As part of a smaller update last night, the Live.com team has added a small number of templates (pre-built pages) to the site. This should improve the first run experience for new users, who might find the whole concept of …
Live.com adds content templates
No Yahoo interop when Messenger goes final
It seems as though Windows Live Messenger users and Yahoo users will not be able to talk to one another immediately when WL Messenger goes final next week. Unfortunately this feature will still be carrying the "coming soon" branding so …
New LiveID domains available…sort of
A member over at Neowin.net figured out a way to get your @live.com and @windowslive.com email earlier than the general public. Alright, I'm not going to keep you waiting any longer. Here are the instructions to grab an address early: …
Windows Live Favorites V1 Released
It's a busy day for Windows Live. The Windows Live Favorites team just announced, on their team blog, that WL Favorites V1 has been released.
Fresh out of Beta, WL Favorites is available in 37 countries and 11 languages. Built …
New Live.com goes live
Just a few minutes ago, the new Live.com (now featuring Flair/Vapor!) went live. As Chris mentioned last week, this upgrade mainly focuses on the new UI and first-run experience. Now it is much easier to get rolling with customized content …
Gates to be transitioned out by July 2008
Well, we do not usually write about executive news at Microsoft, but this story is so big that I couldn't help myself. Microsoft announced today that starting in July 2008, Bill Gates will be stepping out of a day to …
The Windows Live Messenger release saga continues
The release date for Windows Live Messenger has been debated on the internet and across the blogs for the past few weeks. First, it was reported by WinFuture that Live Messenger would be released on Friday, June 16th. Later, …
Spaces ready to compete with MySpace
The Spaces url change, switching blogs from spaces.msn.com/myblog to myblog.spaces.msn.com, has just been completed. The update was delayed several times in the past week. (Thanks View Master for the tip).
While I originally voiced the opinion that 3 url changes …
Tech-Ed attendees don’t get Windows Live
Trevin Chow from the Live ID team highlights the issues that we believe could result in a very slow uptake of Windows Live services; unawareness and confusion:
…After talking to about 25 customers, it was abundantly clear that customers
New account names available June 20: @live.com and @windowslive.com
Looks like the land grab is about to get underway. According to the Mail Support blog, anyone will be able to get a new email account with an @live.com or an @windowslive.com address beginning next Tuesday, June 20.
…Coming
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