Bing’s first year: good for advertisers?

In a newsletter sent out to Bing advertisers, Microsoft Advertising shared some good news about the first year of Bing:

  • Bing advertisers are reaching a motivated audience; Bing searchers spend 42 percent more than the average search user in the
By Kip Kniskern in Bing
June 28th, 2010 at 7:10 pm

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 …

By Kip Kniskern in News
June 28th, 2010 at 12:29 am

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 …

By Kip Kniskern in News
June 27th, 2010 at 5:48 am

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

By damaster in News
June 26th, 2010 at 11:55 am

Bing–Born to be Wild?–the new Bing Mobile commercial

Next up after Los Links, and perhaps with a nod to Bing Entertainment, is the latest commercial for Bing, a play on the movie Easy Rider:

In case you might not have been paying attention back in 1969 …

By Kip Kniskern in Bing
June 26th, 2010 at 6:02 am

Windows Live Messenger Connect beta released

Today, Microsoft announced the availability of the Windows Live Messenger Connect beta. Messenger Connect is a single API that enables developers to integrate social experiences into their web and rich-client applications using the Windows Live services. It consists of a …

By ChrisW in Developer
June 26th, 2010 at 12:54 am

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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By Kip Kniskern in News
June 25th, 2010 at 11:41 pm

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:

devlivecom

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

By Kip Kniskern in News
June 25th, 2010 at 11:04 pm

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 …

By damaster in News
June 25th, 2010 at 11:28 am

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

By ScottIsAFool in News
June 25th, 2010 at 10:55 am