Wave 4: Windows Live Office – A First Look

Office logoWindows Live Hotmail Wave 4 was officially unveiled yesterday, and one of the major upgrades to Hotmail is it’s tight integration with SkyDrive and Office Web Apps. As part of the announcement, Microsoft also revealed one of their newest …

By Kip Kniskern in News
May 19th, 2010 at 8:47 pm

What’s new in Hotmail: more good stuff

There’s lots of cool stuff in the new Hotmail, and I got to see it with my own eyes already! Last week I attended a special Windows Live (lunch) session at Microsoft headquarters here in the Netherlands. Dharmesh Mehta …

By Sunshine in News
May 18th, 2010 at 10:57 am

What’s new in Hotmail: the good stuff

hotmail_hero Microsoft has just taken the wraps off the new Hotmail, and yes there’s a lot of new stuff to tell you about, so let’s get right to the good stuff.  Yes all the junk mail and filter enhancements are cool …

By Kip Kniskern in News
May 18th, 2010 at 7:34 am

New Bing Maps App: Piracy Watch

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Yet another new map app is available on Bing Maps: Piracy Watch! This app was built by IDV Solutions, who have a slew of additional information about piracy including an interactive heat map of pirate activities around the …

By Sunshine in Bing
May 17th, 2010 at 11:38 pm

Los Links Episode Dos: one more Bing commercial

The other day we showed you “Los Links”, the Latin soap-opera spoof Bing commercial, and now we present you…. Episode Dos:

Not sure what to think, actually.  It DOES seem to put “I’m on a horse” in a …

By Kip Kniskern in Bing
May 17th, 2010 at 9:11 pm

Adventures with Bing: The Big Apple

This ad shows off the integration work that has been done to Bing.

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Inspired by an image on the Bing homepage, a man decides how to plan his trip to New York City, from finding a great priced …

By Sunshine in Bing
May 17th, 2010 at 6:10 pm

Microsoft talks – about Hotmail

Just under a month ago Microsoft took the wraps off Windows Live Messenger, talking for the first time about the new Wave 4 version of the popular instant messaging app and service.  Now, for the first time, Microsoft is officially …

By Kip Kniskern in News
May 17th, 2010 at 6:06 am

Windows Live Hotmail Wave 4 to be officially unveiled May 18 in Sydney, Australia

5751_Hotmail_5F00_6DED2A31According to our friend Long Zheng’s blog post, several Australian bloggers and journalist have received an invitation to attend an exclusive lunch briefing about “the new version of Hotmail” in Sydney, Australia, at 12:30pm (AEST) on Tuesday, May 18th,

By damaster in News
May 16th, 2010 at 8:08 am

Wave 4 Essentials to be called “Windows Live Essentials 2011”?

Francisco Martin Garcia, a Microsoft Active Professional, is reporting that the new name for Wave 4 Essentials will be “Windows Live Essentials 2011”:

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(we don’t know if this is an official logo or what, but Francisco posted it and it …

By Kip Kniskern in News
May 14th, 2010 at 7:44 pm

It’s Official: Office Live Workspace is upgrading to Windows Live SkyDrive

Office logoIf you’ve been a regular follower of LiveSide, this is probably not big news to you, as we’ve been reporting since late last year that Windows Live Office, based on SkyDrive, is going to replace Office Live Workspace. However, …

By Harrison Hoffman in News
May 14th, 2010 at 1:33 pm