Archive: Posts Tagged ‘mobile’

How-to: Set up Hotmail sync with your iPhone

Hotmail September 3rd, 2010

Synchronizing your Hotmail messages, contacts and calendar is getting easier, for example when using iPhone. Windows Live Hotmail is now compatible with the Exchange ActiveSync standard. Here is how to set this up.

Source: wdr.de iPad launches in Europe

This Week’s Thoughts May 29th, 2010

Since yesterday, you can buy it in Germany and several other European countries: the iPad. Apple succeeds in making true what other manufacturers can only dream of: People flood stores and order a device for several hundred Euros—without knowing what the device can do.

Hotmail—from 1996 to 2010 and further

Hotmail May 20th, 2010

In the past two years, Microsoft has spent more energy in making Windows Live Hotmail even better. The result proves that these efforts were not in vain. But—what does “better” mean? What is important for a modern e-mail service in 2010 and beyond?

Windows Live: Access to foreign accounts investigated

Windows Live February 18th, 2010

Microsoft has started an investigation after having received reports that some users got access to other users’ accounts when using mobile devices.

New Mobile Twitter Website Soon at Hand

Web December 5th, 2009

The developers of the microblogging platform Twitter have renovated the mobile website technically and optically. If you’re interested, get a first glimpse of the work at mobile.twitter.com.

Windows Live Messenger: Client for Java Phones

Messenger December 4th, 2009

A free Windows Live Messenger version for Java cell phones has been released. It supports cell phones manufactured by Motorola, LG, Samsung, Nokia, RIM and Sony Ericsson.

High-speed?

Web July 20th, 2009

I still remember the times when there was only limited amount of disk space available (hard disk sizes of 20 MB were common), so keeping files as small as possible was most important. This prerequisite has gone, but there is another one: not everybody has a high-speed web connection!
Sure: T1, cable, DSL, these all [...]

Fighting SPIM

Messenger July 17th, 2009

Have you ever received an instant message that prompts you to click on a mysterious link? Or been asked to share your IM account information, only to have it used to spam all of your friends?
Messaging spam, sometimes called SPIM, is a type of spam targeting users of instant messaging (IM) services. SPIM [...]

Windows Live and You: “Messenger is like the phone: I just use it” (Kip Kniskern)

Windows Live and You May 29th, 2009

What’s the site where you get Windows Live news first? — Probably your answer is “LiveSide”, and that has its reason. I had an interesting discussion with Kip Kniskern, who is one of the authors at LiveSide.net.
mynetx: Please tell me a bit about yourself. Is your life directly or indirectly involved with [...]

Windows Live and You: “From The Beginning” (Dane N.)

Windows Live and You May 20th, 2009

Another great member of the Messenger community, who has been there for quite long, is Dane. Are you interested in his ideas for Windows Live? Let’s see.
mynetx: Nice that you got some minutes to talk about Windows Live and You. To get started, please describe yourself and your connection with Windows Live, [...]