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Windows Live Clubhouse: Microsoft looking for Windows Live Community memebers
D' Technology Weblog —
... “We uncovered some problems with the way club points are being allocated and are in the process of fixing that. In order to make the fix, we’ve also temporarily paused gathering clubhouse posts from your blogs and bringing them into the Clubhouse site for reviewing, rating, and eventually routing to WindowsLive,” ...
Sweeping Changes At Live.com: It’s A Social Network!
TechCrunch —
Microsoft’s Live.com portal will change significantly this evening. No longer will it be a simple search engine with a few other services bolted on. It’s now a social network, too, pulling in activity information and content from around the web. They’re also launching Windows Live Photos and Windows Live People, and other services. Check it out at Home.Live.com.
A lot of what they’ve done is exactly what Yahoo has been talking about for over a year now - leveraging social connections that already exist (Yahoo is using email, Microsoft is using ...
Microsoft Revamps Windows Live: Adds Services to Socialize, Unify Web
Today @ PC World —
Microsoft is giving Windows Live a serious makeover. The company today announced plans to roll out a wide range of new beta Windows Live services intended to help you aggregate all aspects of your online life--including several popular third-party services--under one Microsoft roof. ...
Microsoft Officially Facebooks, Oops Socializes Windows Live Internet Services
BoomTown —
... And, indeed, the “next generation” of Windows Live, will inject social elements into its Photo Gallery photo sharing, Hotmail e-mail, Groups and Messenger instant messaging offerings, as well as its calendar and mobile prodcuts. ...
Windows Live becomes more social network-like — but who’s going to use it?
VentureBeat —
... is launching “Wave 3″ of Windows Live, which includes a bunch of new features to turn Live into more of social networking site. From what I saw at last night’s press review, I won’t be giving up my ...
Windows Live – Keeping your life in sync
Bink.nu —
Brian Hall, Lead Windows Live business group has posted about the New Exciting things in Windows Live .. Today is a very exciting day for Windows Live – for the hundreds of people who work on building and delivering Windows Live, for the hundreds of millions of people who use Windows Live, and for the thousands of Windows Live advertisers and partners. Around the world, today is the day that we’re finally able to share the innovations in communications and sharing that we’ve been working on and will release shortly. People sometimes ask me “ What is Windows Live? ” and “ How ...
Windows Live: It’s a Social Network! It Isn’t a Social Network!
Technologizer —
windowslive What is Microsoft’s Windows Live ? It’s always been a surprisingly tough question to answer in a coherent sentence or two. Tonight, Microsoft took the wraps off its next version of Windows Live, and it’s still difficult to pin it down, in part because it just involves so much stuff, in both service and software form: instant messaging, e-mail, calendaring, photo sharing and editing, video editing, blogging, Web storage, file syncing, and more. But one thing about the new Windows Live is clear: It’s…interesting. That’s mostly because Microsoft is using the new ...
Coming Soon: Updated Windows Live Online Services
Dare Obasanjo aka Carnage4Life —
... and share with the people they care about
most. The new generation of Windows Live includes updated experiences for photo sharing,
e-mail, instant messaging, as well as integration with multiple third-party sites.
The release also includes Windows Live Essentials, free downloadable software that
enhances consumers’ Windows experience by helping them simplify and enjoy digital
content scattered across their PC, phone and on Web sites. For more information about
windows live go to http://www.windowslive.com. ...
Microsoft Beats Yahoo and Google to Social Inbox 2.0
Bits —
... a complex new version of the Web sites and PC software that use the Windows Live brand. Over the next two months, the company will introduce dozens of upgraded features involving its e-mail, instant message, calendar, blogging and other services. It will also add some entirely new functions, including group collaboration and photo sharing. A lot of the effort has gone into weaving the functions of social networks throughout many of these services. For example, the service has a “what’s new” feed, modeled after the Facebook news feed, that can publish short comments by users ...
Windows Live Announcements recap: What a week we’re having!
LiveSide - Windows Live news and interviews —
... Windows Live Internet Services: Windows Live internet services: Major release announced Windows Live Feature Complete Windows Live People Review SkyDrive - What's to come Hotmail, and early look Our interview with Brian Hall Part 1 Our interview with Brian Hall Part 2: Demo Selected posts on Windows Live Internet Services: www.windowslive.com MS PressPass: Microsoft Introduces Updated Windows Live ...
Live Framework (LiveFX), Is it Microsoft's GData or Something More?
Dare Obasanjo aka Carnage4Life —
Disclaimer: What follows are my personal impressions from investigating
the community technology preview version of the Live Framwork (LiveFX). It is not
meant to be an official description of the project from Microsoft, you can find that here.
At Microsoft's recent Professional Developer Conference, a new set of Web services
called Live Framework (aka LiveFX) was unveiled. As I've spent the past year
working on platforms
for user experiences in Windows Live, I actually haven't been keeping up to date
with what's going on in developer API land when it comes to ...
