Archive: ‘Web Services’ Category

The easier sign-in screen

Web Services July 9th, 2011

There is no end to the updates for Windows Live published in recent times. The sign-in screen to the Live web services got updated too. It now focuses on single accounts only.

Instant update for SkyDrive

Web Services June 21st, 2011

The Windows Live team has published an instant update for the web file storage Windows Live SkyDrive. Modern browsers and HTML5 make SkyDrive faster, easier to navigate, and more beautiful for viewing photos.

Reminder: Windows Live Events is closing

Web Services May 30th, 2010

As previously announced, the Windows Live Events web service is retiring. After 31 May 2010, you will not be able to access any data stored within Events.

Windows Live Alerts—have they fallen asleep?

Web Services January 5th, 2010

“Alerts delivers the latest information that’s important to you,” claims Microsoft. But can Windows Live Alerts still compete with RSS feeds, social network status updates, tweets and all other real-time news?

Complicated Messenger Library

Web Services November 9th, 2009

I am really disappointed. I spent the past 3 hours on figuring out how to get the display picture from a user that is signed in with Windows Live Delegated Authentication.

What happened to my.live.com?

Web Services October 21st, 2009

“Windows Live Personalised Experience”—this is what Wikipedia calls my.live.com, the successor of start.com. This service allowed you to put together your own home page with gadgets and other stuff to get you a home on the Web. Much like iGoogle, to be honest.
Frozen project, it seems. Dead project? Let’s look at [...]

¿Qué tal? The Messenger Web Toolkit in your language

Web Services July 8th, 2009

„Schön dass du da bist!“ « Bienvenue chez moi ! » “¡Bienvenido en mi sitio web!” If you are running a non-English website, you will be glad to hear that it is now possible to use the Windows Live Messenger Web Toolkit in your own language; over 40 languages are supported. [...]

Update to the Web Toolkit

Web Services April 30th, 2009

Keiji Kanazawa just announced an update to the Windows Live Messenger Web Toolkit. He states:
With this update,

The Messenger Web Toolkit UI Controls should work better in IE6
We have changed the sign in text from “IM Here” to “Sign In” to make it more clear what it does
Performance should be better when going [...]

Windows Live Profile Updates: Facebook, Last.fm and more!

Web Services April 28th, 2009

Since yesterday, the list of Web Activity providers available for integration into your Windows Live Profile has been extended. Major providers have been added, some of them had been announced back in January. Here are some of the most interesting updated bits:

Facebook is now a Web Activity provider (Add to Windows Live Profile).
This will reflect [...]

Messenger Web Toolkit on MSDN Channel 9′s Knowledge Chamber

Web Services April 18th, 2009

From what I have seen from the MIX09 web conference until today, there is quite a big interest in the Windows Live Messenger Web Toolkit and its features. Adding Messenger to your own website kind of amazes people and thus the interest in being able to do that is quite big as it allows you [...]