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Hotmail slow to release, experiencing engineering issues?

This morning the Windows Live Hotmail Technical Support blog posted the following message, only to take it down again sometime later in the day: We are aware that some Hotmail customers are...

Started in Live News • 2 weeks ago • 0 responses
Tags: windows live hotmail
Live Search Perks – more rewards for using Live Search

It all started with Live Search Club, the somewhat maligned program to reward users for playing games using Live Search (and somewhat skewing search share counts, causing a bit of a scramble by...

Started in Live News • 2 weeks ago • 0 responses
Tags: live search perks
Mood swings in your IM conversations

Just about 2 weeks into the beta and we’re getting great uptake and comments from all of you.  Today I wanted to take a few moments and talk in more detail about a fun feature that we’ve added...

Started in Live News • 2 weeks ago • 0 responses
Tags: windows live messenger
Virtual Earth Gallery in trueSpace; Plus a Contest

We're looking for a few good 3D designers to submit their best 3D work in Microsoft Virtual Earth (or Live Search Maps). A new addition to the Caligari (trueSpace) 3D Authoring and Collaboration site...

Started in Live News • 2 weeks ago • 0 responses
Tags: windows live virtual earth
Hotmail spotted in the wild

Just as we suspected, once we posted on “where’s Hotmail”, we started getting reports of sightings.  Thanks to LiveSide reader Graeme (who is getting his website at www.bitsticks.com running,...

Started in Live News • 2 weeks ago • 0 responses
Tags: windows live hotmail
How do I find questions I’ve posted or questions I’ve answered?

Hey everyone, For most people, finding questions they’ve posted or questions they’ve answered is pretty easy – you simply go to the Your QnA page, look at the Questions or Answers tab, and there...

Started in Live News • 3 weeks ago • 0 responses
Tags: windows live qna
What happened to Hotmail?

Last week, after receiving a “tip” from Microsoft’s PR firm Waggener Edstrom, we posted on the coming rollout of a new version of Hotmail.  Our readers were quick to try and catch the new...

Started in Live News • 3 weeks ago • 0 responses
Tags: windows live hotmail
Hotmail update coming soon

It’s late September already, and time for that inevitable question: what did you do on your summer vacation? Well, this summer, the Hotmail team and I were hard at work on a new version of Hotmail,...

Started in Live News • 3 weeks ago • 0 responses
Tags: windows live hotmail
How to create a Messenger control

Our friends at Liveside have posted a series of posts on how to create a Messenger control using the Windows Live Messenger Library (WLML).  They are taking advantage of some of the features we...

Started in Live News • 3 weeks ago • 0 responses
Tags: windows live messenger, wlml
Messenger Plus! Sinning contest results

The results are in! After a careful review of all the skins we received during the contest, ladies and gentlemen, I give you the winners: Deformity Category 1st Place: Crystal Lab by ZOiD ...

Started in Live News • 3 weeks ago • 0 responses
Tags: messenger plus