Archive: Posts Tagged ‘Photos’

Windows Live and You: A Chinese Microsoft fanboy (Yan Zhu)

Windows Live and You May 8th, 2009

Continuing the series of interviews for Windows Live and You, I talked with the owner of Chinese LiveSide, which is LiveSino.net. He lives in Shanghai, China; many of you will probably know him as “Picturepan2” while his real name is Yan Zhu (??).
mynetx: Sorry to steal your night, I find it good that you have [...]

Windows Live and You: Interviewing Will Ingles, star designer

Windows Live and You April 26th, 2009

For this second interview of the series “Windows Live and You”, I have talked with Multimedia designer and Messenger skinner, Will Ingles.
mynetx: Nice that you got some minutes to talk with me about Windows Live and You. To get started, please describe yourself and your connection with Windows Live, in one sentence.
Will: Well my name [...]

Windows Live and You: “I use about every feature in Messenger”

Windows Live and You April 23rd, 2009

Last days, I promised a new, user-centered series “Windows Live and You”, featuring interviews with people in the Windows Live business as well as articles on the daily impact of Windows Live. I’ve decided to begin this series with an interview of Gregory Sampson, who is… – but let’s ask him himself.
mynetx: It’s great that [...]

New IM networks for Windows Live

Messenger April 1st, 2009

In an internal message to developers, the Windows Live team has announced the long-awaited integration of several instant messaging networks to work together with Windows Live. Among these networks to be added are ICQ and Skype as well as AIM, Facebook Chat and Google Talk.
“We are currently aiming to achieve full integrative support for widely [...]

Group Chat Comparison: Groups.im vs. Messenger 2009

Messenger December 22nd, 2008

This is a guest post by Leon Guo, Product Planner Groups.im.
Recently Microsoft came out with the new Windows Live Groups, and I have found a similar service to compare with it from http://groups.im/. Both of them are used by people all around the world and both came out to the market at 2008, Groups.im is [...]

Änderungen im Messenger-RC

Messenger December 16th, 2008

Falls du dich wunderst welche Änderungen von der letzten Beta zum RC gemacht wurden, hier ist eine Zusammenfassung.

Das Design wurde auf Wave 3 aktualisiert.

Das Design der Benachrichtigungen wurde geändert. Sie nutzen jetzt Direct3D 9.

Die Einträge in Was gibt’s Neues-Feeds sind nun ordentlich verlinkt.

Es gibt eine Reihe neue Szenenbilder, und auch einige neue Standard-Anzeigebilder. [...]

Live Wave 3 rollout: Official start announcement

Windows Live December 2nd, 2008

As you see already in my previous posts, Windows Live Wave 3 is rolling out. Now we get the official announcement that it happens…
Today we’ve started releasing the first set of updates to our web services, and these will continue to roll out globally over the next 24 hours – including a new version [...]

Live Wave 3: the next round will start soon (UPDATE)

Windows Live November 25th, 2008

As various hints indicate, the phase 3 of the Windows Live Services Wave 3 update will start between December 5th and December 12th, 2008.
Update: Numerous sources confirm that the Web Services (not the Clients) will roll out from December 1st until December 8th, 2008.
What does this Wave 3 phase 3 feature?
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Windows Live Wave 3 – Preview to the new features

Windows Live November 13th, 2008

Microsoft has announced details on the future, the new, Windows Live, and I am bringing them to you like I promised.
Over the coming weeks, the next generation of Windows Live will become available at www.windowslive.com. The new Windows Live experience is enhanced by Microsoft partners with feeds from third-party sites that help you stay [...]