kip Kniskern in News
August 21st, 2010 at 6:40 pm

Checking in on Facebook Places (and the Bing Maps experience)

Facebook Places, from all accounts, is going to be quite a big deal, and Bing Maps is right in the center of it all, running the maps on Facebook.com.  We’ve noticed a few of our friends trying out the …

By Kip Kniskern in Bing
August 20th, 2010 at 9:21 pm

King of Bing Maps App Contest Winners

The winners of the King Of Bing Maps App Competition, just got announced on the site:

2010 King of Bing Maps
1. Taxi Fare Calculator by Ricky Brundritt – see it in action
2. GeoSales Tax by Avalara – see it in action…

By Sunshine in Bing
August 20th, 2010 at 3:14 pm

Windows Phone 7 Jump Start Training

Of course the big news this week was the WL 2011 beta refresh, which, unfortunately, I didn’t get to install until yesterday because of hardware problems (had to install new GPU). But there was more news. News we overlooked …

By Sunshine in Mobile
August 20th, 2010 at 1:13 pm

Connecting Messenger to Facebook: 8 million strong

We’ve been spelunking for applications on Facebook (more news coming soon), and just noticed the Messenger page on Facebook:

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8,115,283 monthly active users, not bad!

How has your experience with Facebook integration been going?  We’ve noticed a couple of things …

By Kip Kniskern in News
August 20th, 2010 at 5:02 am

Windows Live Essentials 2011 Beta Refresh available for download NOW! (Updated)

Windows Live EssentialsThanks to a tip by Chrilo, who has found out the download address for the new Windows Live Essentials 2011 “Beta Refresh” supposedly due to be released in a few hours (10AM PST according to Neowin.net). To get it, …

By damaster in Featured News
August 18th, 2010 at 4:31 pm
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