Archive: Posts Tagged ‘Photos’

Wave 4 exclusive: Windows Live Events shutting down

Windows Live August 3rd, 2009

Windows Live Events is a Windows Live service enabling users in Windows Live Spaces to share and plan different types of Events happening around them while collaborating with other services such as Windows Live Calendar and Windows Live Spaces. In 2010, Windows Live Events is going to retire, and existing data will be removed. [...]

10 years Messenger: Turning the time wheel (Part I)

Messenger July 25th, 2009

On July 22, 1999, Microsoft released the successor for NetMeeting, MSN Messenger 1.0. Let’s turn the wheel of time exactly 10 years back. What might we see? Take a look at this photo album.

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Summer in the city

Stuff June 18th, 2009

These days, with increasing temperatures, we had some severe thunderstorms already. Rain, clouds and sunshine are all facets of the upcoming summer, a time of less work, more free time, enjoyment, … fun. The last days and weeks, we started preparing for this year’s summer vacations, and Windows played a quite big [...]

Follow-up on Opera Unite: What it is, why it is, and what it is not

Browsers June 17th, 2009

Yesterday I presented Opera Unite to you, an add-on in the latest Opera 10 builds enabling you to use your web browser as server. After my post, I received some opinions about Opera Unite. Let me quote one of these statements, a quite hard conclusion:
I might be wrong, but to me it’s [...]

Opera Unite vs. Windows Live, or: How will the client-server future look like?

Windows Live June 16th, 2009

Opera Unite, released as Beta on 16 June, can transform any computer into a web server. How might the underlying idea this affect our daily web usage?
Once upon a time, web servers were invented. These used to serve first static, then dynamic content to clients, to us. The basis was simple: a small [...]

Xbox 360 gets socialized

Web, Xbox June 1st, 2009

Microsoft announced today on its E3 Press Conference that Facebook, Twitter and Last.fm integration will be brought to the Xbox 360 dashboard.

Tweeting will be easy as nothing from your Xbox.
You can now view photos, make friends, and otherwise interact on Facebook directly from the game console. With Facebook Connect, available from your Xbox [...]

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: “I use a variety of the Live services” (Jonathan Kay)

Windows Live and You May 15th, 2009

This time I spoke with a member of the Windows Live Community about his thoughts and ideas. Many of you might know Jonathan Kay as a helpful Messenger expert.
mynetx: Nice to see you! Windows Live and You—that includes some personal questions as well. You could start with describing yourself and your connection with Windows Live, [...]

Windows Live and You: “Send myself through Messenger” (Frank Mänz, Microsoft Germany)

Windows Live and You May 13th, 2009

Today I’m presenting you someone with a special relation to Windows Live. I had the privilege to talk with Frank Mänz, Product Manager of the Windows Live Online Services Group in Germany about his personal experiences and opinion regarding Windows Live.
mynetx: Nice that you are taking some time to talk with me about “Windows Live [...]

Windows Live und Du: „Mich selbst per Messenger verschicken“ (Frank Mänz, Microsoft Deutschland)

Windows Live und Du May 11th, 2009

Heute stelle ich euch jemand mit einem besonderen Bezug zu Windows Live vor. Ich hatte das Vorrecht, mit Frank Mänz, Produkt-Manager der Windows Live Online Services Group Germany, über seine persönlichen Erfahrungen und seine Meinung zu Windows Live zu sprechen.
mynetx: Schön, dass du dir ein wenig Zeit nimmst um mit mir über „Windows Live und [...]