Windows Live applications getting updated UI – Aero Glass support

Can you say deja vu? A year and a month after the existing Windows Live UI was first seen it looks as though the flair may be on its way out. Here’s a few pictures showing where things are heading; those …

By Chris in News
April 27th, 2007 at 4:23 am

Spaces API news at Mix, says CNET

Mix07 starts on Sunday, and with a Ray Ozzie keynote, and lots more Windows Live news, some kind of understanding of what’s coming in Windows Live Wave 2 should begin to emerge.

Some of this news is starting to filter …

By Kip Kniskern in News
April 27th, 2007 at 3:41 am

10 Windows Live features you don’t yet use and should

With almost a full set of Windows Live services now out of beta, we thought we’d take a look at all those currently available and choose our top 10 features / mini-services that most people aren’t currently using and should be.

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By Chris in News
April 26th, 2007 at 3:30 pm

Windows Live Gallery updated: most visited personalization site

Windows Live Gallery (http://gallery.live.com), according to Nielson the most visited personalization site on the internet with over 3.9 million unique users and over 27 million page views in March, is updating to provide more content and a new look.  …

By Kip Kniskern in News
April 26th, 2007 at 3:35 am

New Soapbox and MSN Video launched

As we posted earlier, a new relaunched MSN Soapbox has been announced, and is available for trial for those who are in the Soapbox beta.  In addition, a new version of MSN Videos, at next.video.msn.com has launched as well, …

By Kip Kniskern in News
April 25th, 2007 at 2:11 pm

Soapbox Update

A post on the Soapbox Team Blog has alerted users that a change is coming as the Soapbox site goes down for a couple of hours whilst they make some changes to both the front end and the back end …

By kip in News
April 25th, 2007 at 8:11 am

Windows Live Product Search: More Images, More Relevant!

The Windows Live Product Search Team has just released changes to Windows Live Product Search that boost customer-perceived relevance by increasing the number of query results with images to 88.6%. Previously, the number of query results with images was an

By Darren Straight in News
April 25th, 2007 at 6:13 am

Live Search exec to step down on Friday

Mary Jo Foley is reporting, citing an internal memo, that Live Search General Manager Dane Glasgow is leaving Microsoft to “work for various nonprofits and spend more time with his family”.  Glasgow was one of a few direct reports …

By Kip Kniskern in News
April 25th, 2007 at 2:46 am

(Hot)mail coming to Live.com again soon?

Live.com has offered, among many others, a gadget to put your Windows Live Mail on a Live.com page.  Problem is that the gadget hasn’t worked for quite some time, and now we have an explanation, and a reason for …

By Kip Kniskern in News
April 24th, 2007 at 3:08 pm

Writing Plugins For Windows Live Writer – Using Settings In Your Plugin

So far I’ve shown you how to create basic plugins for Windows Live Writer, in this next guide I’m going to show you how you can use settings in your plugin to make things easier for your end user, …

By kip in Developer
April 22nd, 2007 at 3:40 am