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Put your best face forward
2/3/2010 11:06:00 PM, Greg
Perhaps the most exciting and forward thinking features of Windows Live are the underused and poorly understood web activities. These allow you to publish updates from other services, such as Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube, to Windows Live. The net effect ...
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The 2009 Summary (III): What Happened Recently?
12/26/2009 3:49:34 AM, mynetx
From the Messenger Plus Contest to the anticipated Windows 7 release, from Office Web Apps to the first images of Messenger 2010: The recent six months of 2009 were as interesting for me as January to June. Here is a short summary. July 2009 The 8th ...
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Take Your Digital Gift The Extra Mile
11/26/2009 6:25:48 AM, Auri Rahimzadeh
Over the years, consumer electronics have plunged in price yet increased in value. 10 megapixel digital cameras can be had for less than a Franklin, and 1080p high definition camcorders less than $250, sometimes less than $149. With “Black Friday” coming, ...
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Social Media and Office 2010 Integration
11/24/2009 4:15:28 PM, Jay D
Connecting to others via social media continues to grow exponentially. I can remember the day someone mentioned Twitter and I said “Twitter! What’s that?” I then assumed you must be a Twit to Tweet, but boy was I wrong on so many levels. Twitter, ...
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Preview of new MSN homepage, getting socialized
11/4/2009 10:44:10 AM, mynetx
Today Microsoft unvealed its new format for the MSN.com homepage in a public preview. What are the most interesting changes? First of all, the new MSN is lighter. All this stuffed, bloated site is gone. A new, simplified MSN butterfly logo has ...
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Reaching out
9/23/2009 9:17:05 AM, Greg
I recently mused in one of my Windows Live Groups about the future of Windows Live Home, the role of the What’s New feed, and dragging people kicking and screaming into my Windows Live network. It seemed like interesting fodder for a Clubhouse post, so ...
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Windows Live for Newbie’s 6.
9/9/2009 7:50:52 AM, Technogran
Adding People to your Network. So now that you have set up your Profile and permissions on Windows Live, what next? Well maybe the next thing to do is to add some people to your Windows Live Network. 1. Go to your Home page, and then click on Add ...
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Windows Live for Newbies5.
9/1/2009 10:01:27 AM, Technogran
Setting up your Permissions, Part 3. Your Stuff 1. The last part of the permissions page is Your stuff and What’s New. Your stuff includes your Space, which of course you can’t set yet because you haven’t set one up at this point, your Photos, your Files ...
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Windows Live Wave 4: Integration & Connections
7/25/2009 10:27:49 AM, Michael
As we all now know Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 have RTMed and are well underway for their release on October 22nd 2009, but I doubt this date will only see Windows 7 released. I imagine there will be several software and service releases around this ...
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Windows Live and You: “Hmm, I wonder if I can do this better” (Frans–Willem Hardijzer)
7/1/2009 3:00:43 AM, mynetx
This is the first interview in the Windows Live and You summer edition. I’m sure that my conversation with Frans-Willem Hardijzer, who developed the Messenger add-on StuffPlug, and is also known as “The Blasphemer”, will be especially interesting for ...