The Benefits of Lifestreaming in Plain English
Digital Inspiration - Technology Blog —
Lifestreaming, as you probably know, is all about sharing your daily activities (both in the online and offline world) with friends and family. (See how to create a Lifestream with Google Reader).
You upload a picture on the web, you change your current geographic location on the phone, you favorite some videos on YouTube, you comment on your cousin’s picture, you change your status in messenger.. all these events are captured and show up in your "lifestream" in reverse chronological order.
Sounds simple but ...
Windows Live Wave 3 coming today
SuperSite Blog —
... Starting today, consumers worldwide will be able to use the new Windows Live Web services to simplify their online experiences. More services and applications will be rolled out in the coming months. Additional information about today’s release is available at http://www.windowslive.com. ...
マイクロソフト社とジェムアルト社、モバイル加入者の大量市場にウィンドウズ・ライブ・メッセンジャーを提供するために提携
Business Wire Technology News —
... ウィンドウズ・ライブについて 5億人を超える顧客が、Eメール、メッセージ、写真やファイルを、友達、家族、同僚などとネットワーク内で共有するために、ウィンドウズ・ライブを利用しています。2009年前半には、世界中の54カ国、48言語でローカライズ版が利用可能になる予定です。次世代のウィンドウズ・ライブでは、オンラインでの活動を、さらに簡単に、統合的に、かつ直観的に行うことを可能にする強化されたツールが提供されます。新しいウィンドウズ・ライブの体験は連携によっても強化されます。この連携には、友達や家族の近況を知ることを可能にし、「フリッカー（Flickr）」、「リンクトイン（LinkedIn）」や「パンドラ（Pandora）」などのオンライン・サービスからの情報を閲覧することが可能な第三者サイトからの情報提供が挙げられます。この連携により、顧客の皆様が今まで毎日利用していたサービスを、すべて1カ所から利用できるようになります。数週間以内に、次世代ウィンドウズ・ライブが http://www.windowslive.com で利用可能にります。 ジェムアルトについて ジェムアルト（Euronext NL 0000400653 ...
微軟聯手金雅拓將Windows Live Messenger帶至手機用戶大眾市場
Business Wire Technology News —
... Live Messenger，在行進中與他們關心的人交流。」” 金雅拓公司電訊業務部執行副總裁Philippe Vallée補充說，「從全球來看，手機用戶人數遠遠超過能上網的用戶人數。全球有3.2億多Windows Live Messenger活躍使用者，目前使用的SIM卡有36億張，從這兩方面來看，SIMessenger有不可估量的發展潛力。能與微軟公司共同向大眾推出簡訊服務，金雅拓感到很自豪。」 關於Windows Live 全球5億多用戶依靠Windows Live與親友、同事等發送郵件，即時聊天，共用圖片和檔案。截至2009年初，新一代Windows Live以48種語言在全球54個國家推出了在地化版本，為用戶帶來更完善的工具，使線上活動更加便捷、直觀，整合度更高。合作夥伴的參與也使Windows Live新的使用體驗更為精彩——第三方網站提供的聚合源讓用戶能瞭解親友的最新情況，查看來自Flickr、LinkedIn、Pandora等其他線上服務的資訊——所有這些內容都集中於用戶每日必用的一套服務裏。今後幾周內，下一代Windows Live將在 http://www.windowslive.com 發佈。 關於金雅拓公司 金雅拓公司（Gemalto，泛歐證券交易所：NL0000400653 ...
微软联手金雅拓将Windows Live Messenger带至手机用户大众市场
Business Wire Technology News —
... Live Messenger，在行进中与他们关心的人交流。” 金雅拓公司电信业务部执行副总裁Philippe Vallée补充说，“从全球范围来看，手机用户人数远远超过能上网的用户人数。全球有3.2亿多Windows Live Messenger活跃用户，在用的SIM卡有36亿张，从这两方面来看，SIMessenger有不可估量的发展潜力。能与微软公司共同向大众推出消息服务，金雅拓感到很自豪。” 关于Windows Live 全球5亿多用户依靠Windows Live与亲友、同事等发送邮件，即时聊天，共享图片和文件。截止到2009年初，新一代Windows Live以48种语言在全球54个国家推出了本地化版本，为用户带来更完善的工具，使在线活动更加便捷、直观，整合度更高。合作伙伴的参与也使Windows Live新的使用体验更为精彩——第三方网站提供的聚合源让用户能了解亲友的最新情况，查看来自Flickr、LinkedIn、Pandora等其他在线服务的信息——所有这些内容都集中于用户每日必用的一套服务里。今后几周内，下一代Windows Live将在 http://www.windowslive.com 发布。 关于金雅拓公司 金雅拓公司（Gemalto，泛欧证券交易所：NL0000400653 ...
