Archive for the 'Windows Live' Category

Windows Live Dev site coming soon at dev.live.com

Published
by
Dan
2 years, 6 months ago
in Windows Live
. 0 Comments
Windows Live

Ken Levy reports on the new developer initiative for Windows Live:

The Windows Live Platform is about opening Windows Live services to create shared opportunity for developers and businesses. Open Windows Live services via APIs and SDKs to 3rd parties to create a virtuous ecosystem that mutually benefits users, developers, partners, advertisers and Microsoft. Many of the developer centric services that we release will occur in stages, with new APIs available as well as improved and more consistent APIs with existing services over time. Some of our goals include Users are in control, easy for developers to make money, Simple HTTP based APIs, anyone able to build applications and components for about any operating system platform, browser, language, and device.

Ken was also interviewed at the recent Windows Live Hack Day in the Channel 9 video. Go forward to about 9:47, where he explains a bit about the Windows Live developer movement and the upcoming Web site.

A preview is expected to be available at http://dev.live.com sometime next week, with the full launch during June.

Hack Day video at Channel 9

Published
by
Dan
2 years, 6 months ago
in Windows Live
. 1 Comment
Windows Live

Sure are hearing a lot about the Hack Day event last month (see [1], [2], [3]). This time I’m reporting about a Channel 9 video called Windows Live Hack Day 2006 which was published on Tuesday. The summary is as follows:

How do you tryout a bunch of APIs (including Search, Expo, and more) all at once? You have a Windows Live ‘Hack Day’, gather developers together into one place, feed them and set them loose trying to build as many cool apps as they can.

To keep an eye on further videos related to MSN & Windows Live, I recommend subscribing to these feeds: MSN & Windows Live

Windows Live Developer Center

Published
by
Dan
2 years, 8 months ago
in Windows Live
. 0 Comments
Windows Live

Heard of the MSN Developer Center? Now there is the Windows Live Developer Center, apparently announced today at MIX06.

As the welcome page says:

The Windows Live Developer Center on MSDN is your one stop shop for the Windows Live Platform, including information on getting started with Windows Live services, latest documentation and APIs, access to community areas and relevant blogs, and announcements of future releases and innovations.

So far not much appears to be new, for example, the link to Windows Live Messenger just redirects to the old MSN Messenger page.

Regardless, have a look and keep an eye out, we will be seeing some cool new opportunities for developers.

Channel 9 interviews Windows Live Expo team

Published
by
Dan
2 years, 9 months ago
in Windows Live
. 0 Comments
Windows Live

Channel 9 has posted a 49 minute video interviewing some of the guys behind Windows Live Expo, formerly Windows Live Fremont. It looks like it was shot during November 2005, so at the time “Expo” was probably just an idea for a final name and it is referred to as Fremont throughout.

The interview gives a good insight into what Expo is all about, how it is meant to be used and how it is different from other classifieds & auction services on the Web. They also talk about the development and infrastructure of the service.

Windows Live revealed

Published
by
Dan
3 years ago
in Windows Live, Windows Live Hotmail and Windows Live Messenger
. 0 Comments
Windows Live

After a very quiet build up, Microsoft has today revealed plans for Windows Live - the next generation of MSN services, previously dubbed Wave 11. Probably the biggest announcement of the year for MSN related things, and will probably be the biggest change we’ve seen in a while.

At the forefront of it all, Start.com will become what appears to be the hub, Windows Live.

MSN Messenger will become Windows Live Messenger. So, forget MSN Messenger 8.0 (it’s not coming this month, only a rumour/lie), expect to see Windows Live Messenger! The current Mail Beta, aka. Kahuna will become Windows Live Mail. Similary, MSN Spaces will be called Windows Live Spaces.

Some new products include Windows Live Safety Center, a new on-demand virus scanning and PC tune up Web site. Windows Live Favorites, which is previously known as roaming favorites, allowing you to access your favorites even when you’re away from your PC. Windows OneCare Live, you might have heard of Windows OneCare during it’s beta, this is it’s new name. Windows Live Search (Mobile) will allow you to search the Web from your Web enabled mobile phone.

We can expect a whole lot more to come also!

Mike Torres reports on Windows Live Messenger:

  • New messaging product based on MSN Messenger
  • Not just your IM list - all of your contacts appear (but you can filter)
  • Word-wheeling through your entire IM contact list
  • Increased the size of the IM list up to 600 Messenger contacts
  • View Friends list (side note: based on MSN Spaces!)
  • Filter based on “friend tags”
  • View “sticky notes” that others have added to their friends!
  • Live Contacts: all of your contact information can appear in others’ address books automatically (based on permissions)
  • Changes made in the Messenger client show-up on a mobile device immediately
  • Sharing folders. Peer-to-peer sharing from one client to another; fully replicated shared folders over the Internet.

Although this is a major high point, the sad thing for some is this is the end of the Butterfly for MSN! We’ll probably also see even more confused users, Windows Messenger vs. Windows Live Messenger? Oh boy!

So much information to take in, I’ll leave some links worth reading:

PressPass: Microsoft Previews New Windows Live and Office Live Services
The NEW Windows Live Messenger blog
live.com blog
Mail Beta blog, er, I mean Windows Live Mail blog!
Mike Torres blog
Leah’s blog

Go check out Windows Live at live.com and Windows Live Ideas at ideas.live.com for all the info!